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March 20, 2021

Nelson Speedway: South Island TQ title and demolition derby

SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS By Pete McNae Jonti Austin experienced the highs and the lows and then another high, all in the space of around three hours at Nelson's Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway tonight. A first-season driver in the three-quarter midget class, Austin's run at the Baby on the Move South...

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December 23, 2020

Nelson Speedway: Demolition derby

1 AND DONE By Pete McNae When the Nelson Speedway Association farewells the bizarre calendar year that has been 2020 with a demolition derby meeting on Boxing Day, it will also farewell its current national stockcar champion, Ben Smith. While the season runs through until April, the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway...

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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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February 2, 2020

MAG AND TURBO SUPER CUP

PADDY POWER By Pete McNae Here's a concept for Disney's next stage spectacular -- super saloons on ice. When it hasn't rained in Nelson basically since the last decade and there are 16 super saloons on the Moutere clay track at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway, it's going to be dusty....

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January 15, 2020

NZ MIDGET GRAND PRIX/QUARTER MIDGETS

Quarter pounder By Pete McNae Dyllan Forsey has his elbows up and his eyes ahead. At 14, the Canterbury quarter midget racer is into his seventh speedway season and is already planning his next career move while his peers are focused on their first pimples. Forsey's precocious speedway history is no surprise. His grandfather, mum,...

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December 29, 2019

SI PRODUCTIONS/DEMOLITION DERBY

WRECK-CREATION By Pete McNae Nelson's a popular place at this time of the year. Holidaymakers come from Christchurch and the Coast, even across the strait, to get a bit of top of the south sunshine and hospitality. Until the visitors come to our speedway -- then you best bring your A game and an attitude....

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December 15, 2019

SI MIDGETS/SUPER SALOONS/SUPERSTOCKS

WORLD WIDE WEBB By Pete McNae Part-time midget car driver, fulltime champion. Jeremy Webb should be the mayor of Nelson. Maybe the MP. He already owns the piece of real estate that is the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway. Cantabrian Webb rarely puts a wheel wrong when he comes north to the...

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December 12, 2019

SOUTH ISLAND MIDGET CHAMPS

FAST FRIENDS By Pete McNae As we approach Christmas, it is time to think about the spirit of giving. And one speedway driver who understands the blessings of generosity more than most is Canterbury midget competitor Glen Durie. Durie started racing in the very early 1990s and has been a national champion and a...

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December 1, 2019

STOCKCAR TEAMS BRAWL

ROUGH AND TUMBLES By Pete McNae In a game in which lessons can be expensive -- or painful -- and are often both, the Tasman Thunder stockcar team have proved quick learners. Just two weeks after copping a serve from the Canterbury Crushers at Woodford Glen, the Thunder hosted the Canterbury side on home...

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July 13, 2019

SUPERSTOCK STAMPEDE

FULL THROTTLE By Pete McNae Here's a lesson in how to turn a possible negative into a huge positive. Just a little over five months out from race night and the field for the Nelson Speedway Association's Superstock Stampede is already fully subscribed. The meeting, set down for November 16 at the Milestone Homes Top...

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