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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 29, 2020

SUPER CUP SUPER SALOONS

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January 29, 2020

SUPER MAN By Pete McNae It's taken Trevor Elliott a couple of decades to become an overnight sensation. The Canterbury-based super saloon driver and the current points leader in the Mag and Turbo Super Cup started racing back in the mid 1980s, yet this is his first media interview. He's often the sneaky quick driver...

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December 15, 2019

SI MIDGETS/SUPER SALOONS/SUPERSTOCKS

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December 15, 2019

WORLD WIDE WEBB By Pete McNae Part-time midget car driver, fulltime champion. Jeremy Webb should be the mayor of Nelson. Maybe the MP. He already owns the piece of real estate that is the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway. Cantabrian Webb rarely puts a wheel wrong when he comes north to the...

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December 12, 2019

SOUTH ISLAND MIDGET CHAMPS

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December 12, 2019

FAST FRIENDS By Pete McNae As we approach Christmas, it is time to think about the spirit of giving. And one speedway driver who understands the blessings of generosity more than most is Canterbury midget competitor Glen Durie. Durie started racing in the very early 1990s and has been a national champion and a...

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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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TRUE NORTH Written by Pete McNae Blenheim's Paddy North is a bloody good saloon car driver, three times 2NZ, in fact. He's also had a bunch of podium finishes in NZ Grand Prix and South Island championship meetings in both saloons and super saloons and has taken on the Australians over there in a New...

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January 27, 2019

SUPER SALOON SUPER CUP

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January 27, 2019

BEAUTY GOES MORE THAN SKIN DEEP TAKING THE HIGH ROAD Written by Pete McNae "Pretty" doesn't win races. There was no better proof of that than last night's round of the Mag and Turbo Super Cup for super saloons at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway. Peter Dickson's Generation 5 Hypermac super...

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January 23, 2019

MAG AND TURBO SUPER CUP

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January 23, 2019

GOOD THINGS COME IN THREES BETTER, STRONGER, FASTER Written by Pete McNae Burs is back. Not just back on track at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway, either. No, Ian (Burs) Burson is back on the national podium, back cracking out the jokes and one-liners, back in love with speedway. It's not...

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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

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March 31, 2018

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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