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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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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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February 11, 2021

Nelson Speedway: February club night

PAYING IT ... FORD By Pete McNae It's the Rednecks to the rescue at the speedway on Saturday after serious shuffling delivered a different programme from the one planned. Crashes and meeting clashes left the Nelson Speedway Association with insufficient entries to run the Dirtworks Nelson South Island Sprintcar Championships, with the decision...

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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 12, 2020

Nelson Speedway: PTS Superstock Stampede

THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM By Pete McNae Guess we can call this daylight Robb-ery. The Nelson Speedway Association's third attempt at running the first PTS Logistics Superstock Stampede was such a slickly run meeting that patrons were filing towards the exit gates, doing the speedway dust shuffle, before it was even fully dark....

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November 14, 2020

Nelson Speedway: Super Saloon Cando Cup and 30-Lap Streetcar Race

CUP AND SORCERY By Pete McNae A super saloon wizard and a professional magician had a few tricks up their sleeve for their opposition at Nelson's Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway tonight. The meeting was one rescheduled from last Saturday when a week of rain turned the infield into a mire...

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November 4, 2020

Nelson Speedway: Cando Cup for super saloons

SPEEDWAY'S MAN OF LETTERS By Pete McNae Campbell McManaway started with an “I”, switched to a “C”, transitioned to a “T” and has ended with an “N”. That looks like an erratic alphabet but it actually just tracks the 57-year-old fishing company owner's speedway path since he started racing in the late 1990s. A stereotypical...

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October 10, 2020

Opening Night – Trackman Trophies

The much anticipated opening night here at the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway is finally here!! After a lengthy break due to the Covid – 19 virus its great to be back doing what we are good at and that’s entertaining our fans with fast action packed racing. All classes are contesting the…

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March 14, 2020

HALF PRICE NIGHT

A PERFECT 10 (BUCKS) By Pete McNae On his night, when car and driver are in harmony, no one dominates the Milestone Homes Top of the South Speedway oval like Ian Burson. I'll put up 10 bucks if you can change my mind. That $10 was all it cost for adult entry for tonight's...

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February 2, 2020

MAG AND TURBO SUPER CUP

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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