Read stories about the teams competing in the eight-day Targa Duemila and six-day Rotoura events in 2025.
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Team: Aylmer Express
Their first taste of Targa in 2024 only left John and Brett Hueston wanting more so they’re coming back this fall for another run.
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Team: Faster Pastor
A fixture at Targa since the rally began in 2002, Rev. Edison Wiltshire returns this year with his grand-daughter and co-driver Olivia Wiltshire-Ryan.
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Team: DBM Racing
2018 Targa winner Mark Rittenhouse is back with Mark Laitenberger in hopes of repeating that success.
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Team: Rock the Croc
Two friends from Atlantic Canada with a shared love of motorsports are teaming up to race the Rock this fall.
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Team: Wounded Warriors Racing
The team of Wounded Warriors Racing or WWR for short are military veterans rallying in support of other veterans by raising funds for Wounded Warriors Canada.
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Team: Motoring Event Services
Expert rally co-driver, steward, competition director, and author, Mark Williams will drive Targa Tour in style with his wife Donna in their Bentley Continental GT.
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Team: Bain
Team Bain from Toronto brings both nostalgia and new adventure to the 2025 Targa Newfoundland.
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Team: Hume Media
The winning team of John Hume Jr. and Justin Crant are back together in hopes of repeating past glory. The pair has two previous wins together.
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Team: Jellybean/ Unstabled
Kurt Penner had such an amazing experience at Targa in 2024 that he’s coming back this fall with his prized 1965 Beaumont and his buddy James Murphy handling navigation duties.
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Team: M2 Strategies
Targa Newfoundland has become an annual pilgrimage for Florida brothers Sam and Rick Marshall. This year will make their third Targa rally in a row.
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Team: TADA Motorsports
In early 2002, a shiny new silver Nissan Spec V drove off the O’Neill Nissan lot in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland. Later that year, it left the island just before the very first running of Targa Newfoundland. Now, 23 years later, both car and driver—and a kick-ass co-driving team—have returned home to “The Rock” …
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Team: Roger Roger Racing
Two friends from different parts of North America bonded over a common love of motorsport. Now, Canadian Wayne Lorenzen and American Aaron Ayotte will run Targa Newfoundland as teammates in Double R Racing.
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Team: Knight Motorsports
Devon Knight and Logan King-Gaudon were just buzzing after the Gander town stage in 2024. Right then they knew they had to come back for more. They’re returning this fall in Targa 1.
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Team: Spud Performance
When Spud Performance returns to Targa this fall to defend the Targa 2 title, it will face some stiff competition but driver Keir Pollard says they’re ready to “tear it up.”
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Team: WSP Motorsports
It took all of one stage for Cameron Combdon and Andrew Keeping to become hooked on Targa. The pair from the west coast of Newfoundland took part in their first Targa Newfoundland in 2024 in the shorter Bambina event. Before they finished, they’d already decided to return for the full Duemila event in 2025.
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Team: Stream Racing
Taking on the challenge of Targa Newfoundland has been a longtime dream of the Quebec-based rally team of Enrico “Rico” Bouchard and Patrick “Pat” Levesque. This fall they’re gunning for a podium in their vintage BMW.
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Team: Driving La Carrera
Chris and Jeff Mason, aka The Rally Brothers, have run legendary rallies including La Carrera Panamericana in Mexico and Mille Miglia in Italy and this year, the brothers have set their sights on Targa Newfoundland.
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Team: GTI Fahrvergnügen
Team GTI Fahrvergnügen returns to Targa Newfoundland in 2025 for the second year in a quick and agile 2015 VW GTI. After experiencing the thrill of Fast Tour, they had to come back for more.
