Happy New Year from Targa Newfoundland, the most fun you can have in your car with your clothes on. The engines are silent now but in just nine months they will roar to life for the 2026 edition of the world-famous tarmac rally on our beautiful and scenic island home of Newfoundland.
Our next Targa Newfoundland event starts Thursday, September 10, 2026, with Targa School and ends on Friday, September 18, the night of the awards dinner. The concept for the 2026 course is done, and the detailed course will be confirmed in February.
We’re excited to announce that we’re planning a number of new course concepts, both for transits and competitive stages. We are also welcoming some new towns (and stages) to the fold as well as modifying some much-loved older stages. More to come on both fronts so stay tuned.
But the big news for this year is that we are celebrating our 25th anniversary of Targa’s founding. Yup, Targa Newfoundland was founded in 2001, and the first rally was held in September of 2002. In the 25 years since then, we have run over 1000 stages in some 130 Newfoundland communities. During that time, we have welcomed hundreds of competitors and volunteers to our island, all the while establishing our event as one of the safest in North America, if not the world.
So, this year we have much to celebrate, including a spectacular motorsport event that turns fantasy into reality and changes normalcy into an unforgettable experience. But most of all, it challenges us out of our day-to-day environment and into the world of our wildest dreams that manifest themselves into wonderful memories.
Robert Giannou
Targa Newfoundland owner and co-founder
About Targa Newfoundland
Owned and operated by Newfoundland International Motorsports Limited, Targa Newfoundland is one of only three internationally recognized Targa motorsports events in the world. Since 2002, Targa Newfoundland, the ultimate tarmac rally in North America, has attracted professional and amateur racers from around the globe to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Held each fall on the ruggedly beautiful island of Newfoundland in eastern Canada, the rally covers 2000 kilometres of challenging, twisty roads through amazing scenery across the island including about 500 kilometres of thrilling stages at speed on closed sections of public roads.
Visit the Targa website targanfld.com for more information.