Targa West - Good Luck Steve Jones

[kneedtotinkle]

Best of luck to Steve in this years Targa West. Drive safe and hope everything goes well.

[TJ]

x2 - get out to Wanners on Friday before 10am for your best chance to see him in action, otherwise check Targawest.com.au for info on your best spots to watch over the weekend.

There is a big antilag flavour in his targa effort - think Camo, Rob, Bobbo, Yoda at the least, and hopefully my pitiful effort helps with the wekeend.

Best of the luck and may it be a safe and successful one.

[iluv2moan]

dont have uni on friday and not scheduled to work so migh tgo check it out at barbs

[FranZ]

Zig zags > Barbs on Friday!

Go to a place where you don't normally see cars, let alone doing the road in the opposite direction. Sure access is a bit harder but its worth it!

[ben351]

Call me after Targa is you still want to be mates hey ....

1pm.

[ben351]

58c R&R Engineering (WA) DARRINGTON Robert WA ABETZ David WA Aston Martin Vantage 2007 Challenge M1C3 <--- Do want.

[TJ]

Zig zags > Barbs on Friday!

Go to a place where you don't normally see cars, let alone doing the road in the opposite direction. Sure access is a bit harder but its worth it!

Definitely a better viewing spot, but not the easiest chance to see the cars if you dont get in early and set up, hence why I suggested Wanners to see all the cars with ease.

Hopefully there is no Green things mating with trees this year ;)

[cplagz]

Good luck Stevo!

Might try to get out somewhere and watch some action on the weekend.

[adrenalin]

Good luck mate

I will be going zig zags on friday for sure.

[cplagz]

Targa West site is showing he's currently in equal second position with Jim Richards' team

[ben351]

2nd ???

PFFT

dead to me ...

[cplagz]

It's clearly from him driving a Nissan shitter and not a Lambo or Porsche. Time for a change.

[ben351]

sif ...

DATSUN FOR LIFE

[SimonR32]

http://modmycomments.com/x/celeb-quotes/ricky-bobby-if-you-aint-first.jpg

[kneedtotinkle]

ahahaha, raurie is the cougar for inspiration.

[Passage GT]

mate was doing timing on ss5 today
apparently during one stage the gtr was in limp mode so he lost a bit of time
i'm guessing the stage where he was behind by 21 seconds from the lambo

[Mistikal]

Hopefully there is no Green things mating with trees this year ;)

Or grey things either... :(

RIP Brocky.

andy

[gt4]

if steves car didnt go in limp mode he would have been first by 20 seconds

[esky]

at conclusion of stage 11

1 70 Lamborghini Superleggera Kevin Weeks 33:10.0 0
2 1 Porsche 911 GT2 Jim Richards 33:32.0 +22.0
3 73 Nissan Skyline GTR Steven Jones 33:35.0 +25.0
4 42 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 Troy Wilson 33:53.0 +43.0
5 63 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Tony Longhurst 34:01.0 +51.0
6 90 Porsche 911 GT3 Tony Quinn 34:10.0 +1:00.0
7 92 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 Ian Wilson 34:59.0 +1:49.0
8 91 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 RS Peter Major 35:01.0 +1:51.0
9 72 Subaru Impreza WRX RA Tolley Challis 35:33.0 +2:23.0
10 50 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Brendon Winterbourn 35:40.0 +2:30.0

[ELUSIV]

Good work to Steve so far!
Troy Wilson is doing damn well to keep up with that pack!

[1JZNOSHIT]

After 14 stages.

1 70 Lamborghini Superleggera Kevin Weeks 47:01.0 0
2 1 Porsche 911 GT2 Jim Richards 47:27.0 +26.0
3 73 Nissan Skyline GTR Steven Jones 47:43.0 +42.0
4 63 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Tony Longhurst 48:25.0 +1:24.0
5 90 Porsche 911 GT3 Tony Quinn 48:42.0 +1:41.0
6 42 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 Troy Wilson 48:51.0 +1:50.0
7 92 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 Ian Wilson 49:46.0 +2:45.0
8 37 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 RS Dylan Thomas 49:50.0 +2:49.0
9 91 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 RS Peter Major 50:02.0 +3:01.0
10 38 Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C Graham Furness 50:22.0 +3:21.0

