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Skelta Unchallenged At Targa Tasmania |
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Friday, 20 April 2007 |
Toowoomba’s Ray Vandersee has maintained an unbelievable charge in Targa Tasmania, guiding his self designed Skelta G-Force to nine stage wins from a possible 12 over the past two days.
Not surprisingly the Queenslander has cleared four other stages within the allocated base time and while not in the reckoning for outright honours there’s no doubt the Skelta G-Force is the talk of Tasmania.
“I’m absolutely wrapped in the overall performance of the Skelta, while also very frustrated with the dramas on day one,” said Vandersee.
“We’re definitely proving a point and are going faster and faster with each stage.
“The times are telling the story and the best thing towards the next
couple of days is that we have yet to find the limits of this car.”
Having soaked up 60 kilometres of competitive stages today, Vandersee
didn’t put a foot wrong with a fifth place effort this morning at
Tunnel Hill the only stage he was bettered in by the opposition.
Equal first on the timesheets with Kevin Weeks just before lunch on the
7.2 kilometre Howden stage was the closest anyone got and was inclusive
in an unbeaten run of five straight outright top placings.
“This car is unbelievable even without the V8 engine which we are looking at starting with at next year’s Targa Tasmania.
“The longer I get to spend behind the wheel, the harder I’m able to push and that’s an exciting feeling.
“Some of the other drivers have been blown away with the performance
and now with nine stage wins to our credit we’ll just look to continue
to build on that over the weekend.”
The Subaru Impreza WRX driven by Tony Sullens currently holds a slim 13
second lead over fellow Subary driver Tony Longhurst, while eight time
and reigning Targa Tasmania champion Jim Richards is well within
striking distance a further nine seconds away in third.
Targa Tasmania is considered one of the toughest races of its kind
where vehicles are this year required to cover more than 2000
kilometres, including 450 competition kilometres over 42 stages.
Skelta Sports Cars has a stock of comprehensive promotional DVDs that
outline the original concepts, engineering and overall performance
capabilities of this unique Australian made sports car.
The DVDs are available for immediate distribution to interested parties free of charge.
Potential purchasers and enthusiasts of Queensland’s Skelta G-Force,
that retails for around $134 000, are asked to book their DVD directly
through Vandersee via email at
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