Jon and Gina Siddins

The formidable Australian husband and wife Datsun 240Z Tarmac rally team

Team 24oz is a husband and wife Tarmac rally team from Australia.
They compete is compete in Tarmac rallies including Targa Tasmania which is a world-class international motorsport event that travels over 2000 kms with almost 40 competitive stages on closed roads for the true motoring enthusiast, catering for up to 300 selected cars approved by invitation. They also compete in the Australian Tarmac Rally, circuit sprints, street sprints, historic race meets, hill climbs, regularity events and have both "Conquered the Mountain" - Mount Panorama Bathurst, Australia. The origin of the name "Team 24oz" comes from the early introduction of Datsun 240Zs in Australia, where they were affectionately known as 24oz (24 ounce). The 240z was seen as the poor man’s E-Type Jaguar in Australia. As for the background of this misnaming-tale, the Datsun 240Z was introduced in 1969, and over the course of its history it attracted the affectionate nickname of "the 24oz" a playful corruption of "240Z".
Team 24oz has a strong record in Tarmac rally. The following is a link to the article by Barry Oliver (Jim Richard’s navigator) published in The Examiner after their “David and Goliath battle” in Targa Tasmania 2017.

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Here you can see a video from Targa Tasmania 2017:

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They own 3 Datsun 240Z race cars, - one tarmac rally and two circuit, and both compete on the track and off the track as driver and co-driver on tarmac rally. They also own a Datsun 1600 and a Nissan Pintara TRX. Jon is known as The First Samurai for his skill and prowess in L Series engine builds, including drivetrain and suspension. Their results speak for themselves having come 1st in Classic GT, 1st in Classic Outright and 8th overall out of 120 competition vehicles across modern, 2WD, 4WD, GT2, GT4 and GT Sports Trophy against some of the fastest cars in the world in a 50-year-old Datsun 240Z.

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