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THE
BROCK AND RICHARDS
names
that formed such a potent combination at Bathurst in the 1980's will be
linked again, but this time the scene will be Tasmania and it will be
Jim's son Steven who will be Peter Brock's team-mate.
Brock
and Richards, himself a two-time Bathurst winner, will form a two-car
factory- backed Monaro team for an assault on this year's Targa Tasmania
tarmac rally.
They'll
run under the Holden Motorsport banner in CV8 Monaros modified to comply
with the event's Modern Competition regulations.
Brock
drove a Holden Ute in Targa in 2001, and he said
the move to a two-car team this year reflected Holden's desire to showcase
the Monaro as a high-performance vehicle in a competitive enviroment.
"It's
a tough event, but the Monaro is a fabulous motor vehicle and Steven Richards
is one of the best young drivers around so there's no reason why we can't
do well," Brock said.
"Our
Monaros will be lighter and more powerful than the showroom versions,
although they will still be more of a production-based car than some of
the others we will be up against."
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Modifications will include roll cages, exhaust headers, revised engine
calibration, newly-designed Harrop brakes, Momo seats, revised suspension,
and they will be fitted with Bridgestone Potenza RE540S tyres.
"The
Harrop brakes are almost 3kg lighter than the road-going system, and
there are numerous other 'tweaks' we'll be making so these Monaros are
as competitive as they can possibly be," said Brock.
Richards
will take time off from his V8 Supercar commitments with the Castrol
Perkins Holden Commodore Team to compete in Targa for th first time.
To
win Richards will have to beat his father Jim who has made Targa his
own event in recent years, winning five times in Porsches and looking
to add to his tally again this year.
Brock
will have son James as navigator in the event, while Victorian Jenny
Cole will call the shots for Richards.
This
article by courtesy Graham Smith
UNIQUECARS
magazine available from your local newsagent
More
about Targa Tasmania at www.targa.org.au
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