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February 15, 2020
MINISTOCK MANIA/RACING FOR THE KIDS
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February 15, 2020
PARTY POOPERS By Pete McNae   For about five minutes tonight, Callum Russ was having the best birthday -- ever. The Nelson youth ministock driver, son of former Tigers superstock teams racer Wayne Russ, turned 14 today, the same day as the Donaldson Civil (Wayne's employer) Ministock Mania was the feature promotion at the Milestone...
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February 2, 2020
MAG AND TURBO SUPER CUP
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February 2, 2020
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
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January 15, 2020
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 24, 2019
SI PRODUCTION SALOONS/DEMOLITION DERBY
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December 24, 2019
GREY POWER By Pete McNae   You'd go a long way to find someone who loves production saloons more than Dave Leitch.  The proddies have heard every jibe about being a "hot dog class", the one whose races you skip for a mid-meeting feed, but Nelson retiree Leitch is adamant we are all missing the...
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December 1, 2019
STOCKCAR TEAMS BRAWL
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December 1, 2019
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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November 28, 2019
STREET CAR RACE/STOCKCAR TEAMS
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November 28, 2019
HAPPY FAMILIES By Pete McNae   Sarah Kitto is seven minutes older than 28-year-old twin sister Tania. And those 420-ish seconds mean plenty in a family where competition counts and trash talk is the official language. Anyone with a passing knowledge of the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway will know the Kitto name. ...
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November 13, 2019
PTS SUPERSTOCK STAMPEDE: IAN CLAYWORTH
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November 13, 2019
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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October 30, 2019
COCA COLA FIREWORKS NIGHT
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October 30, 2019
ADAM AND DYLAN: THE BRUISE BROTHERS By Pete McNae Pull down on your belts and adjust your mirrors -- the Hall brothers are back in business. After some time away from the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway, the substantially-sized siblings have new cars but the same old attitude this season -- going fast...
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October 12, 2019
OPENING NIGHT 2019-20
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October 12, 2019
SUMMER SPORT -- WITH A SNAG By Pete McNae Ahhh, summer. Speedway, sizzling snags and sunburn. Okay, traditionally the thermometer would be in double figures -- but once the first green light goes on at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway, you know barbies and boardies aren't far away. Tonight's 2019-20 season opener,...
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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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