Speedway

Season ends at 'best track in New Zealand'

Masses of feedback from drivers about the track being the "best in the country" has capped off a successful season at the Central Motor Speedway in Cromwell.

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Blenheim drivers win first teams' saloon title

Driver enjoyment registered high enough to warrant running the New Zealand super saloons teams' event as an annual calendar fixture, organiser Shane Maaka said.

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National honour at stake in saloons

New Zealand Super Saloon Grand Prix organiser Shane Maaka does not mince words when outlining drivers' do-or-dent attitudes in competition at at Island Park Speedway over the next two nights.

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Trying to survive speedway's demolitian man

It may be entitled the Demolition Man but Saturday night's racing at Island Park Speedway is also about preservation.

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US drivers in NZ sprint car championships (+ pics)

Thousands of speedway fans were treated to a New Zealand first at the Central Motor Speedway in Cromwell on Friday and Saturday nights.

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Power is all on clay

What weighs 575kg and is capable of putting out up to 900hp?

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Honours for Verdoner at NZ champs

Some  Balclutha workshop wizardry has given Mike Verdoner's Corvette enough brawn to outmuscle many of speedway racing's national front-runners.

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On a collision course

The car of eventual winner Walter Whittleston (right), of Christchurch, collides with that of Ben Powell, of Dunedin, as he laps him on the final lap of heat two of the Dunedin leg of the South Island Saloon Car Series at Island Park Speedway last night.

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Woods' caddy at wheel

Fresh from caddying Tiger Woods to his win in the Australian Masters in Melbourne on Sunday, Steve Williams will adopt a much lower profile in Cromwell tonight as one of 26 saloon drivers competing in the DHL Southern Saloon Series.

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Wanaka teen scoops second place

Wanaka's Krystal Gilmore has earned the right for 2NZ to be emblazoned on her youth mini stock after a successful weekend at the Kaikoura Northern Zone Speedway.

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