[Frenchy]

After 19 stages

1 73 Nissan Skyline GTR Steven Jones 59:33.0 0
2 1 Porsche 911 GT2 Jim Richards 59:37.0 +4.0
3 70 Lamborghini Superleggera Kevin Weeks 59:49.0 +16.0
4 63 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Tony Longhurst 1:00:55.0 +1:22.0
5 42 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 Troy Wilson 1:01:11.0 +1:38.0
6 90 Porsche 911 GT3 Tony Quinn 1:01:18.0 +1:45.0
7 91 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 RS Peter Major 1:02:42.0 +3:09.0
8 37 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 RS Dylan Thomas 1:02:48.0 +3:15.0
9 38 Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C Graham Furness 1:03:21.0 +3:48.0
10 64 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Rob Herridge 1:03:31.0 +3:58.0
11 35 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Klark Quinn 1:03:37.0 +4:04.0
12 19 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Neil Pollard 1:04:47.0 +5:14.0
13 6 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Kim Ledger 1:04:49.0 +5:16.0
13 50 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Brendon Winterbourn 1:04:49.0 +5:16.0
15 40 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Paul Summers 1:04:51.0 +5:18.0

[1JZNOSHIT]

shit, Weeks must have fucked stage 19 then!

Go Steve!

[PAGZ]

datto > lambo?

[180SXTCY]

common the gtr! was fucking awsome watching them all yesterday going past my house up in the hills with the helicopter and shit hovering like 30 meters from the ground!

[kneedtotinkle]

steve will go harder now that he has a sniff at being in top spot. Good to see he is in top spot, bring it home!

[RICEY]

Go Neesarn

[DRKWRX]

knew that lambo was no match for the Datsun!

[TJ]

Haha it aint over yet.

Steves got the skill, and fingers crossed the car doesnt mess him around tomorrow.

[RICEY]

What caused the limp mode incident? Lambo got pissed at beaing beaten and gave it a car virus? hahaha

[TJ]

No one knows, which is the scary thing.

[sdwz180]

Steves got the skill

Heres a picture of mine from the Toodyay Special Stage.

http://i33.tinypic.com/2a6t6wn.jpg

[DRKWRX]

nice shot man!, that looks prety late in the arvo?

[esky]

Is that under brakes at the spectator point on the last stage? i heard a bit of sequel but thats nuts.

[sdwz180]

Yeah it was sometime after 5ish I think...

Brockas was behind me and got the same shot, although his might be abit more in focus than mine as I only got the one shot compared to his 5FPS or something :td:

[esky]

two retarded fuckers from tv camera crew stood right infront of me about 30 seconds before this, i couldn't see shit.

"mate your getting in everyones way"

"yeah thats ok, we got a job to do....." pingpingpingpings

[Brockas]

Yeah it was sometime after 5ish I think...

Brockas was behind me and got the same shot, although his might be abit more in focus than mine as I only got the one shot compared to his 5FPS or something :td:

haha yeh I managed to get a couple of shots in focus, posted one in the other thread already, although the compresison is pretty shit. Have a really high-res version here which I'll give to Steve:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steves-r35-big.jpg

[upgarage]

nice!

[Brockas]

I don't have video of it, but the next best thing:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steves-r35-8.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steves-r35-7.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steves-r35-6.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steves-r35-5.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steves-r35-4.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steves-r35-3.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steves-r35-2.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steves-r35-1.jpg

[TJ]

two retarded fuckers from tv camera crew stood right infront of me about 30 seconds before this, i couldn't see shit.

"mate your getting in everyones way"

"yeah thats ok, we got a job to do....." pingpingpingpings

And they are right. Rather they piss one or two people off, and give the public some great shots with exposes the sponsors etc to the market, which drives the event to bigger and better things.

Great snapping Paul, and despite that moment, he still won the stage, so he was well on it.

1 73 Nissan Skyline GTR Steven Jones 2:20.0 0
2 70 Lamborghini Superleggera Kevin Weeks 2:22.0 +2.0
3 1 Porsche 911 GT2 Jim Richards 2:23.0 +3.0

[confuzion]

looks so fucking hot man :( well done steve!

