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Speedway: Big weekend for Tom Francis Building New Zealand Production Saloon Championship at Oceanview Speedway
24 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Whanganui Chronicle
Local Production Saloon driver Brent Hackett finished the weekend s racing as the new 2NZ. But with an ounce of luck, he could have been putting the coveted 1NZ stickers on his car over the weekend.
Almost 60 of the country s top production saloons, from as far away as Invercargill, turned on an outstanding weekend of racing, where Christchurch driver and current 2NZ Matt Sherlock became New Zealand champion in the class, but by the barest of margins.
After qualifying heats on Friday night, seven Wanganui cars made the top 20 to contest the Tom Francis Building New Zealand Production Saloon Championship on Saturday.
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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.