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POINT OF DIFFERENCE By Pete McNae Ian Clayworth has his "eureka" moment while waiting at the hairdressing salon over a decade ago. The Nelson superstock driver was in for his monthly trim and read a magazine article that mentioned a BMW V8 engine that produced 414 horsepower from its four-litre capacity, straight out of the...

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November 2, 2019

COCA-COLA FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR

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November 2, 2019

BIG SHOTS By Pete McNae Each year, about this time, a little club-run speedway in Nelson, New Zealand, decides to do its bit for history and commemorate the failed political plans of an English activist, who attempted to use a shipload of gunpowder to blow up the House of Lords back in the very early...

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October 15, 2019

PTS SUPERSTOCK STAMPEDE

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October 15, 2019

HE WHO DARES, WINS By Pete McNae Half the guys in New Zealand want to swap places with him while half the women in New Zealand want to marry (or mother) him. Foxton superstock driver Jordan Dare is definitely trending on Twitter right now. Dare, who races out of Palmerston North, has been busy...

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September 9, 2019

OPENING NIGHT, TRACKMAN TROPHY

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September 9, 2019

ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION By Pete McNae Less is more as far as Nelson stockcar driver Michael Paynter is concerned. You'll see why when he takes his place on the grid this Saturday for the opening night of the 2019-20 Nelson speedway season, the Trackman Trophy meeting at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway....

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HUNTING SEASON Written by Pete McNae Ben Smith is a lot like his All Blacks namesake – a little under the radar until you relax, then he can ruin your evening in a hurry. The Nelson stockcar driver made a surprise return to Nelson's Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway for the second...

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March 21, 2019

DERBY NIGHT AND MUCH MORE

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March 21, 2019

EVER-DECREASING CIRCLES Written by Pete McNae That green 18 has been around the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway for so long, it is almost part of the furniture. But it's fast drawing to a close for former national superstock champion Shane Harwood as a second extended break from speedway looms less than a...

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SUPERSTOCKS AND SO MUCH MORE By Pete McNae It’s been more than two months since the high-winding V8s have chucked clay at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway but the superstocks are back on a chokka programme for Nelson’s multi-headed race meeting on Saturday, March 23. With the season rapidly nearing an…

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CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN OPEN WHEEL DEAL Written by Pete McNae It's beginning to look like there is daylight between Jeremy Webb and every other three-quarter midget racer in New Zealand His runaway win in the Waimea Vehicle Testing Station New Zealand TQ Midget Grand Prix last night completed his triple crown (NZs,...

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YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL (UNTIL YOU DO) THE WEBB MASTER Written by Pete McNae Twelve months ago, a window was closing on Jeremy Webb. Years of frustration at national three-quarter midget championship meetings were building up, denied by bad luck, broken parts, errant rivals. And then, almost a year ago to the day, Webb...

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GOOD NEWS! The green flag will drop on Saturday night at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway. After consultation with the Tasman District Council and the team at Fire and Emergency New Zealand we have been given the all clear to run the Waimea Vehicle Testing Station New Zealand Three Quarter Midget Grand…

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