A roaring start for Targa Tasmania

By Toli Papadopoulos
Updated April 11 2016 - 6:00pm, first published 3:50pm
ART: Artist Merri Sparks, of Brisbane, designed the paintwork for the 2014 Porsche 911 turbo of Alistair and Zoe McKeough. Picture: Phillip Biggs
ART: Artist Merri Sparks, of Brisbane, designed the paintwork for the 2014 Porsche 911 turbo of Alistair and Zoe McKeough. Picture: Phillip Biggs

GEORGE Town residents watched as hundreds of vintage cars arrived in for day one of Targa Tasmania. Targa Tasmania media manager Ian Chesterman said this year’s event featured 382 cars, which is a new record for the competition.  He said Targa drivers would travel through 1842 kilometres of road, with 503km of those competitive. 

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