JASON WHITE WINS TARGA TASMANIA

Jason White and co-driver - Uncle John White - have now make a clean sweep of the CAMS Australian Targa Championship, the pair taking out Targa High Country in Victoria and Targa Wrest Point earlier this series.

It's still was not easy for White having an electrical problems early on the run from Strahan to Queenstown, losing 30 seconds and creating some drama on the final morning. With the problem fixed he attacked the longest stage, the 51km Mt Arrowsmith, to take 50 seconds from his rivals and re-establish his buffer.

With three stages remaining it was a matter of making sure the Lamborghini got home in one piece. White finishes two minutes and 27 seconds clear of 2011 winner, Tony Quinn, in his Nissan GT-R. Jim Richards, was back on the podium in third, a reward for setting consistent times in his Porsche 911 GT2 RS.

Pure Tasmania Early Modern
Was as tuff as they came for this year's teams, with the majority of the front runners suffering mechanical failures, at some stage over the event.

First place was taken out by Jeff and Nerida Beable in their 2000 Nissan Skyline GTR. On their heels where the team of Danny Stutterd and Richard Scoular in their, 1999 Mitsubishi Evo VI. Samantha Stevens managed third with her co driver Daniel Lemish in the Mitsubishi Evo VI to concrete the last podium position.

Shannons Classic Class
Was split in two separate classes late and early.

The Shannons Late Classic Handicap competition was won by Rex Broadbent when he managed to take out the Shannons Classic Outright and the Shannons Late Classic Handicap competitions at Targa.

In the handicap division, the Porsche driver actually trailed Robert Gambino's Ferrari after day one. Gambino had a mishap and put the Ferrari off road on day three, leaving Broadbent clear of the pack.

The top positions barely changed thereafter, with Ian Morris second in his 1981 Alfa Romeo GTV6, ahead of John Ireland's 1977 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.

The Shannons Early Classic Handicap competition provided the most closely fought battles of the event, there was less than a minute separating the leaders for the duration of the event

Jon Siddins in his 1970 Datsun 240Z may have been concentrating on Classic Outright honours where he finished second, but he would have been well aware of his slender advantage in Early Classic Handicap.

He led at the end of every day, but Andrew White in a 1961 Volvo 122S made sure that he was kept on his toes. White trailed by just five seconds after day one, and 15 seconds after day three.

White then hit the front on the final day, only for Siddins to claw back the advantage on the final stage, taking a one second win.