[PAGZ]

will b good 2 show people how good jap cars really are, such a shame that they changed to the v8 supercars

[esky]

barring any fuckups i'd say Jones has won it.

longest stage completed and he has a 19 second lead over Weeks

[PAGZ]

needs an antilag sticker on that front window

[hako]

can't get over how low this thing is, looks so hot

hoping for outright!

[1JZNOSHIT]

Looks like Mr Jones has it in the bag, has a solid lead with 1 stage to go.

1 73 Nissan Skyline GTR Steven Jones 1:38:08.0 0
2 1 Porsche 911 GT2 Jim Richards 1:38:27.0 +19.0
3 70 Lamborghini Superleggera Kevin Weeks 1:38:30.0 +22.0
4 63 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Tony Longhurst 1:40:41.0 +3:03.0
5 42 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 Troy Wilson 1:40:42.0 +3:04.0
6 90 Porsche 911 GT3 Tony Quinn 1:41:33.0 +3:25.0
7 37 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 RS Dylan Thomas 1:43:34.0 +5:26.0
8 91 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 RS Peter Major 1:43:45.0 +5:37.0
9 35 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Klark Quinn 1:44:02.0 +5:54.0
10 64 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Rob Herridge 1:44:28.0 +6:22.0

[Frenchy]

1 73 Nissan Skyline GTR Steven Jones 1:41:13.0 0
2 1 Porsche 911 GT2 Jim Richards 1:41:28.0 +15.0
3 70 Lamborghini Superleggera Kevin Weeks 1:41:34.0 +21.0
4 42 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 Troy Wilson 1:43:49.0 +3:06.0
5 90 Porsche 911 GT3 Tony Quinn 1:44:52.0 +3:39.0
6 37 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 RS Dylan Thomas 1:46:49.0 +5:36.0
7 91 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 RS Peter Major 1:47:01.0 +5:48.0
8 35 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Klark Quinn 1:47:17.0 +6:04.0
9 64 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Rob Herridge 1:47:46.0 +6:35.0
10 38 Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C Graham Furness 1:48:01.0 +6:48.0



Well done, not a bad way to spend a weekend...beating a tarmac legend

[1JZNOSHIT]

Top effort Stevo, well done bud.

[Joe]

Farkin awesome stuff!

[WRCjosh]

congrats bro

[Lonewolf]

top notch car with a top notch driver deserves 1st place, well done!

[ELUSIV]

Awesome result Steve. Everyone knows he has worked hard for it and its good to see that he has pulled out the win and that both he and the car have made a permanent impression on Targa by beating out one of the greats who has a number of years on him. Only upwards from here man :)

[kneedtotinkle]

WELL DONE MR JONES!!!!

[cplagz]

Top effort! Great to see a superdatsun in action.

[doriae86]

thats amazing - congrats steve

/1998 - teh GTR can neva l0053

might not be the place to ask - is the gtr still dead stock ?

[ELUSIV]

thats amazing - congrats steve

/1998 - teh GTR can neva l0053

might not be the place to ask - is the gtr still dead stock ?

Im curious to know what mods all the cars are running with if anyone knows much about them feel free to let us know, dont need specific brands or anything but just the basics to what people have done :)

[Brett_J]

Im curious to know what mods all the cars are running with if anyone knows much about them feel free to let us know, dont need specific brands or anything but just the basics to what people have done :)

LOL, All Steves cars are stock :D

Congrats Steve

[ELUSIV]

LOL, All Steves cars are stock :D

Congrats Steve

Nah the other cars, e.g. the Evo's, The Blue 34R, WRX's, etc..

[Miggy]

Thats amazing mighty datsan ftw. Well done.

[joshg123]

Grats steve,

I think all targa cars are very limited in the mods they can have?

[doriae86]

suspension, tyres, ecu, exhaust, brakes + safety shit i think

just especially interested in hearing whats done to the gtr as its such a new car, cant imagine there is too much available

[RICEY]

Well done top driving by Steve and great performance by the GTR !!

[T-Diddy]

EDIT:

TOP WORK STEVEO
an CREW...

Got some video, mite throw it online later
car looked awesome all weekend, an drew the crowds attention..

[adrenalin]

Congrats.

So pissed i missed out seeing it in action in zig zags.

