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Classy Field Contests South Island Saloons
Once the race got back to some form of order it was Dunedin's Aaron Andrews who raced off to a handy lead, behind Andrews was Cromwell's George Phillips who was looking fast towards the tail end of the race, Andrews...
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Financial Gears in Motion: Driven by Dirt Partners with Better™ Finance
In a significant development for motorsport and finance, Driven by Dirt, New Zealand's leading platform for Speedway enthusiasts, has joined forces with Better™ Finance, a renowned name in financial services. This...
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Cowling Goes Back To Back In Cromwell
One of the most eagerly anticipated New Zealand Championships in the 2023/24 Speedway calendar hit sunny Central Otago on the second weekend of January, the Super Saloon New Zealand title, a prestigious trophy held...
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Aotearoa Production Saloon Cup A Hit
While the New Zealand Production Saloon Championship lays extinct, buried and possibly never to be seen again, the team at Central Motor Speedway have performed some sort of resurrection of sorts, hosting the first...
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2024 Kicked Off In Style At Central Motor Speedway
Super Saloons had their final hit out at Central Motor Speedway before the New Zealand Championship here in two weeks, and to be fair and the end of this event its still hard to pick a firm favorite with a number of...
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What The Hell Just Happened - War Of The Wings Stunner In Cromwell
Part of me was stunned and elated for Myers Jnr while the other part of me felt devastated for Duff who led from start to finish, only to be beaten in the very last corner, now I didn't get to talk to Duff...
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Christmas Speedway Brings The Fans To Riverside
Race one saw Riverside's Dan Black get off to a flying start and despite struggling on a bumpy track he would hold his nerve to claim the race win ahead of clubmates Graham Williamson and Mark Dobson. Williamson was...
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Cromwell Delivers The Gifts This Christmas
This win would give Houtos the Christmas Showdown Trophy with McIntyre second and McCartney third, it would also see Houtos claim the Tri Series from McCartney with Rowlands third overall. Six Shooters opened the...
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Who Was Naughty, Who Was Nice At Beachlands Christmas Champs?
From here Andrews would stretch his legs and race home to claim the Forty Lap Saloon feature with Findlay claiming second ahead of a fast finishing Newall in third place. Findlay again found himself in trouble being...
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What A Way To Bring Up 50
Heat two and again Dobson and Williamson battled hard, Dobson however made the mistake of being caught wide when trying a move on Williamson allowing both Black and Riverside's Darren McLeod through dropping him to...
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Riverside Hosts Saloon Decider
As the green flag dropped there was more drama at the back of the pack featuring Amrein, Millar, Rodney McIndoe of Gisborne and Barry Taylor of Cromwell, this incident put both Amrein and Millar out of the race. You...
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Cook Hits His Straps At Cromwell
All roads now led to the Dash, this would give drivers a group of four cars, racing over four laps all based on points throughout the day a chance to set their grid position, a bit like a pole shuffle just a whole...
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