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09-11-2014 #121
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Oh yeah, 3 days to go. I can't wait for some updates on this! Video too please!
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09-12-2014 #122
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How is the 'to do' list going Mark? Hope everything goes great for you. I was talking about your race to my 7 year old daughter the other day and my wife walked in and asked what we were talking about, my daughter said "Dad is talking about OUR race truck". Glad you did the kickstarter thing, I feel like I am part of the team!
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09-13-2014 #123
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Hey guys!
Everything went crazy, in a good way. I'm going to have to backlog some updates for you. Last Friday, I had finished building my brakes and interior when a meeting was arranged with Chevrolet Performance in Detroit. I wasn't expecting anything to happen, but soooo wanted to do the call.
THEY. WERE. AMAZING. And they love the Targa Truck. It was crazy, totally did not expect it.
Long story short, they called Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center out of Texas and by days end they sponsored us. Un-real. The guys we spoke to at Scoggins-Dickey were amazing too.
I never imagined this would happen. I'm just a guy building in my home garage. Here is the truck, getting ready for tech. The Targa Newfoundland prolog starts in the morning.
Again, sorry for being out of touch. This project has had me going around the clock.
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09-13-2014 #124
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That is AWESOME!!! Congrats on the huge name sponsor. I love it when a big company sponsors a garage builder like that. Can't wait for the updates. Have a great time!
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09-14-2014 #125
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Bets wishes for a fast, fun & safe event Mark !
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09-14-2014 #126
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The 'to do' list almost got done before the truck shipped. Sorting out the sponsorship tool some serious time out of my schedule. But what a great reason to end up behind the eight ball.
Originally Posted by Peter Mc Mahon
The truck landed 2 days late. The thrash to pass tech was epic. Had to install the kill switch, plumb the fire safety system, wire the rally computer and a few odds and ends. We took it out for a midnight run to calibrate the rally computer- thankfully everything worked.
Today was prolog and the truck worked great. The runs are intense - my second stage was like a 4 mile autoX, but the pylons have been replaced with telephone poles, houses, boulders, lakes, cliffs and oceans.
Sadly, one of my fellow competitors ended up in the hospital today and the car is gone after hitting a concrete culvert.
So happy to hear your story with your daughter, it means a lot. There will be more stories to share - GM 8/ going to be sharing stories of the Targa Truck on the block and Scoggin-Dickey will be releasing a couple videos.
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09-14-2014 #127
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Awesome! - You.....must......finish.......you.......must..... finish!
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09-25-2014 #128
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We are back. I picked up my wounded truck yesterday. Front lower control arms are done, rear-end is in question, the shifter is giving up. Every joint in the exhaust is leaking.
Let's back-up al little. I'll repair stuff soon enough.
We arrived in St. John's Wednesday and everything was grand. The truck was to arrive Thursday for Targa school and we'd have a few nights to complete a small "to do" list. However, that all when in the toilet when there was an issue with shipping. The truck finally arrived 20 minutes before tech closed, yes CLOSED on Saturday. We had less than 16 hours before we needed to be starting prolog.
We also needed a car to do school in, the last car in St. John's was a 2011 Toyota Camery. We kept loosing it in mall parking lots... such a forgettable car. However, one parking lot mishap was in front of a Michael's Craft Store. Miles had the brilliant idea to paint it.
Presenting the Targa Truck Stunt Double.
Hard to tell the difference - non?
The truck did arrive and boy did we thrash. We started working it before it even rolled off the trailer.
There are not many photos of from the day, however I stopped to take a couple of picks of Miles putting on our final sponsor.
By sometime in the AM, the Targa Truck was ready and road tested. We found out the next day that everyone had bet against us, they put us way back in the grid because they assumed we wouldn't make it. We'd prove them wrong many times this week.
The first few days of racing were intense, we had to figure out the roads, the people and each other. By Wednesday we had flipped the switch to attack and had moved into 2nd place. Here are a few photos of the action.
And yes, we had to deal with some crazy stuff. We managed to only get the truck in the air once. The landing was a rough as you can imagine...
The Globe and Mail (Canadian newspaper) ran a five part series about our adventure. Here are the first 2 days.
