AC coupe competes in Targa Tasmania rally

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AC coupe competes in Targa Tasmania rally

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Just returned from running the AC in Targa Tasmania :D . Total distance over 2100km, 40 closed-road special stages ranging from 5km to 48km in 6 days totaling 460km (about 200km of that in wet conditions :shock: ).
The car didn't miss a beat, we had a ball and finished 18th out of 42 in the Early Classic category.
Here's some pics (click on thumbnail image to enlarge):
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Curly - great photos and even greater results for FIAT! Glad to see you came out unscathed this year. Were there any other FIATS in the group? Any videos?
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What a cool color combination! Congratulation on your fine finish. I guess there were no night stages, though, or your car would be bristling with extra lights!

Maybe we'll see some of this on TV here in the states.
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sptcoupe wrote:Curly - great photos and even greater results for FIAT! Glad to see you came out unscathed this year. Were there any other FIATS in the group? Any videos?
Out of the 250 vehicles entered, there were 5 Fiats in the event this year. In the Early Classic cataegory there was a 600 Abarth, a 750 Abarth and my AC coupe. There was a CC Coupe in the Late Classic category and a Grande Punto Sport Abarth in the Modern Category. All except the 600 Abarth (not pictured) finished well up in their respective classes. The little 600 rolled on 2 occasions, but recovered to limp across the line on the last day.

Sorry no videos from me. Search for Targa Tasmania on You Tube and you should find plenty of in-car footage of the event.

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baltobernie wrote:What a cool color combination! Congratulation on your fine finish. I guess there were no night stages, though, or your car would be bristling with extra lights!
Maybe we'll see some of this on TV here in the states.
No night stages - but plenty of low cloud (fog and mist) up in the mountains. It would be extremely dangerous to run the event in the dark, the attrition rate is bad enough in daylight with lots of expensive exotica spearing off the road into the scenery :shock:
There will be a 1-hour TV program with highlights of the event screened sometime in June in Australia, one of your cable networks may pick it up in the States.
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