Speedway: Tauranga's Chris Cowling scores grand prix hat-trick at Baypark
18 Jan, 2021 12:38 AM
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Bay of Plenty Times
Chris Cowling threaded the needle on a drive from mid-pack to complete a New Zealand Super Saloon Grand Prix hat-trick at Baypark Speedway on Saturday night.
Cowling, from Tauranga, started 11th in the 25-lap Grand Prix final and, after moving forward to join the lead battle, he leapt from third into the lead with a single move.
Nelson's Ian Burson and Tauranga's Scott Hayward were swapping the lead when Cowling split the pair.
"I'd started to run the middle. 'Burs' was on the bottom and Scotty moved up high so I was able to drive straight between the two of them," Cowling said.