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November 14, 2020

Nelson Speedway: Super Saloon Cando Cup and 30-Lap Streetcar Race

CUP AND SORCERY By Pete McNae A super saloon wizard and a professional magician had a few tricks up their sleeve for their opposition at Nelson's Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway tonight. The meeting was one rescheduled from last Saturday when a week of rain turned the infield into a mire...

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November 4, 2020

Nelson Speedway: Cando Cup for super saloons

SPEEDWAY'S MAN OF LETTERS By Pete McNae Campbell McManaway started with an “I”, switched to a “C”, transitioned to a “T” and has ended with an “N”. That looks like an erratic alphabet but it actually just tracks the 57-year-old fishing company owner's speedway path since he started racing in the late 1990s. A stereotypical...

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October 25, 2020

Nelson Speedway: Fireworks Spectacular

SPEEDWAY WINS BY A LANDSLIDE By Pete McNae Go hard and go early seems to be the way to ensure a satisfactory result these days. It worked, by a landslide, last Saturday and it worked again last night with the Nelson Speedway Association cranking through an opening meeting that was still one of...

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October 21, 2020

Nelson Speedway: Fireworks and Trophy Night

RIGHT FIRST TIME By Pete McNae You know when you want something, want it r-e-a-l-l-y badly, but you hold off, hold back until you can do it properly and not be disappointed? No, me either, but Josh Nell does. The 20-year-old apprentice diesel mechanic with Donaldson Civil loved the sound and spectacle of the superstock...

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October 7, 2020

Nelson Speedway: Level 1, let’s go racing!

FRESH AIR AND RACE FUEL By Pete McNae We have heard it over and over in the past six months, these are unprecedented times. And, while the South Island has been largely insulated from the direct impacts of the Covid-19 coronavirus since the early weeks of infection spreading, speedway was not immune. The last...

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August 31, 2020

Nelson Speedway: New event on the calendar

BRING ME SUNSHINE With the 2020-21 speedway season fast approaching, the Nelson Speedway Association is still coming up with new ways and means to add value to their season calendar. And, with the first scheduled practice now less than a fortnight away, the club is excited to announce the inaugural Sunshine Classic. Set down...

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May 28, 2020

RESOURCE CONSENT AND YOU

HAVE YOUR SAY -- RESPECTFULLY As anyone who has had more than a passing interest in the past two seasons at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway will know, the Nelson Speedway Association has had its hands tangled in red tape. The council documents allowing the club to stage race meetings were...

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March 14, 2020

HALF PRICE NIGHT

A PERFECT 10 (BUCKS) By Pete McNae On his night, when car and driver are in harmony, no one dominates the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway oval like Ian Burson. I'll put up 10 bucks if you can change my mind. That $10 was all it cost for adult entry for tonight's...

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March 11, 2020

KING OF THE CLAY

TRICKS AND TREATS By Pete McNae Former Nelson streetstock champion and duke of the dunger derby Andy (Andre Vegas) Guthrie is one heck of a talented magician. From his beginnings as a kids' party conjurer to his current status as a highly sought after professional performer, Vegas has honed and expanded his craft. Yet it's...

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February 29, 2020

HI REACH SI SUPERSTOCKS

KING OF THE HILL By Pete McNae Don't start shovelling soil on top of the superstock class in Nelson just yet. With his win in the Hi Reach Access Solutions South Island Superstock Championship tonight, Nelson's Alex Hill showed that, given half a chance and a decent field, the class can still put on...

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