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March 31, 2021
Nelson Speedway: NZ Sidecar Grand Prix and Super Saloons
HOT AND CROSS By Pete McNae Pull up a (side)chair while we look into what has happened to one of the major promotions for the 2020-21 season at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway, the Thelin Construction New Zealand Sidecar Grand Prix. The event is going ahead this Saturday from 5pm but the...
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April 19, 2019
LAST LAPS
MANY HAPPY RETURNS Written by Pete McNae Imagine you threw a 50th birthday party and no one showed up. Thankfully, that wasn't the case at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway this evening as the Nelson club closed its anniversary season with fields boosted by visiting competitors. Some were regulars – TQ racers...
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April 17, 2019
EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA
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
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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December 27, 2018
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

THE MANY FACES OF MORGAN DUMELOW JUST ONE OF THE LADS   Written by Pete McNae Depending on where you meet her, Morgan Dumelow could be filling one — or some — of a number of roles. There’s Morgan the quantity surveyor. Morgan the eldest of five sisters and partner of a former 2NZ superstock…

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September 1, 2018
LUCKY NUMBERS

SPONSOR RAFFLE A SUCCESS WESTMEAT AT CUTTING EDGE   There was plenty at stake when the Nelson Speedway Association drew its annual naming rights raffle on Friday night — maybe that was an omen with those purveyors of fine steaks, Westmeat Nelson in Richmond, getting their hooks into the top prize. In recent seasons, the…

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March 31, 2018
EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA, SECOND DAY

ANOTHER SUMMER DONE AND DUSTED Flag falls on season 2017-18 Written by Pete McNae Nobody’s perfect, but the sidecar combination of Derek and Mathew Ramsay might be no more than 5m away from it. The Wairarapa family team provided some of the best moments of The New Gate Company Easter Extravaganza, the eight-class ending to…

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March 30, 2018
EASTER MEETING DAY ONE

Fortune favours the brave ROUGH AND THE ODD TUMBLE   Written by Pete McNae The Nelson Speedway Association was caught between a rut and a hard place for day one of their final meeting of the summer, The New Gate Co Easter Extravaganza. Heavy rain earlier in the week soaked the surface at the Milestone…

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March 27, 2018
EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA

WHEN A WANT BECOMES A NEED SUPER-SIZE ME!   Written by Pete McNae This story about a young man’s dream coming true has a happy ending for just about everyone. Maybe only Dave and Sandy Neiman will be dismayed — they have just found out that son Brad is staying home until he’s 40. Why…

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October 7, 2017
ONE WEEK TO WAIT

Nelson club has new man at the wheel THOUGHTS OF PRESIDENT BRIDGO   Written by: Pete McNae One week out from race night at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway and Darryl Bridge has a lot on his mind. The 45-year-old Englishman is the new president of the Nelson Speedway Association, the leader…

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