Targa Classico Special Stage (Spot Race)

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Welcome to the debut of the Targa Classico, a rally series based around classic machinery from before 1980. The purpose of this Special Stage will be to help everyone become familiar with the cars and the type of racing here. However, as a spot race, drivers will be free to run as many cars as they wany, to help improve testing purposes for the real stages of the Targa Classico.

The track for this event will be Cathedral Rocks I (Normal Direction). This track is mostly dirt, but also includes an asphalt section. Note that even with this asphalt section, your car is still equiped with dirt tires and therefore will have low grip.

The cars for this event will be broken down into several near-equal classes. Although not perfect, they are close enough for the purposes of grouping by era and type.

Remember: This event is for the fun of driving classic cars. Fun is your first priority, winning is second.

Here are the cars you can choose from:

Grand Touring (GT) - Racing-style sportscars, any era
1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
1968 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L46 350
1961 Jaguar E-Type Coupe
1970 Jensen Interceptor Mk.III
1973 Lancia Stratos
1965 Shelby Mustang GT350R

Barchetta (B) - Fast roadsters, any era
1954 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
1961 Lotus Elan Series 1

Sportster (S) - Fast coupes and roadsters, any era
1961 Ginetta G4
1968 Nissan Fairlady 2000
1967 Toyota 2000GT

70's Sport (7S) - Sport coupes, 70's era
1973 Alpine A110 1600S
1973 Alpine A310 1600VE
1973 BMW 2002 Turbo
1971 Lotus Europa Special
1971 Nissan 240ZG
1978 Nissan 280Z-L 2-Seater
1970 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R Hardtop Coupe
1973 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R

60's Sport (6S) - Sport coupes, 60's era
1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint 1600 GTA
1966 Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto
1968 Isuzu 117 Coupe
1969 Isuzu Bellet 1600 GT-R
1967 Mazda 110S (Cosmo Sport) L10A
1968 Mazda 110S (Cosmo Sport) L10B
1970 Mitsubishi Colt Galant GTO-MR
1970 Mitsubishi Lancer 1600GSR
1967 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-B
1970 Toyota Celica 1600GT

60's Coupe (6C) - 2+2 coupes and sport sedans, 60's era
1970 Honda 1300 Coupe 9S
1970 Marcos Mini Marcos GT Mk.III
1969 Nissan Bluebird 1600 Deluxe
1965 Nissan Silvia
1962 Nissan Skyline Sport Coupe

Hatchback (H) - 3-door hatchbacks, 70's era
1979 Autobianchi A112 Abarth
1979 Honda Civic 1500 CX 3-Door
1978 Mitsubishi Mirage 1400GLX
1976 Volkswagen Golf GTi

Roadster Light (RL) - Lightweight convertibles, any era
1966 Honda S800
1974 Triumph Spitfire 1500

60's Coupe Light (6CL) - Lightweight coupes and convertibles, 60's era
1963 Honda S500
1964 Honda S600
1963 Nissan Skyline 1500 Deluxe
1965 Toyota Sports 800
1968 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia 1500

Mini (M) - Small cars, any era
1967 Honda N360
1970 Honda Z Act
1949 Volkswagen Beetle 110 Standard

Super Mini (SM) - Micro cars, any era
1965 Fiat 500F
1968 Fiat 500L
1972 Fiat 500R
1962 Mazda Carol 360 Deluxe
1958 Subaru 360

(NOTE: The U-class AC Cobra and Shelby Cobra, as well as S-class Mercedes 300SL are not listed because they cannot run on Dirt Tires. These cars however will be available for the regular series.)

Feel free to run as many cars as you like.

Rules
* Run as many laps as you wish.
* Any lap with wall contact does not count.
* Submit your fastest legal lap times in this thread, no need to PM.
* All cars must run with TCS and ASM off.
* All cars must run stock
* All races will be run in Arcade Mode

This Spot Race will likely remain up for three weeks (ending December 25th). Expect the regular series to start in early January.

Off you go gentlemen, have fun!

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Leaderboard (Rank - Class - Time - Car - Driver)

