Speedway: Hughes and Huijs take the silverware at Oceanview in Whanganui
15 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Joshua Annabell (39V) goes for a wild ride with help from Ethan Levien (46W) and Jayke McGrath (48S). Photo / SB O Hagan Photography
Joshua Annabell (39V) goes for a wild ride with help from Ethan Levien (46W) and Jayke McGrath (48S). Photo / SB O Hagan Photography
Whanganui Chronicle
By: Tony Stuart
There was plenty of crashing and bashing at Fast Lane Spares Oceanview Family Speedway on Saturday, although not all of it was intended.
By the end of the night, however, another two West Coast titles had been decided, in the stockcar and production saloon classes.
Aucklander dominates North Island Stockcar Championship at Baypark Speedway
30 Jan, 2021 09:48 PM
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Baypark driver Les Hepworth (22M) put Wanganui s Blair Reeve-Smith on his roof in the second Championship final. Photo / Supplied
Baypark driver Les Hepworth (22M) put Wanganui s Blair Reeve-Smith on his roof in the second Championship final. Photo / Supplied
Bay of Plenty Times
Auckland racer Gary Lonergan is proving to be the driver to beat in major stockcar events this summer.
Lonergan earned a convincing victory in the North Island Stockcar Championship at Baypark Speedway on Saturday, adding to an early-season win at the New Zealand Grand Prix and third placing at the recent New Zealand Championship.
Speedway: Whanganui stockcars head to Hawke s Bay for double night of races
14 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Hailey James (18V) and Dion Mooney (6V) are up against quality fields in their groups tonight. Photo / S. B. O Hagan Photography
Hailey James (18V) and Dion Mooney (6V) are up against quality fields in their groups tonight. Photo / S. B. O Hagan Photography
Whanganui Chronicle
A mass migration eastwards for Wanganui Stockcar drivers is under way.
Seventeen Wanganui cars are among the 230-plus entrants for the Hawke s Bay Doors New Zealand Stockcar Championship at Meeanee Speedway this weekend.
Qualifying takes place tonight, and with only 24 places in the 30-car finals field available from the eight qualifying groups it is going to be absolutely cut-throat.
Speedway: Trevor Greig triumphant in The Charlie at Whanganui s Oceanview
3 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Whanganui Chronicle
By: Tony Stuart
An afternoon of smashing New Year s Eve entertainment was promised, and that expectation was more than met.
The final speedway meeting of 2020 at Fast Lane Spares Oceanview Family Speedway was all action under the Whanganui sunshine.
Local driver Trevor Greig (81V) took out the feature event, the Charlie Berntsen Trophy Stockcars, but it was a team effort from his fellow Whanganui competitors.
Dion Mooney (6V), driving his 2019 car, took out the opening heat with a dominant drive, heading home Stratford visitors Kylie Symes (229S) and Corey Sutton (98S), with regular Charlie entrant Les Hepworth (22M) close behind in fourth place.