[esky]

suspension, tyres, ecu, exhaust, brakes + safety shit i think

just especially interested in hearing whats done to the gtr as its such a new car, cant imagine there is too much available

+1

i'm pretty sure it was running its street spec tyres. if so thats a huge effort running against r-comp shod gt2's and lambo's.

[RICEY]

I doubt hed be running anything but track rubber but I could be wrong

[Lonewolf]

I doubt hed be running anything but track rubber but I could be wrong

cant get 20" r-comps yet i believe

[doriae86]

either way its a massive acheivement for both steve and his GTR

fucking congrats

cant wait for the gang to get online to post some pics up :)

[esky]

looks like standard,

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/r35-brakes-2.jpg

pic stolen from brockas.

[ELUSIV]

suspension, tyres, ecu, exhaust, brakes + safety shit i think

just especially interested in hearing whats done to the gtr as its such a new car, cant imagine there is too much available

Yeh i figured as much, ive read through the targa rules, but it can be a bit complicated about what you can/cant do for the various classes.


Congrats.

So pissed i missed out seeing it in action in zig zags.

Yeah same, the 40km/h roll on just isnt the same :P

[RICEY]

fark are they 20s?

[Lonewolf]

yah, and looks like the 400mm brake rotor upgrade too

[WRC]

Well done Steve.

And can I just say that the coverage given to the event on the news this evening WAS FUCKING PISS POOR. 10 secs on 9 news and that's it? Fuck me.

[Denver]

car is pretty stock, from what hes told me, its got aftermarket suspension, as close to r comps in dunlop he could get as no one does 20" r specs, yet..

different brake rotors and pads, and the cage plus other saftey mods, rest of it is basically stock, as theres very little aftermarket parts for them funnily enough..

[S133LTR]

it is basically stock, as theres very little aftermarket parts for them funnily enough..

not vry funny for porsche owners!

[ELUSIV]

car is pretty stock, from what hes told me, its got aftermarket suspension, as close to r comps in dunlop he could get as no one does 20" r specs, yet..

different brake rotors and pads, and the cage plus other saftey mods, rest of it is basically stock, as theres very little aftermarket parts for them funnily enough..

Except the HKS GT570 tuning package:

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/gt-r-tuning-update-hks-gt570-package/

[flamo_damo]

Fuck congrats to Steve that is a top effort!

[Passage GT]

congratulations to steve and the team
awesome work dude, to take it up to a legend like richards is a monster achievement
surely there'll be driving offers rolling in soon?

[Denver]

Except the HKS GT570 tuning package:

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/gt-r-tuning-update-hks-gt570-package/

True, however, chances are the HKS package will make the car too modified beyond stock to allow it to run...

[PAGZ]

nissans time to dominate motor sport for another 10 years....

[Rhys]

Wat an awesome weekend, not much sleep and some much time spent waiting around and it was all worth it.

Look on Stevo's face when he pulled upto us after the last stage was awesome.
Well done champ awesome driving.

Spose Camo, RRob, Bobbo, Andre, Yoda and Frank all need a mention, wouldnt have happened without them

And big ups to Weeks' for being a sport and doing a BURNOUT in the lambo for us

[T-Diddy]

2 videos of steve, only online for a short time


http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=zYhn0N10fC0

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=VSriOOnSdao

[DRKWRX]

Nice work!!!

[OBSESIV]

And big ups to Weeks' for being a sport and doing a BURNOUT in the lambo for us

Pics or vid?

[space]

top work, major props.

[Gleeso]

Geeez, good to see a Nissan up in front, and staying there by the looks of it

[RB20ZED]

thats a amazing effort good work steve
hope you get offered something mainstreem like porche cup ect
all the best

[RMX]

Thats a fucking massive effort from a bloke my age, Theres no way i'd be capable of pedaling anywhere near bloke like Jim Richards. To win an event outright against the likes of Jim and co is brilliant, at 23 its phenominal.

Well done, I'm sure there are massive things to come.

and GOGO SuperDatsun!

[Sigem]

Wat an awesome weekend, not much sleep and some much time spent waiting around and it was all worth it.

Look on Stevo's face when he pulled upto us after the last stage was awesome.
Well done champ awesome driving.

