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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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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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June 20, 2019

Annual General Meeting 2019

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June 20, 2019

MOVING FORWARD Written by Pete McNae There was no hiding from the fact that the summer just past was a tough one for the Nelson Speedway Association. The club's 50th anniversary season was largely overshadowed by ongoing issues with its resource consent -- a document originally drafted in 1968 -- and the spinoffs...

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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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March 24, 2019

SOUTH ISLAND SIDECARS

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March 24, 2019

RIVALS GREEN WITH ENVY Written by Pete McNae Life is full of surprises. Who knew that you don't eat Christmas mince pies with chips and sauce? That buffalo wings don't come from buffaloes nor is a urinal cake edible (unless you're desperate). And who knew that Adie Drake and swinger Kieran Satherley had...

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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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March 6, 2019

SOUTH ISLAND SIDECARS

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March 6, 2019

GREY POWER Written by Pete McNae Sam Satherley has had four heart attacks – a warning one and three others that might have tipped over a lesser man. He's got enough steel in his left leg to be a body double for the Terminator. And he's not far off turning 70, a pretty...

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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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