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November 4, 2020
Nelson Speedway: Cando Cup for super saloons
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November 4, 2020
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 21, 2020
Nelson Speedway: Fireworks and Trophy Night
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October 21, 2020
RIGHT FIRST TIME By Pete McNae You know when you want something, want it r-e-a-l-l-y badly, but you hold off, hold back until you can do it properly and not be disappointed? No, me either, but Josh Nell does. The 20-year-old apprentice diesel mechanic with Donaldson Civil loved the sound and spectacle of the superstock...
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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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November 2, 2019
COCA-COLA FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR
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November 2, 2019
BIG SHOTS By Pete McNae Each year, about this time, a little club-run speedway in Nelson, New Zealand, decides to do its bit for history and commemorate the failed political plans of an English activist, who attempted to use a shipload of gunpowder to blow up the House of Lords back in the very early...
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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 25, 2019
PTS SUPERSTOCK STAMPEDE — THE NELSON GUYS
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October 25, 2019
NELSON'S MAGNIFICENT SEVEN By Pete McNae It's a special photograph. The only known shot of Nelson's current superstock class in captivity.  It's missing Ian Clayworth but includes rent-a-racer Warrick Steer and a stray Glen Eagle, Lloyd Jennings, who came up from Christchurch to help open the season at the Milestone Homes Top of the South...
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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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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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April 7, 2019
SPRINTCARS WAR OF THE WINGS
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April 7, 2019
WILD HORSES   Written by Pete McNae It's game on. With one round left to run in the Hydraulink War of the Wings Sprintcar Series, what could have been a one-horse race is now a definite dash to the finish between two drivers harnessing more than 800 horses each Last night's penultimate round, presented by...
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January 9, 2019
NZ SUPERSTOCK GRAND PRIX
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January 9, 2019
FOWLER TAKES A SEAT SHORT-TERM GAIN Written by Pete McNae Nick Fowler was an ex-superstock driver.  He'd hung up the Hans device. At 44, the owner of the Pro-Karts business and its related attractions at Tahunanui Beach figured he'd done his dash when it came to driving dirt ovals. Fowler had started in A grade...
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