Going Fishing

Just a quick note to all valued Reliance customers - Reliance will be closed over the Easter break and the following week and will reopen for business on the 2nd of May. Hope everyone enjoys their break.

Targa Wrap Up

Well Targa is run and won and all of the Reliance Team have made it through with only a few dramas - but sounds like Jon had a busy time down there with the Power's snapped axle, a gearbox replacement for Greg Sutton, a swaybar swap for the Crowe's and alternator repairs for Faux & O'Halloran. The team of Greg Sutton and Paul Kelly had a great result with 5th in Late Classic Handicap. Congratulations to all of the Reliance Team for completing what is a demanding event.

The Mazda Motorsport Team had a fantastic result with Reeves & Smyth first in Showroom and the Vandenberg's 5th in Modern. Disappointing that Glenney crashed out considering his good form but Mazda would have to be very happy with the final results.

Placings at the end of the event for the Reliance team:
Car #607 Faux & Mihajlovic - 11th in Late Classic Handicap (9th Classic Outright)
Car #620 Sutton & Kelly - 5th in Late Classic Handicap (12th Classic Outright)
Car #625 Power & Power (VIC) - 50th in Late Classic Handicap (55th Classic Outright)
Car #634 O'Halloran & Burton - 45th in Late Classic Handicap (44th Classic Outright)
Car #650 Crowe & Crowe - 34th in Late Classic Handicap (38th Classic Outright)
Car #730 Ridge & Ridge (VIC) - 11th Early Modern

Congratulations again to the Team.

And apologies for the lack of a day 4 update - attending to a sick daughter.

Targa Day 3

A mostly good day for Team Reliance with Barry still 2nd in Late Classic Handicap and most of the other teams moving up the rankings. Not such a good day for Bruce Power as mentioned in the last post, but hopefully he'll be back racing tomorrow.

Jon has been kept busy since arriving in Tasmania - guessing the sight seeing will have to wait. Hopefully a quieter day tomorrow, but it is a big one. Almost as many kms in one day as have been done over the last 3, and long transports.

Shame to see Glenney out when he was starting to claw back, great to see Reeves still way out in front of Showroom and Vandenberg almost in to Top Ten contention.

Placings at the end of day 3 for the Reliance team:
Car #607 Faux & Mihajlovic - 2nd in Late Classic Handicap (7th Classic Outright)
Car #620 Sutton & Kelly - 8th in Late Classic Handicap (16th Classic Outright)
Car #625 Power & Power (VIC) - unknown at this time
Car #634 O'Halloran & Burton - 48th in Late Classic Handicap (51st Classic Outright)
Car #650 Crowe & Crowe - 64th in Late Classic Handicap (74th Classic Outright)
Car #730 Ridge & Ridge (VIC) - 21st Early Modern

Good luck to all the crews for the big push tomorrow.

Bruce Power temporarily halted

Bruce Power snapped an axle earlier today calling a halt to his day. Jon got down to Tasmania today and is currently helping Bruce swap in a new axle - he sent me the following pic:



And no, the car isn't wavy, think Jon's phone has just been dropped too many times.

Anyway, Bruce should be ready to go for tomorrows racing.

And in other news I just read on the Mazda Aus Twitter Feed () that Glenney has crashed out. Crew OK but that is a big shame.

Targa Day 2

Day 2 was a good day for Team Reliance. Barry Faux moved into 2nd Late Classic Handicap with Greg Sutton not far behind - and Bruce Power not that much further back. The Crowe brothers managed to keep the thirsty car fed (mostly) so their placings improved - as did their stage times. Damian O'Halloran continued to improve his placing and Glenn Ridge maintained his 29th in Early Modern.

A day of mixed results for Mazda Motorsport - Reeves continues to blitz Showroom and Vandenberg has been getting the hang of the RX8 and is moving up through the pack. From the Mazda website it appears that Glenney was having electrical dramas so hopefully that is all remedied and they can make up for lost time today.

Placings at the end of day 2 for the Reliance team:
Car #607 Faux & Mihajlovic - 2nd in Late Classic Handicap (9th Classic Outright)
Car #620 Sutton & Kelly - 7th in Late Classic Handicap (15th Classic Outright)
Car #625 Power & Power (VIC) - 14th in Late Classic Handicap (19th Classic Outright)
Car #634 O'Halloran & Burton - 53rd in Late Classic Handicap (50th Classic Outright)
Car #650 Crowe & Crowe - 68th in Late Classic Handicap (81st Classic Outright)
Car #730 Ridge & Ridge (VIC) - 29th Early Modern

More good luck to all the teams on day 3.

Targa Day 1

Well all the Reliance cars have made it through the first day of Targa with Barry Faux 3rd in Late Classic Handicap (11th Classic Outright) and Greg Sutton not far behind (=9th in Late Classic Handicap and 20th Classic Outright). Mazda Australia are well placed with Glenney in the RX8 in 3rd Modern and and Reeves in the 3 MPS leading Showroom. The Crowe brothers were doing very well but unfortunately had a (non-mechanical) problem that saw them stuck on Stage 6 for a while and missed the finish control getting them a 20 minute time penalty. Luckily they were able to continue and with plenty more racing to go who knows where they will end up.

Placings at the end of day 1 for the Reliance team:
Car #607 Faux & Mihajlovic - 3rd in Late Classic Handicap (11th Classic Outright)
Car #620 Sutton & Kelly - =9th in Late Classic Handicap (20th Classic Outright)
Car #625 Power & Power (VIC) - =21st in Late Classic Handicap (28th Classic Outright)
Car #634 O'Halloran & Burton - 59th in Late Classic Handicap (63rd Classic Outright)
Car #650 Crowe & Crowe - 72nd in Late Classic Handicap (96th Classic Outright)
Car #730 Ridge & Ridge (VIC) - 29th Early Modern

Good luck to all the teams on day 2.

Targa Tasmania underway

It’s a little quieter in the shop now that all the Targa cars are prepped and now down in Tasmania competing. All the Reliance prepared cars have made it through yesterdays prologue (though Barry Faux did damage a wheel) and are ready to go out and have a ball today. Jon will be heading down on Friday to lend a hand and to possibly spectate. We wish all the competitors good luck – especially the following with Reliance prepared cars:
Car #607 Faux (ACT) ‐ Mihajlovic (ACT), 1979 Mazda RX7, Classic
Car #620 Sutton (ACT) ‐ Kelly (NSW), 1979 Mazda RX7, Classic
Car #625 Power (ACT) ‐ Power (VIC), 1979 Mazda RX7, Classic
Car #634 O'Halloran (ACT) ‐ Burton (ACT), 1984 Mazda RX7, Classic
Car #650 Crowe (ACT) ‐ Crowe (ACT), 1984 Mazda RX7, Classic
Car #730 Ridge (VIC) ‐ Ridge (VIC), 1995 Mazda RX7 SP, Modern

You can follow the results here - http://www.rallyresults.com.au/targa/TT2011/index.asp

You can also get updates on the Mazda Motorsport Team’s (yes, there is Reliance input) progress here - http://www.mazda.com.au/Motorsport/Targa-Tasmania.aspx