Matamata driver Dion Edgecombe has fought through to his first win in New Zealand’s oldest and fastest forest offroad endurance race.
Qualifying fifth for the Hydrovac Woodhill 100 at the Auckland 4X4 Adventure Park, he pushed up through the field to challenge and then overtake pole man Tony McCall.
It was not an easy drive. From the opening lap he was managing his Polaris UTV’s engine, which ran hot in the faster going and would only cool down in the slower sandy tracks. At one point he was also
