COMING … READY OR NOT October 15 start catches a couple of teams off guard They’re playing rugby at Trafalgar Park today. That old line between footy in the winter and speedway in summer was blurred a long time ago, but Saturday’s early start showed for a few teams at the Milestone Homes Top of…
Is it an evolution or a revolution? Fans at Nelson’s Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway will be the first to find out when the Rees family transporter rolls through the gates on Saturday, sporting a full load of “Spanks”. What’s a Spank? If chassis builder Peter Rees and sons Asher and Ethan…
Speedway championship season has arrived in Nelson at 10,000 revolutions per minute. The festive period is the time when speedway sorts out its national, island and regional titleholders with the Wilson and Chambers South Island three-quarter midget championship the first up for decision in Nelson on Saturday. The Tahuna Beach Holiday Park Speedway hosted 20…
The KISS principle was in operation at Nelson’s Tahuna Beach Holiday Park Speedway on Saturday. When the sun is shining and there are thousands of patrons flocking to the gates, then Keep It Simple, Stupid. The Nelson club heeded that message and made sure the fans were shoulder-to-shoulder and the competitors wall-to-wall for the second…
A frantic scramble by the Nelson Speedway Association has come up empty after one of their coming attractions pulled out of the club’s next meeting. The Wellington Wildcats superstock team told Nelson club officials that, due to engine delays, they did not have enough cars ready to complete their commitment to the Smithconcept Painting and…
The power of one was amply illustrated as the Nelson Tigers started their teams racing season with a convincing win. Going into Saturday’s race for the McCall Trophy at the Tahuna Beach Holiday Park Speedway, the Tigers appeared slightly frayed at the edges. They were facing the strongest side the Woodford Glen Eagles had been…
You put the right Boote in, you take the right Boote out, you put the right Boote in – and then you award him a championship in speedway’s version of the hokey-cokey. It took a long time and a hearty helping of angst before Nelson’s Craig Boote was named the 2013-14 South Island superstock titleholder…
Take 80 drivers with an appetite for destruction, season with clay and concrete, fuel with caffeine and stand the hell clear. Qualifying night for the Zumo New Zealand streetstock championship was all it was promised to be, fast and totally loose. Tonight, at Nelson’s Tahuna Beach Holiday Park Speedway, 26 of the best (and 28…
After 20 months, it is still too early to grade James’ 2014 decision to leave the Heat and return to Ohio habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus
After 20 months, it is still too early to grade James’ 2014 decision to leave the Heat and return to Ohio habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus