I managed to get myself to the Dover stage on the Saturday to get some photos, prints of which are now for sale to competitiors. If you would like to purchase a photo, please get in touch with me.

I hope to have a gallery of all the photos up soon, in the mean time, here is a shot of Bill Rattrays Subaru Impreza WRX STI.

Second place was taken by Tony Quinn and Naomi Tillett in the new Nissan GTR R35.  There was only a 3 second margin here… very close!

The Whites came in 3rd in the Lamborghini Gallardo Supperleggara, only 12 seconds from the win.

Matt Close came in fourth in the black Porsche 911.

Despite looking to still suffer chronic understeer in this shot, the new Subaru Impreza WRX STI of Dean Herridge pulled a very impressive 5th.

Jim Richards and Barry Oliver had to settle for 6th place…

South Australian Steve Glenney won the Classic category in his ’81 Commodore, beating Porsches, Ferraris and all sorts of high-performance cars.  Just goes to show its not what you drive, but how you drive it.  Getting very sideways in this shot.  Well done Steve!

There was a good showing of classic Aussie muscle in the event…

Of course Mozza was there in a Gemini, seems he wasted money buying 4 tyres though…

Skylines, EVOs and STI’s made up a decent portion of the fleet, here we see an R34 GTR.

Beau Johnson in his Subaru Impreza WRX STI…

And Beaus’ brother Troy in his WRX STI!  These guys grew up in the next road up from me, we used to hang out a bit together as kids.  They were always into motorsport even back then, they started out in Go Karts.

And finally another shot of Liam Coyles WRX STI.

Congratulations to all the participants and organisers of Targa Wrest Point.  A great event and I am looking forward to the 2010 event.  Oh, and Targa Tasmania in a couple of months time…!

An eventful Day 1 of the first ever Targa Wrest Point.  An early start and into the car for the drive down to Dover in Tasmanias south.  A quick stop to pick Ash, my shooting partner for the day, up from his hotel and before long we were at the stage and ready to go.  

My brief for the stage was to get shots of the cars coming though this corner, with the road snaking off into the background.  This little Fiat 500 seems to have been in every Targa event ever!  Awesome little beast!

Hmmm black Porsche….  one day!

Scott Millar and Chris Dean’s Mitsubishi Evolution X

Gentleman Jim Richards and Barry Oliver in Tasmania once again!

And of course Jason and John White in the Lamborghini.

A Citroen rolled during this stage causing it to be downgraded to a touring stage about half way through.  

This set the tone for the rest of the day.  We found out spots at the Cygnet stage, only to find out after an hour and a half or so waiting that the stage, along with the two before it, had been cancelled, due to delays caused by accidents, amongst other things.  So we made a mad dash to the end of the Oyster Cove stage and had to walk some distance into the stage to get some shots there.  I love old 911′s, especially in such classic livery…

Nice old Monaro.

Liam Coyle is a friend of mine from the local Subaru WRX club.  Only a relative newcomer to rallying, he is doing great things and looked good in his STI.

Sadly, the beautiful Porsche 911 of Pye and Geelan also had a bit of an incident near the start of this stage.  

Off to the Pelverata stage in the morning, so best get some sleep now!

As well as wedding and portrait photography, I am really passionate about photographing cars and motorsport.  Needless to say I was stoked when I got a call to head up to Baskerville Raceway to grab some shots of the White Hot Motorsports Lamborghini Gallardo which was undergoing testing for Targa Wrest Point.  The shots will be used in an article on Targa Wrest Point in The Mercury Newspaper.

I did get an all too short ride in the car, and what an expensive ride it was too, as now I need to find about $500,000 in order to buy one.  My old Subaru just does not feel the same any more and it must be replaced!  Donations will be graciously accepted…

There was much testing to be done, and despite the rather terrible weather, with gale force winds blowing dirt everywhere, thanks to some nearby excavation work, and then the rain.  I felt for the guys who had to tweak the cars suspension settings every few laps. They were trying to dial out some understeer. Here we see a committee meeting to decide how best to accomplish this.

Everyone loves a Lambo, especially here in Tasmania where they are such a rare sight. These kids were happily snapping away with their mobile phones, so I offered to take a photo of them with the car with a real camera.

Driver Jason White is seen here checking out some data logs.  Very nifty this.  The cars computer records everything – steering angle, throttle position, RPM, speed, g-force and position on the track, along with all the vital signs of the car.  You can play it all back and see exactly what the car is doing.  Very, very cool.

The 5 litre V10 engine makes the most glorious noise.  It is really a thing of beauty.  It growls and sings and screams all at the same time.  Wonderful!

Time to get this beast out onto the track where it belongs!  All together now… POOOWWWWEEERRR!!!!

Here is another shot of Jason, complete with his sponsors logo in the background…

Or should we say its the Black Stig?

I had a great time at the track, well it is hard not to… Thanks for having me along guys, and I wish you all the best for success in the inaugural Targa Wrest Point next weekend.

The Jensen FF was the worlds first (non offroader) 4WD car. It was also the first car in the world to have Anti Locking Brakes. They were very expensive and very thirsty cars. Here is the cockpit of a Mk1 FF.

As we were crossing the road to the Federation Square to go to the Game On Exhibition, I spotted the Jensen Car Club of Australia holding a display in the entrance to the centre. Here is a nice Interceptor III. I was actually a member of the club, but let my membership lapse. I should join back up. There was some very nice cars on display, with a blue Interceptor III (a similar color to my Hillman Imp GT), a silver SP, a black and a white Jensen-Healey, a silver CV8, a red Interceptor III, a blue Interceptor III Convertible, a blue FF Mk1 and a red F MK1 Vignale bodied car. Beautiful.

Targa Tasmania has been run and won for another year, here is a shot for you of a nice old Porsche 911 Carrera taken on the Risdon Brook stage today.

Michael’s Sunbeam Imp, from a feature I did on the car for Australian Classic Car magazine. A great fun shoot this was, hanging out the back and side windows of a Subaru Forester to get the tracking shots of the little car.

A white MY99 Subaru Impreza WRX.