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BEAST FROM THE EAST

It may look like an American Trophy Truck, but Hawke’s Bay racer Shayne Huxtable’s all-new unlimited class racer is all his own work.

Smartly finished in blue and black over white, and wearing fibreglass race bodywork in a Chevy style, #826 made its championship debut in early 2020 and won its class on debut.

Just a month later, the world turned inside out as Covid 19 also made its debut. So with the 2020 national championship cancelled after the opening round, Huxtable became the northern class 8 champion.

As lockdown rolled out, Huxtable turned his attention to what he had learned in that first event.

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