excuse my ignorance but...tt stays for turist trophy or what?
and, johnbull, did u really take part to the targa??? oh man, post some pics!
Yes. 1972. Go to the official Targa sites. You'll see me on the list. Car number 51. Joe Anastasi, sharing with Matteo Sgarlata.
There's also a pic of my car at the Targa Florio Museum at Cerda.
I visited again with my wife last November and we rode a lap of the circuit on my Yamaha FJR - GLORIOUS!
and I went there on holiday with a couple of friends who used to come to the Targa each year, a couple of months ago, and did another lap of the 47 mile circuit in a hire car. There wasn't much tread left on the tyres when we gave it back!
Happy memories. Actually just last Friday a group of old racers met up for a Karting meeting. My brother was the youngest at 57. The oldest was 74. It was fabulous. Believe me, we may be grey and fat but none of us have lost any of our competitive spirit. And I finished 2nd to my brother - only because he's 15 kilos lighter than I am.
An ex racer, John Pace now 72 was in Malta after 40 years in the USA. He came along and raced too. Great fun. He also invited the "young guns" to a race too and put up one of his old trophies for the winner, who incidentally was my son Josh.