Targa Newfoundland 2013

Saturday, September 21, 2013. A table load of trophies earned by The team.

Friday, September 20, 2013.

Friday, September 20, 2013. Taking a break between races.

Friday, September 20, 2013. Hanging out in Harbour Mill before the second race of the day.

Friday, September 20, 2013. Peter Bartlett and Bridget ‎Picco. Car 1984 in their Porche 944 Turbo. No injuries except for their pride.

Thursday, September 19, 2013. Team Hume at Garnish.

Thursday, September 19, 2013. Baby did well today and deserves this pampering.

Thursday, September 19, 2013. Ready for the first race in Boat Harbour.
As per their position in the race standings, Craig McMullen and Justin Russell in the Mini Countryman in first place to date then Jon Riddell and Briar de Lang with their BMW in second place.

Thursday, September 19, 2013. Thursday morning and Briar is still smiling!

Thursday, September 19, 2013. Boat Harbour community centre.
Stew is a favourite.

Sunday, September 15, 2013. One down… but three still up and running.

Saturday, September 14, 2013. All four of Hume Team’s cars arrived safely in St. John’s.

From St. John’s Newfoundland

Well the cars have rolled across the finish line and the 2013 Targa Newfoundland race has come to a close. The champaign bottles have been popped open and amply poured all over the three winning Hume teams.

Despite John Sr and Justin Crant’s nasty meeting with the tree and fence last Sunday, the team as a whole wound up raking in the lion’s share of awards this Saturday at the closing ceremony and banquet.
1) Sadly John Sr.and Justin Crant won the Puffin Award for first car wreck of the race. A dubious honor to carry around for the next year to be sure.
2) John Jr and Ron Bartleet won a silver plate for making all their targa times.
3) John Jr and Ron Bartleet also placed 2nd in the modern division and 2nd overall in the Targa division.
4) Craig and Justin Russell finished 2nd overall on GT
5) Jon and Briar finished 1st overall in GT.
6) Despite our BMW 335is being destroyed in the prologue, our 3 car team of BMWs placed the highest overall in a manufacturer (driving BMWs), so we won the Kenzie Cup
7) We entered our three winning cars as a 3 car team before the race started, and so won the Jerry Churchill Team Award.
8) Justin Crant, now not able to race in the ruined 335is, moved on to the critical job of service crew for our 2nd place M3. And he assisted other competitors who needed service help. He was so good at it, (without him the M3 we discovered, surely would have had a catastrophic suspension failure during a race). Justin won the Best Service Crew award.

So despite ruining one fine automobile, we still managed to win 8 awards.

Anyone interested in buying a 2011 BMW 335is – As Is – contact John Hume.

And heart felt thanks to our film and service crew members. Michael Engel, Calvin Williams and Rein Raamat. They took excellent care of the racing crews, shot some incredible film, wrote some great script and uploaded to you tube daily. An almost impossible feat.

Check out www.targanewfoundlandnews.com and you will see for yourself.

That is it from Targa 2013

But wait, I do believe we raised $24,000 for MS research doing this race
Thank you again all donors and supporters. You are the best.

Until Next Year…….

Hi from Marystown

Thursday was a great day for rallying. Lots of sun mixed with cloud and wind and temperatures hovering around 15 C.

No accidents today to speak of. A few close calls though.

John Jr and Ron B. in car #9 hold a solid second place standing in Modern Division as of end of day. They have one of the three quickest cars here at this event this year to be sure.

Meantime in GT class Craig and Justin car #1333 are two seconds up on Jon and Briar car #1135. These two are neck and neck in this race. It is anyone’s guess as to who will finish on top. The third place car has too many penalty seconds accumulated already to be a real threat.

Friday will be a tense day in GT class.

Until then.

From Marystown….

Hello from the Rock

Wednesday was another rock em sock em crash bang kind of day here.

The Provincial Works Dept here decided to replace the TCP #1 as we had to transit to our first race of the day. As a result many competitor’s tires became retreaded with a thick layer of fresh tar. As a result many on the first race of the day had minimal traction and drove off the course or crashed.

However, John Jr and Ron in their M3 #9 are doing very well. They managed to keep it on the road and are near the top in their division. Same can be said for Jon and Briar in # 1135 and Craig and Justin in # 1333 both sit at the top of the GT class.

The last two races of the day through Clarenville went off on time and were a blast to watch.

Until tomorrow.
From Team.

Day two is now finished

Surprisingly there were no more car wrecks today. We ran six log and fast races. Our two GT class cars #1333 and #1135 remain tied for first with two other cars in their class.

Meanwhile #9, our Targa class entry incurred 18 seconds in penalties. It seems the co-pilot read driving and speed instructions from the wrong race, causing them to run slower than they should have. However in their Modern class they still sit in 6th place with a good chance of finishing well. The ever so popular race through Gander had to be cancelled as organizers felt there were unresolved safety concerns. This is a shame as this run which is usually done twice, is one of the highlight races of the week and watched by most of the folks living in this community.

Wednesday will be interesting as we see many new routes never before raced in this event. The weather was rainy to start the day today, then cleared up, but is now very chilly. Forecast tomorrow is sunny but crisp.

Until then, all for now,
From. Team Hume.