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Discussion in the Classic Adelaide forums.
Gary Tierney (driver) and David Carra (navigator) have been tragically killed near Forreston in the Hills during the Classic Adelaide car rally event, after their 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS left the road and hit a tree.
They were travelling on Norseworthy Road in Forreston near Gumeracha just after 3:30pm, when the car left the track and smashed into a tree, killing both the driver and passenger.
Mr Tierney was a highly-rated tarmac rally competitor and the pair took third place in their Porsche in Targa West, near Perth, in late August.
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Posted in Adelaide Hills, Alice Prokopec, Car Crash, Carrera RS, Classic Adelaide, Classic Adelaide 2009, David Carra, Fatality, Forreston, Gary Tierney, Media Release, Porsche 911, Porsche Crash, Racing, Rally, Road Toll, Silverstone Events, Tarmac Rally, adelaide, news, police, porsche, south australia
Discussion in the Classic Adelaide forums.
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Discussion in the Classic Adelaide forums.
CLASSIC ADELAIDE’S ANNUAL MOTORING EXTRAVAGANZA RETURNS WITH NEW STARS, NEW CARS AND NEW ATTRACTIONS
SOUTH Australia’s annual extravaganza of motorsport, mouth-watering machinery and high-powered partying, the Classic Adelaide international tarmac rally, will return for its 13th year next month with a host of exciting new attractions.
Two famous names from the motor racing world, Glenn Seton and Englishman Win Percy, will drive in the 18-22 November rally for the first time on a course that includes two new Special Stages, new morning tea and lunch-stop locations, a Saturday night street party and a new venue for the colourful ceremonial finish.
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Discussion in the Classic Adelaide forums.
One of the good things about insuring with Shannons is that they covered the car if used in the non-competitive sections of CA. No longer. Now Racing cover has to be applied for – don’t know what this costs yet.
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Discussion in the Australian events and racing forums.
Goober and GP at the Lenswood stage of Classic Adelaide 2007.
Video and photos by Ash Simmonds.
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Discussion about the event in the Australian Lamborghini forums.
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Photography by Luke (98Octane).
Introduction from the Lamborghini Club.
The Lamborghinis on display included:
- 2x 400 GT 2+2 (the first two Lambos brought into Australia!)
- 4x Miura
- 2x Jarama
- 4x Espada
- 4x Countach
- 7x Urraco
- 1x Silhouette
- 1x Jalpa
- 6x Diablo (including a racing Diablo SVR)
- 7x Murcielago
- 8x Gallardo
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Outrage over Classic Adelaide turnaround
Kevin Weeks has been reinstated as the winner of last month’s Classic Adelaide car rally.
* Audio: NSW driver Bill Pye tells Candice Marcus the Classic Adelaide Rally was poorly organised. (ABC News)
New South Wales rally driver Bill Pye says he is outraged he was not informed about an appeal process against the result of the Classic Adelaide Rally that has now stripped him of his winning title.
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WORLD ECONOMIC WOES HIT SUNCOAST CLASSIC
The organisers of the 2009 Suncoast Classic tarmac rally have been forced to cancel the rally due to the effect of the world financial crisis on participant numbers.
The management team of Silverstone Events, which planned to stage the rally on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast between 22 and 26 July 2009, announced today that a smaller than expected number of registrations had resulted in its cancellation.
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WEEKS AND CRUNKHORN DECLARED CLASSIC ADELAIDE WINNERS AFTER SUCCESSFUL APPEAL
PORSCHE driver Kevin Weeks has been declared winner of the 2008 Classic Adelaide tarmac rally after an appeal hearing last night.
The ruling of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Tribunal resulted in Weeks and co-driver Bec Crunkhorn winning the event by 7.3 seconds, reversing the original provisional result that had given a 2.8 sec. victory to fellow Porsche crew Bill Pye and Grant Geelan when the rally finished on 23 November.
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Pye finally named Classic Adelaide champion
PORSCHE driver Bill Pye was finally crowned winner of the Classic Adelaide rally ahead of SA driver Kevin Weeks last night, after six hours of confusion and protests over the final result.
Former V8 Supercar driver Jim Richards jumped into third place after the cars of Ian Wilson and Tim Possingham, in a Triumph and Nissan respectively, were excluded after failing post-event scrutineering.
Pye was awarded the win after the derived time given to Weeks – calculated by timing staff using a set formula – left Weeks just 2.8 seconds short of a back-to-back win, although a protest from Weeks is expected.
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