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DRAG RACING NEWS

TRIPLE TREAT FOR RIVERS FAMILY

The Rivers family — dad Grant, daughter Nicole, and son Adrian, along with mum Fiona — are no strangers to the drag racing world, with Grant and the kids sharing driving duties of the Blu’s Bros dragster for many years. While Nicole stepped away for a while to focus on studying, she’s made a welcome return to the hot seat this season. Of course, that means juggling which driver competes at which event.

The family seem to have come across the perfect solution, running in Competition class at NZDRA rounds. With the class being index based, the pressure is always on to be close to or under their own index to succeed,

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