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April 19, 2021

Nelson Speedway: Sunshine Classic for Sprintcars

NO DOUBTING THOMAS By Pete McNae It is acceptable to roll out a tired sporting cliche for the final speedway meeting of the season, so here goes …. “It is better to be lucky than good”. Of course, if you are lucky AND good, that’s a happy combination, one worth 3000 bucks in the...

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April 18, 2021

Nelson Speedway: Dirtworx South Island Sprintcars

SPRINTCARNAGE By Pete McNae How do you get a quality nine-car field of sprintcars on the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway dirt track oval? Start with 21 cars and then let them do what they do. Last night's Dirtworx Nelson South Island Sprintcar Championship drew an impressive entry list; the current...

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April 3, 2021

Nelson Speedway: NZ Sidecar Grand Prix and Easter Extravaganza

DON'T GET MAD, GET EVEN By Pete McNae Which came first, the chicken or the (Easter) egg? Did Nathan (Nippy) Ching and Shaun Solly crack the start tapes in heat one of the Thelin Construction New Zealand Sidecar Grand Prix, earning a disqualification? Or did the tapes do as they have often done...

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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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March 20, 2021

Nelson Speedway: South Island TQ title and demolition derby

SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS By Pete McNae Jonti Austin experienced the highs and the lows and then another high, all in the space of around three hours at Nelson's Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway tonight. A first-season driver in the three-quarter midget class, Austin's run at the Baby on the Move South...

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February 13, 2021

Nelson Speedway: Nelson Knights teams race and club night

PUNCHING ABOVE YOUR WEIGHT By Pete McNae Under-promise and over-deliver. It's just good business sense. When the Nelson Speedway Association was faced with a likely field of 10 for the South Island sprintcar championship and the stockcars and sidecars couldn't scrape up numbers to take their place in the programme tonight, there was talk...

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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 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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January 7, 2021

Nelson Speedway: CCF Racing for the Children

21 GUNS By Pete McNae No one is surprised when an orange and black 21N wins a race at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway. Ian Burson has been doing just that for as many years as he has fingers and toes (being a logger, that can sometimes change in a...

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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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