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February 11, 2021

PAYING IT ... FORD By Pete McNae It's the Rednecks to the rescue at the speedway on Saturday after serious shuffling delivered a different programme from the one planned. Crashes and meeting clashes left the Nelson Speedway Association with insufficient entries to run the Dirtworks Nelson South Island Sprintcar Championships, with the decision...

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January 24, 2021

Nelson Speedway: New Zealand Streetstock Grand Prix

HOW TO TRUMP TRUMP By Pete McNae For the past four years, Capitol Hill in Washington DC has been the source of chaos and confusion, misdirection and mayhem. Then, along came the Capelli Hair Salon New Zealand Streetstock Grand Prix and said: "Pfffft, hold my beer ..." Last night's feature at the Milestone Homes...

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January 20, 2021

Nelson Speedway: New Zealand Streetstock Grand Prix

ROUGH AND READY By Pete McNae Ryan Musgrove has his speedway priorities sorted. A pretty race car is a nice thing to have but he is all about extracting maximum bang from his bucks. The 11-year veteran of the streetstock class at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway says streeties only...

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January 10, 2021

Nelson Speedway: SI Midget Series and Ministock Mania

FAST TRACK TO SUCCESS By Pete McNae Say M and M to a Nelson speedway fan and they might think crunchy sweeties or pasty rappers -- or the fans who turned up at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway tonight could opt for ministocks and midgets. The two classes from opposite...

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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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December 12, 2020

Nelson Speedway: PTS Superstock Stampede

THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM By Pete McNae Guess we can call this daylight Robb-ery. The Nelson Speedway Association's third attempt at running the first PTS Logistics Superstock Stampede was such a slickly run meeting that patrons were filing towards the exit gates, doing the speedway dust shuffle, before it was even fully dark....

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December 10, 2020

Nelson Speedway: PTS Superstock Stampede

THE POWER OF ONE By Pete McNae Allow me to introduce you to the Blenheim superstock class. Chris Baxter. That's it, just the one, lone driver proud to run the Eastern States E on the flanks of his race car. While it makes class meetings fairly straightforward, it does mean Baxter is having to...

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December 9, 2020

Nelson Speedway: PTS Superstock Stampede

SALUTE TO THE GENERAL By Pete McNae There are two things Dave Evans doesn't like much -- leaving home and talking on the phone -- but they are outweighed by the one thing he loves most, speedway. So, when Central Classic Stockcar Club figure Charlie Harper rang the 66-year-old Foxton farmer and ag contractor...

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December 8, 2020

Nelson Speedway: PTS Superstock Stampede

NEAREST THING TO NELSON By Pete McNae When the visiting drivers roll into town this weekend for the Nelson Speedway Association's third attempt at staging the PTS Logistics Superstock Stampede, there is one who warrants home crowd support more than most. Hawke's Bay's Adam Groome has a special fondness for the Milestone Homes...

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November 28, 2020

Nelson Speedway: Sprintcar War of the Wings (Nelson round)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CLETUS By Pete McNae Sam O'Callaghan will be feeling pretty happy about his job security tonight. The Central Otago-based sprintcar driver has been Nelson car owner Kevin (Cletus) Freeman's helmsman of choice in the past couple of seasons, the young man never afraid to take a risk to earn a reward...

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