WHAT IS TARGA NEWFOUNDLAND?
Imagine yourself nestled in your drivers' seat on your favorite winding road without limitations or boundaries, speed limits or stoplights. This is ultimately what Targa Newfoundland is about. Fast cars, faster drivers and a 2,200 km stretch of winding road to test their endurance and grit. Targa is a seven day closed road race on the extreme edge of North America where drivers get a chance to drive their cars the way they were meant to be driven.



Targa Newfoundland is one of only three Targa events in the world – the others being Targa Tasmania and Targa New Zealand. This event began with in 2002 and has grown since then to become an internationally known, eagerly anticipated event in the motorsports world. Competitors from parts of Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Bermuda and more have traveled far and wide to enter the rally.

While many of the competitor cars are high end vehicles, equipped with the latest in-car technology suitable for lucrative competition, other vehicles are cars with a family history where an entire family may have built the car for this specific event. The vehicles entered are street versions of cars, they are not built from race chassis, etc.

Competitors consisting of both men and women, of all ages and from a wide range of professional backgrounds find common ground at Targa Newfoundland with their passion for motorsports, fine hospitality and the thrill of the unknown that comes with rally competition.

Targa competitors travel over 2,200 kilometers each year with 20% of this being ‘Targa’ competitive stages of the event. Along the route, major host communities have Car Shows. The Car Show has become a critical component of the event as it allows local people to meet the competitors, learn about interesting rare cars and of course, provides a chance for our competitors to fine tune their machines for the next day.

Targa Newfoundland - its about the drive.