NZ Hot Rod

It’s a Family Affair

AS a 10-year-old, Steve Daniels spotted Gnomemobile on the back of a trailer when his dad took him up to the NZ Grand Prix at Pukekohe. His father was a truck mechanic, and all his workmates had modified cars, and it was on another trip up north to Wiri to attend the drags that got Steve really hooked on drag racing.

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