8V Shane Griven rolls after a tangle with 1NZ Shane Dewar.
SPEEDWAY: Luke Miers finally had the luck run his way to dominate the Brent Lowe Memorial Stockcar title at the Robertson Holden Speedway in Palmerston North. The sought-after title named after the hard-hitting stockcar driver who died in an accident on Christmas Eve 2015 drew a massive field of more than 50 cars, with qualifying before a one-race final on Monday. Without doubt Miers has been the stockcar class’ outstanding driver over the past season, but has often suffered from flat tyres or cars spinning out of control in front of him. But on this occasion he had everything go his way as he cruised to a relatively untroubled win in his impressive new Peter Rees car.
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Peter Rees and Adam Joblin collide during the last lap of the feature race at the Palmerston North speedway meeting.
The Superstock Teams Race may have had nothing riding on the outcome on Saturday night, but they sent out a big warning that teams’ indiscretions could have a big impact on results at the Teams Champs in February. A Palmerston North Select team along with the big squad of Gisborne Giants and Wanganui Warriors raced each other once at the Robertson Holden Speedway. The overall winner was decided by the team accumulating the most points. It would have been won by Wanganui had one driver not been relegated for crossing the pole line to attack a Gisborne driver.