1 - GT - 1:55.175 - '69 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L46 350 - Jegato
2 - GT - 1:56.120 - '73 Lancia Stratos - Rare White Ape
3 - GT - 1:57.564 - '69 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L46 350 - safc_fan89
4 - B - 1:58.782 - '62 Lotus Elan S1 - The359
5 - GT - 1:58.854 - '73 Lancia Stratos - madbesl
6 - 7S - 2:00.430 - '73 Alpine A110 1600S - Jegato
7 - 7S - 2:00.500 - '71 Lotus Europa - The359
8 - GT - 2:00.502 - '63 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray - The359
9 - 7S - 2:00.911 - '70 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R Hardtop - slikaznricer
10 - GT - 2:01.194 - '70 Jensen Interceptor Mk.III - safc_fan89
11 - GT - 2:01.739 - '65 Shelby Mustang GT350R - The359
12 - GT - 2:02.206 - '65 Shelby Mustang GT350R - Rare White Ape
13 - S - 2:02.713 - '68 Nissan Fairlady 2000 - The359
14 - 7S - 2:02.780 - '78 Nissan 280Z-L - Jegato
15 - GT - 2:02.820 - '70 Jensen Interceptor Mk.III - Lean and Scrape
16 - GT - 2:02.967 - '65 Shelby Mustang GT350R - Andy
17 - 7S - 2:03.319 - '73 Alpine A110 1600S - Rare White Ape
18 - 7S - 2:03.607 - '78 Nissan 280Z-L - The359
19 - 7S - 2:03.739 - '73 BMW 2002 Turbo - The359
20 - GT - 2:03.922 - '61 Jaguar E-Type - The359
21 - 7S - 2:04.033 - '71 Nissan 240ZG - The359
22 - 7S - 2:04.424 - '73 Alpine A110 1600S - jafa
23 - GT - 2:04.587 - '68 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L46 350 - Andy
24 - 7S - 2:04.970 - '73 BMW 2002 Turbo - jafa
25 - 7S - 2:05.059 - '73 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R - The359
26 - 7S - 2:05.136 - '73 Alpine A110 1600S - The359
27 - 7S - 2:05.160 - '71 Lotus Europa - jafa
28 - 7S - 2:05.523 - '71 Nissan 240ZG - jafa
29 - S - 2:05.628 - '67 Toyota 2000GT - The359
30 - B - 2:06.068 - '54 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible - The359
31 - 6S - 2:06.376 - '68 Mazda 110S (Cosmo Sport) L10B - Jegato
32 - 6S - 2:06.495 - '65 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint 1600 GTA - Jegato
33 - 6S - 2:07.758 - '65 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint 1600 GTA - The359
34 - 6S - 2:08.441 - '70 Toyota Celica 1600GT - Jegato
35 - 6S - 2:08.561 - '67 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-B - Jegato
36 - 6S - 2:09.015 - '70 Mitsubishi Colt Galant GTO-MR - Jegato
37 - B - 2:10.724 - '54 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible - The Bandit
38 - 7S - 2:12.204 - '73 Nissan 240ZG - Andy
39 - S - 2:13.457 - '68 Nissan Fairlady 2000 - Andy
40 - 6C - 2:15.234 - '65 Nissan Silvia - The359
41 - 6S - 2:15.569 - '68 Isuzu 117 - The Bandit
42 - RL - 2:15.950 - '75 Triumph Spitfire 1500 - Jegato
43 - 6C - 2:16.461 - '65 Nissan Silvia - DeLoreanBrown
44 - RL - 2:16.552 - '66 Honda S800 - The359
45 - 6C - 2:16.761 - '62 Nissan Skyline Sport Coupe - The359
46 - H - 2:17.419 - '76 Volkswagen Golf GTi - Andy
47 - RL - 2:17.989 - '66 Honda S800 - Jegato
48 - H - 2:20.111 - '79 Autobianchi A112 Abarth - The359
49 - 6CL - 2:26.272 - '65 Toyota Sports 800 - Jegato
50 - 6CL - 2:36.166 - '68 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia - The Bandit
51 - 6CL - 2:36.640 - '63 Honda S500 - The359
52 - M - 2:52.247 - '67 Honda N360 - The359
53 - SM - 3:09.600 - '69 Fiat 500L - The359
 
Some advice for the Mini and Super Mini classes:

These cars have a bad habit when going uphill with an automatic transmission. When they reach redline, they attempt to upshift, but in the process of shifting they slow down enough that they immediately downshift again.

This can be overcome by A) Holding down L1 or R1 when the car is at redline to prevent it from shifting up, let it go up a few more revs beyond redline, then release. This causes the car to have enough speed during the shift to maintain the next gear. Or B) Use a manual transmission.
 
I'd love to get more people involved here at GTPlanet instead of the bulk being at GTX, if at all possible... 👍
 
The359
I'd love to get more people involved here at GTPlanet instead of the bulk being at GTX, if at all possible... 👍
If you posted a little wider ,The359er , more people on here would see your sig . I might add a link when iget into it in the new year .
 
Unfortunately my roaming about GTPlanet has dwindled since the release of GT4, so spreading the word of the series is difficult.
 
Now my chance to have some fun...

