Read stories about the teams competing in the eight-day Targa Duemila and six-day Rotoura events in 2025.
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Team: Full Throttle
The 1953 Studebaker coupe of John Johnson and his co-driver Norm Murdock sure made an impression on everyone who saw it … and heard it roar. Built to race the classic rally through Mexico – La Carrera Panamericana – the Studebaker sounds like a beast as it rumbles to life and rips through the course.
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Team: Flanagan
Brothers John and Tommy Flanagan first came to Targa Newfoundland in 2004 and had such a great experience they always intended to return for another run but life got in the way. Now they’re back.
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Team: Cool Runnings
Two best friends from Northern Ontario with a shared passion for all things motorsports and performance driving are trying their hand at Targa Newfoundland for the first time. – in a Hellcat
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Team: Turquoise Targa
The father-daughter team of Bob and Kathleen Donally, racing under the name Turquoise Targa, are a perfect fit for Targa Tour.
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Team: MaxZen Racing
MaxZen Racing returns to competing in Targa with one main goal, to run the Brigus stage side-by-side taking turns in the driving seat in the car that the teammates rally-prepped from scratch
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Team: Maxi Mini Rally Team
Professional racer Randy “The Rocket” Pobst has twice claimed the Targa 1 title. Can he make it three in a row this fall with co-driver Paul Abbott?
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Team: Hume Media
Three-time winners of the Grand Touring division of Targa Newfoundland, Team Hume Media, return to the Rock this fall for another run just for fun in Targa Tour.
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Team: Scalar Performance
Here for their very first Targa Newfoundland, Brian Bourne and Omar Khan are excited to join the event and take in all that Newfoundland and the rally have to offer.
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Team: Dammralliers
Past GT winners Marinus and Renee Damm from Oregon are coming back for another shot at the podium
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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.