Day 1
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...ticle20599122/
Day 2
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...shboard/alerts
More soon. Or just google "Targa Truck".
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09-25-2014 #129
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Followed the race with the daily videos Targa Newfoundland posted, you on Facebook and The Globe. Just couldn't get enough. Haha. Can't imagine the fun you guys had! Living the dream! Glad everything went amazing! Definitely on my bucket list. Started watching the targa about 5 years ago. Just too damn cool! Time for more pics and videos.
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09-29-2014 #130
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Thanks Chris! This just came out today. Here is some more reading for you - Hooniverse's account of the Targa Truck adventure is hilarious. Originally Posted by CHRIZ28
http://hooniverse.com/2014/09/29/thu...-newfoundland/
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09-30-2014 #131
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As if this couldn't get any better. The Targa Truck is on ROAD AND TRACK. OM-freaking-G
But you guys read it here first on pro-touring.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/car-c...racing-monster
Today is a good day. Wow.
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09-30-2014 #132
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Man! The good news keeps rolling!
Excellent adventure to follow.
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09-30-2014 #133
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That is awesome!
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09-30-2014 #134
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Very cool! I love reading these articles about the truck!
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09-30-2014 #135
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Originally Posted by bovey
Congrats on everything! Been following along the whole way, fantastic story that you'll have with you the rest of your life!!Lance
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09-30-2014 #136
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Awesome job Mark! The Chevelle made R&T too
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10-01-2014 #137
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Awesome News! Enjoy your new found Fame! Originally Posted by bovey
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10-01-2014 #138
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Fixed Originally Posted by BMR Sales
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10-01-2014 #139
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Good Catch!Fixed
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10-21-2014 #140
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Post Targa life has been busy - have had a lot of clean-up; truck and otherwise to figure out.
Anyway, we left off at the end of day 2.
By Wednesday (day 3), Miles and I were starting to figure it out. We were quick, only a minute behind 2nd place. So we figured, "what the hell, let's run down the Porsche." And we did, a lot. Keep in mind we are staggered 30 seconds apart. On some runs, we'd catch the Corvette in front of the Porsche. Yes, it was fun.
However, what we did not expect the road conditions. Wednesday brought total havoc to most teams, including us. Rougher roads than you can imagine. And at extreme rates of speed 160-200 km/h (100 - 125 mph) Stuff breaks and falls apart.
Wednesday night was spent putting the truck back together, and were not alone. In our case, the front tow hook fell off, the front bumper almost fell off, the front shock mounts undid themselves, the seats were loose, the transmission was loose, the rear-end was loose, etc, etc. We ended up nut and bolting the truck twice due the amount vibration and shocked hammered through the truck.
But, we were in 2nd place. So, cool.
And meet a Targa Newfoundland competitor's best friend - Red Threadlock.
Not everyone made it to Thursday. I'm not sure if they plan Wednesday to break you, but is seemed that way. Why? Because Thursday was amazing. Thursday was the prize for everyone who made it to that day. Wonderful weather, fun fast stages, and Bonavista...
We stopped in Bonavista for lunch. We had soup, it was amazing. Lunch was always made by church ladies, and it was always heavy and wonderful. So much for that race diet before the targa. Anyway, a soup was a light welcome change.
When we came out of lunch, they had shut down Bonavista, they were going to let us loose through the neighbourhoods, main streets, back alleys and even a few driveways. It was roughly 6 km of winding rounds through the very place John Cabot is said to have landed on June 24, 1497.
The run in Bonavista alone was worth every ounce of blood, sweat, zero sleep, stress, all the money and then some. It was a freaking riot.
The end of Thrusday came, in a blur. We had not broke anything, other than the brakes were baked. Turned out the fluid was boiled, Miles jumped on the task when we returned home and we actually got to bed. Which was great, because the final day was coming up, but we'll talk about that soon.
If you missed them, here are Wednesday and Thrusday's articles from the Globe and Mail. Please check them out, because clicks count. Also, you can read about the truck hitting 200000 miles, that's 320000 kms and having a birthday at the Targa Newfoundland.
Leg 3
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...ticle20654574/
Leg 4
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...ticle20691835/
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