The 2008 Targa Tasmania was the seventeenth running of the five-day Tarmac Rally event. It was held between 15 April 2008 and 20 April 2008 on 38 competitive closed road stages in the state of Tasmania, Australia. It was contested by over 300 competitors breaking the previous record field for the five-day format of 291 in 2002 and 2004.[1]
| Prologue
|
| Number
|
Name
|
Description
|
Length
|
| TS00 |
Georgetown |
Town stage run on the streets of Georgetown. |
04.82 km
|
| Leg 1
|
| TS01 |
Entally |
|
05.62 km
|
| TS02 |
Deloraine |
|
08.44 km
|
| TS03 |
Reedy Marsh |
|
04.99 km
|
| TS04 |
Paradise |
|
14.48 km
|
| TS05 |
Nookville |
|
05.33 km
|
| TS06 |
Harford |
|
05.50 km
|
| TS07 |
Frankford |
|
07.70 km
|
| TS08 |
Kayena |
|
06.60 km
|
| TS09 |
Beaconsfield |
Town stage run on the streets of Beaconsfield. |
02.20 km
|
| Leg 2
|
| TS10 |
Sideling |
|
43.82 km
|
| TS11 |
Ledgerwood |
|
05.29 km
|
| TS12 |
Moorina |
|
07.70 km
|
| TS13 |
Weldborough |
|
13.20 km
|
| TS14 |
Pyengana |
|
06.60 km
|
| TS15 |
Elephant Saddle |
|
11.00 km
|
| TS16 |
Rossarden |
|
11.70 km
|
| TS17 |
Longford |
Town stage run on the streets of Longford. |
02.86 km
|
| Leg 3
|
| TS18 |
High Plains |
|
04.40 km
|
| TS19 |
Dunorlan |
|
08.80 km
|
| TS20 |
Merseylea |
|
09.90 km
|
| TS21 |
Devonport |
City stage run on the streets of East Devonport. |
02.77 km
|
| TS22 |
Paloona |
|
16.04 km
|
| TS23 |
Mt. Claude |
|
09.86 km
|
| TS24 |
Liena |
|
10.86 km
|
| TS25 |
Caveside |
|
04.40 km
|
| Leg 4
|
| TS26 |
Mole Creek |
|
04.40 km
|
| TS27 |
Cethana |
|
37.48 km
|
| TS28 |
Gunns Plains |
|
14.68 km
|
| TS29 |
South Riana |
|
24.48 km
|
| TS30 |
Hellyer Gorge |
|
15.42 km
|
| TS31 |
Bastyn Dam |
|
05.50 km
|
| TS32 |
Reece Dam |
|
29.25 km
|
| Leg 5
|
| TS33 |
Strahan |
|
33.24 km
|
| TS34 |
Queenstown |
|
06.39 km
|
| TS35 |
Mt. Arrowsmith |
|
47.24 km
|
| TS36 |
Tungatinah |
|
08.67 km
|
| TS37 |
Risdon Brook |
|
07.70 km
|
| TS38 |
Hobart |
Second of only 2 southern stages, run on the Queens Domain just outside the state capital Hobart. |
01.36 km
|
Targa racers just 'hoons and bandits'
edit
Angry Hobart aldermen branded Targa Tasmania as "organised hooning" and its competitors "environmental bandits". Eva Ruzicka and Bill Harvey came out firing in their decision not to approve a proposed Targa stage on the Domain in April. Targa boss Mark Perry said if the Domain stage did not go ahead, there would be no plans for a 2009 stage. The council refused to agree on a night stage in 2007 and the Domain stage was axed.[6]
Skelta robbed of Targa podium
edit
Vandersee/Kelley were penalised for stopping to offer assistance to the crew of a crashed car near lunchtime on day four. This penalty ultimately cost the Skelta team its first podium in the Targa Tasmania tarmac event. The seven second penalty ultimately pushed the hard charging team to a four-second deficit behind the Subaru crew of Dean Herridge and Glenn McNeal.[7]
Glenney