* Targa timing system

Targa timing ( not to be confused with target timing ) is a system of timing used in car rallying.

Targa timing became the standard timing method used on rallies for almost 20 years following its invention in 1963.

Targa timing was one of the practical timing systems developed to allow rapid and accurate results calculation to take place.

Targa timing solved these problems.

The original objective of Targa timing was to speed delivery of rally results, and the rally paperwork set out the amount by which each control's clock was offset.

This always remained the case on the Targa Rusticana, but other organisers soon realised that Targa timing could be used to conceal the calculated average speed for a section, since the competitors have no way of knowing by how much each clock has been retarded.

For road rallies, Targa timing was banned in 1988, along with a number of other rule changes designed to slow such events down-from then on only ordinary " time of day " timing was permitted.

This led to a long and thriving tradition of road racing, including events like Sicily's Targa Florio ( from 1906 ) and Giro di Sicilia ( Tour of Sicily, 1914 ), which went right round the island, both of which continued on and off until after World War II.

The Targa is one of several Tarmac Rally events to be held in Australia.

Previous local programmes produced by TNT-9 include Sports Club ( weekly sports review ), Quiz Quest ( children's game show ), The Saturday night Show ( variety ), Down the Line ( morning talk / local events ), The Saturday Morning Fun Show ( kids ), Tasmanian New Faces ( talent ) and annual coverage of Targa Tasmania and The Launceston Cup.

Broadcast every night during Targa Tasmania fortnight, Andrew Hart and Nick Duigan report and comment on the events of the day.

There are also trophies for overall placing in the Touring and Targa events, and for placing within the various categories within the Targa event, as well as trophies for national and marque teams, and for the best-placed novice team.

Smaller one or two day events are usually run during the year and have been variously titled Targa Bambina, Targa Dash, Targa Rotorua and Targa Tauranga.

Other styles of fountain pen nibs include Hooded Nibs ( Examples of hooded nibs are Parker 51, Parker 61, or the current ( 2007 ) Parker 100, Hero 329 ), Inlaid Nibs ( e. g., Sheaffer Targa or Sheaffer P. F. M ) or Integral Nib ( Parker T-1 and Falcon, Pilot Myu 701 ), which may also be ground to have different writing characteristics.

Targa top, or just ' T '- top models are a variation on the convertible design, where the roof centre section can be removed, in one or two sections, leaving the rest of the roof in place.

The Targa was equipped with distinctive 2-piece wheels, which could be ordered as an option on all cars not having standard wheels.

With her sights firmly set on winning the 1928 Targa Florio, she acquired a new Bugatti Type 35B to enable her to be on an equal footing with the top male competitors.

* Suzuki Cappucino ( has an optional solid roof which can be converted into a Targa top )

However, when the Targa was completed, Connery's head stuck out of the top to such an extent that it was decided it looked too ridiculous and that roofless versions would have to be made if the car was to be featured in the film.

It was invented by John Brown, the Clerk of the Course for the Targa Rusticana, a road rally that used to be run in the United Kingdom in the 1960s by Oumdc ( named after the famous Targa Florio ).

Although the Targa Florio was an open road rally-type race that took place on Sicilian mountain roads with ( aside from straw bales and weak guardrails at some of the turns, the latter were installed by the island's government ) practically no safety features, only 9 people-including spectators-died at the event over the 71 year and 61 race history using a total of 6 circuit configurations.

The layout of the circuit in the mountains was similar to the Targa Florio event, one of the most important motor races at that time.

The 2006 Bathurst 1000 became a very emotional event to all drivers, teams, friends and fans of one of its greatest drivers in its history, 9 time winner of the " Great Race ", Peter Brock ( killed in the Targa West rally event the month before ).

At the same time Porsche introduced the Targa and Cabriolet variants, both of which proved popular.

His chance to shine finally came at Targa Florio as Rodriguez was ill on the race day with the new Porsche 908 / 03.

Scarfiotti entered the 1968 Targa Florio, but wrecked his Porsche 907 (# 230 ) on the first day of qualifying and was forced to race with Porsche's T-car which did not last the 720 km long road race.

The 100, 000th Porsche, a 912 Targa outfitted for the police, was delivered.

For example, he told Enzo Ferrari after he got a ticket for a journey home from the Sicilian Targa Florio " What a strange businessman you are.

In open-road endurance races across Europe such as the Mille Miglia, Tour de France and Targa Florio, which were often run on dusty roads, the need for fenders and a mechanic or navigator was still there.

The Targa Florio, another tough road race, remained part of the world championship until the 1970s and remained as a local race for many years afterwards.

Porsche started to evolve a line of sports prototypes from the late 1950s ; noted for their toughness and reliability they started to win in races of attrition such as the Targa Florio and as they grew bigger ( via the Porsche 910 to the Porsche 908 and finally the Porsche 917 ) the Stuttgart marque became first a competitor for overall wins and then came to dominate sports car racing – both they and Mercedes have made intermittent returns to the top level of the sport through the 1970s, 80s and 90s.

Racing continued as well, with Boillot entering the 1919 Targa Florio in a 2. 5-liter ( 150ci ) car designed for an event pre-empted by World War One ; the car had on it, yet Boillot won with an impressive drive ( the best of his career ) Peugeots in his hands were third in the 1925 Targa, first in the 1922 and 1925 Coppa Florios, first in the 1923 and 1925 Touring Car Grands Prix, and first at the 1926 Spa 24 Hours.

Truevision produced an i860-based accelerator board intended for use with their Targa and Vista framebuffer cards.

Bana purchased his first car, a 1974 XB Ford Falcon coupé, at the age of fifteen for A $ 1100 and driving it, made his motor sport racing debut in 1996's Targa Tasmania, a week-long race around the island state of Tasmania.

At the 1907 Targa Florio, for instance, despite the talents of Victor Héméry and Hubert Le Blon ( late of the Darracq and Serpollet teams, respectively ), aided by Daimler works test driver George Ison, the Societa Officine de Luca Daimler ( Italian licence manufacturers ) entries finished thirteenth, twentieth, and twenty-sixth.

Targa is an old word for targe, shield.

This was true of the Le Mans circuit of the 1906 Grand Prix, as well as the Targa Florio ( run on of Sicilian roads ), the German Kaiserpreis circuit in the Taunus mountains, and the French circuit at Dieppe ( a mere ), used for the 1907 Grand Prix.

With partner Ken Opstein, he won the 1982 Sixty Sails Handicap with Targa, and the 1993 La Brea Stakes with a daughter of Targa, Mamselle Bebette, which he raced under the name of his Big Train Farm, a stable he named for Hall of Fame baseball pitcher, Walter Johnson, In the 1980s, John Forsythe served as the regular host for the annual Eclipse Awards.

A GTR Coupé driven Jo Bonnier and Carlo Mario Abate won the 1963 Targa Florio making it three wins at the event for a 718 car.

In 1968, driving for Alfa Romeo, he was second in the Targa Florio and fourth in the Le Mans 24 Hours race co-driving with Nanni Galli.

In 1970, Giunti was signed by Ferrari primarily for their sports-car team and won the Sebring 12hrs and the Targa Florio as well as achieving several other high placings.

The X51 Powerkit is available for S, 4S, Targa models, which increases engine power.

* Targa, where the objective is to meet or slightly better the stage times set by the organizers for the age, displacement and modification level of the vehicle.