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Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

WHY TARGA 66

Many people ask where the name came from...

 

It is quite simple really.

The Targa part is from the Targa Florio...a 44 mile per lap and 900+ corners per lap race through the mountains of Sicily. Brian won the 1970 iteration along with the historic recreation..both in the wonderful little Porsche 908/3.

 

                                                                                       

 

The Sixty Six may be a little bit harder to figure out.

Brian drove for the brilliant enginer/driver/team owner, Jim Hall in the Formula 5000 series.

Runner up (after missing 2 races while racing for Ferrari in Europe) in 1973 the # on the car was the iconic Chaparral Racing 66.

Brian then went onto win the F5000 championship for the following 3 years.

 

Jim Hall Riverside 1968

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