1963 Chevrolet Corvette - 2:00.502
1965 Shelby Mustang - 2:01.739
1973 BMW 2002 Turbo - 2:03.796
1973 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R - 2:05.059
1973 Alpine A110 - 2:05.136
1967 Toyota 2000GT - 2:05.628
1954 Chevrolet Corvette - 2:06.068
1962 Nissan Skyline - 2:16.761
1979 Autobianchi A112 Abarth - 2:20.111
1969 Fiat 500L - 3:09.600
 
Some more times by me:

1961 Jaguar E-Type - 2:03.922
1962 Lotus Elan - 1:58.782
1963 Honda S500 - 2:36.540
1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint 1600 GTA - 2:07.758
1965 Nissan Silvia - 2:15.234
1966 Honda S800 - 2:16.552
1967 Honda N360 - 2:52.247
1968 Nissan Fairlady 2000 - 2:02.713
1971 Lotus Europa - 2:00.500
1971 Nissan 240ZG - 2:04.033
1978 Nissan 280Z-L - 2:03.607

Just a reminder to everyone that I'll be ending this on December 25th, so I'd appreciate people running as much as possible, especially in the lower classes that haven't been run as much. 👍
 
Alright, that's the end of the spot race. Thanks to everyone for participating. Expect the real series to start in the near-future, however due to the complete lack of interest from GTPlanet, this series isn't likely to be run over here as well.

Here's a break down of the results by class:

GT Class:
1 - 1:55.175 - '69 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L46 350 - Jegato
2 - 1:56.120 - '73 Lancia Stratos - Rare White Ape
3 - 1:57.564 - '69 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L46 350 - safc_fan89
4 - 1:58.854 - '73 Lancia Stratos - madbesl
5 - 2:00.502 - '63 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray - The359
6 - 2:01.194 - '70 Jensen Interceptor Mk.III - safc_fan89
7 - 2:01.739 - '65 Shelby Mustang GT350R - The359
8 - 2:02.206 - '65 Shelby Mustang GT350R - Rare White Ape
9 - 2:02.820 - '70 Jensen Interceptor Mk.III - Lean and Scrape
10 - 2:02.967 - '65 Shelby Mustang GT350R - Andy
11 - 2:03.922 - '61 Jaguar E-Type - The359
12 - 2:04.587 - '68 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L46 350 - Andy

B Class:
1 - 1:58.782 - '62 Lotus Elan S1 - The359
2 - 2:06.068 - '54 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible - The359
3 - 2:10.724 - '54 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible - The Bandit

S Class:
1 - 2:02.713 - '68 Nissan Fairlady 2000 - The359
2 - 2:05.628 - '67 Toyota 2000GT - The359
3 - 2:13.457 - '68 Nissan Fairlady 2000 - Andy

7S Class
1 - 2:00.430 - '73 Alpine A110 1600S - Jegato
2 - 2:00.500 - '71 Lotus Europa - The359
3 - 2:00.911 - '70 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R Hardtop - slikaznricer
4 - 2:02.780 - '78 Nissan 280Z-L - Jegato
5 - 2:03.319 - '73 Alpine A110 1600S - Rare White Ape
6 - 2:03.607 - '78 Nissan 280Z-L - The359
7 - 2:03.739 - '73 BMW 2002 Turbo - The359
8 - 2:04.033 - '71 Nissan 240ZG - The359
9 - 2:04.424 - '73 Alpine A110 1600S - jafa
10 - 2:04.970 - '73 BMW 2002 Turbo - jafa
11 - 2:05.059 - '73 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R - The359
12 - 2:05.136 - '73 Alpine A110 1600S - The359
13 - 2:05.160 - '71 Lotus Europa - jafa
14 - 2:05.523 - '71 Nissan 240ZG - jafa
15 - 2:12.204 - '73 Nissan 240ZG - Andy

6S Class:
1 - 2:06.376 - '68 Mazda 110S (Cosmo Sport) L10B - Jegato
2 - 2:06.495 - '65 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint 1600 GTA - Jegato
3 - 2:07.758 - '65 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint 1600 GTA - The359
4 - 2:08.441 - '70 Toyota Celica 1600GT - Jegato
5 - 2:08.561 - '67 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-B - Jegato
6 - 2:09.015 - '70 Mitsubishi Colt Galant GTO-MR - Jegato
7 - 2:15.569 - '68 Isuzu 117 - The Bandit

6C Class:
1 - 2:15.234 - '65 Nissan Silvia - The359
2 - 2:16.461 - '65 Nissan Silvia - DeLoreanBrown
3 - 2:16.761 - '62 Nissan Skyline Sport Coupe - The359

H Class:
1 - 2:17.419 - '76 Volkswagen Golf GTi - Andy
2 - 2:20.111 - '79 Autobianchi A112 Abarth - The359

RL Class:
1 - 2:15.950 - '75 Triumph Spitfire 1500 - Jegato
2 - 2:16.552 - '66 Honda S800 - The359
3 - 2:17.989 - '66 Honda S800 - Jegato

6CL Class:
1 - 2:26.272 - '65 Toyota Sports 800 - Jegato
2 - 2:36.166 - '68 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia - The Bandit
3 - 2:36.640 - '63 Honda S500 - The359

M Class:
1 - 2:52.247 - '67 Honda N360 - The359

SM Class:
1 - 3:09.600 - '69 Fiat 500L - The359
 
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