Spose Camo, RRob, Bobbo, Andre, Yoda and Frank all need a mention, wouldnt have happened without them

And big ups to Weeks' for being a sport and doing a BURNOUT in the lambo for us

PICSORBAN !!!!

[Rhys]

I dont have any, the others that where there might have some, Brockas ??

[pgc]

Well done Stevo.

Congrats from the CarAdvice team!

[chad michael]

great work steve and team!!!

[vy--ss]

Awesome effort Steve
Great to see you succeed. It takes a big committment to compete, let alone win.

HUGE CONGRATS TO YOU AND ALL YOUR TEAM:beer:

[Brockas]

Lambo doing a skid as he bails:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/lambo-skid.jpg


Few more pics from the day:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/group-shot.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steve-and-rauri.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/Steve-number-1.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/lambo-side-on.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/r35-and-porsche.jpg


ahhhh me barry:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steve-rauri-and-barry.jpg

[ENEMIE]

congrats to steve

great job mate.

great to see ya doin it for your dad

[SSICK]

congrats dude.

[Brockas]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steve-rauri-champs.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/steve-rauri-champs-gtr.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/Brockas/Targa/group-shot-2.jpg

[vy--ss]

PICSORBAN !!!!

Mini Mitch caught the end of it on phone cam.

Funny as

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/minmitch/th_Video-0002.jpg (http://s486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/minmitch/?action=view&current=Video-0002.flv)

[vy--ss]

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/minmitch/mitchspicsbrokas.jpg

[Denver]

Kim will kill me, but meh!

http://members.iinet.net.au/~denverparker/car78a.jpg

[INSINR8R]

Congrats Steve! Well done!

[FranZ]

Kim will kill me, but meh!

http://members.iinet.net.au/~denverparker/car78a.jpg

Evo 9 RS - no ayc! You fail Denver!

[Denver]

don't spoil my funny

you die, you die and go to hell!

[vrocious]

congrats to steve and all the crew involved for getting the car ready and keeping it there on the weekend.
Next step targa tasmania

[singh]

Awesome result - congrats!

[DCIEVE]

very impressive, wish I could have gotten down for a look

Anyone know if Steve has opportunity to drive at a professional level (ie full time seat)- certainly sounds like he has the skills?

[ben351]

Top Work bullay you made the tribe proud ... now get some goon into you and sing some songs with aunty wendy by the fire :)

... now can we be friends ?

[TJ]

very impressive, wish I could have gotten down for a look

Anyone know if Steve has opportunity to drive at a professional level (ie full time seat)- certainly sounds like he has the skills?

Dollars dude.

Everyone knows he has the skill, but it takes serious dollars to get into a ride, and while everyone might joke about Steves bottomless wallet, this is an entire new leauge of kesh.

[Blueraven]

Top effort, congrats!...


Although winning Targa west = great exposure = gateway to bulk kesh sponsors hopefully?

[TJ]

You'd like to think someone out there will recognise the talent he has and help him get to where he has to go.

He has some great people batting for him though. Think the Frank's and Kim Ledgers of the world, they will make it happen, and rightly so.

[gt4]

WELL DONE STEVE!

FIRST PRODUCTION R35 GTR IN THE WORLD TO WIN IN A COMPETITION

proud of you bro!

[evil1]

conrats mate!
top effort

[MrMayhem]

Legend in the making

[ben351]

Legend in the making

x2 .... fuck TJ .... I KNOW STEVE JONES

[1JZNOSHIT]

Legend in the making


mmmm look forward to the day that Mr Jones lines up on the front row in a Trevvadore at Bathurst.

Go for gold son!

[31-EVO]

Very well done :)

[monga]

Killer work bud.

[joey89]

Top work stevo!

Good luck for the future :)

[D-Man]

well done steve maby bro of jess.. it only clicked today that we may have all grew up in the freo area and we still feel for you and jess over your fathers passing around the time we knew jess. Although ive never met you i wish all the luck for the future..

Reg + dusty + leights

[Silencio]

Well Done Steve :) wont be long before you will be driving in some big national events :)

[Brockas]

fk!

Rad's not dead!

[Silencio]

not dead indeed :)

for the ppl that have heard from me this week, yes it is the real me - I am not dead !!!

[TJ]

THIS IS ON TV NOW!