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Upcoming EVENTS

FEBRUARY

at NAPA Autoparts Dragway, Meremere. Info at  , Pomona, California.  hosted by the Southland Chevrolet Club in Invercargill. Friday-Cruising in the CBDfrom 6 pm 'til 8.30 pm. Saturday-Car Show at the Collegiate Rugby Grounds. Sunday-Drag and Brag atTeretonga. Info: 027 209 6515  hosted by Whitestone Rod & Restorers to Danseys Pass Campground. Contact: Debbie Jarvis ph. 027 2242300  at Motueka.  at the Waipu Caledonian Park from 10 'til 2 with prize Giving at 1.30pm.  Kustoms' Club Rooms McLean Island  at Caroline's Boatshed Bar& Eatery 181 Somme Parade, Aramoho, Wanganui from 9 am.  at the Maheno Tavern SH1 North Otago from 8.30-10.30 am. Open to all car enthusiasts and cooked or continental breakfast is $20/head.  at Napa Auto Parts Dragway, Meremere.  promoted by Landspeed NZ Assoc at Goudies Road, Reporoa. See NZ's fastest cars and motorcycles go as fast as they can over 6km of straight, flat wide road. To register go to or ph 021 961 766.  hosted by Wheels Inc. Meeting at Hooton Reserve, Albany for a peel out time of 3.00pm, before heading out for an afternoon country cruise back out West to Taupaki this year. Food and refreshments available on site. See you all there.  at Southern Dragway, Teretonga Park. Burt Munro Challenge.  at Burger Fuel Kapiti in Paraparaumu from 6.30 pm. Open to all hot rods, classics, customs, muscle cars and Aussie cars.   hosted by Street Machines Southland. Meet at the dubrooms 84 Flora Rd, East, Makarewa at 6pm for a free BBQ. Cruise departs 7pm to take in some of the great sights of Southland and then heading back to the SMS dubrooms.. , Whangamata.   at NAPA Autoparts  at NAPA Autoparts Dragway, Meremere. Info at   hosted by the Wellsford and Warkworh VCC at Satellite Rd, Warkworth from 7 am  at the Distinction Hotel Rotorua. Were you involved with drag racing back in the '60s or '70s? Kopuku, Kerrs Road, Port Road, Champion Dragway, Ruapuna, Thunderpark, Ardmore, Napier Airport, Baypark, Waiouru, Teretonga? Were you a racer, track official or worker? Do you miss the old days and fancy sharing some memories? If you answered yes to any of these guestions how about taking some time out to reconnect with your old friends, workmates and competitors at a 60s-70s drag racer's reunion. You're welcome to join us at the Distinction Rotorua Hotel & Conference Centre, and meeting us in the house bar on Friday night, for a couple of days of catching up, the odd bevvy or three, the sharing of memories plus plenty of tall stories culminating in a buffet dinner on Saturday the 25th February 2023 at the Distinction. Bookings for the Distinction Rotorua Hotel have to be made via this page link and as we are obliged to pay for the buffet on Saturday night and provide a guaranteed number of attendees seven working days prior to the 25th of February, bookings for the Saturday night buffet must be made via an e-mail notification to to advise number of attendees, names and, if possible please, e-mail addresses for each so as we can keep in touch on this and any future re-unions. The cost for the Saturday night buffet at the Distinction will be $58 inch GST per person and we'll e-mail you banking details once you've advised us of names and numbers. This wonderful gathering of old coots is bought to you by Garth Hogan, Graham Berry, Pete Lodge, Gary (Grease) Martin and myself, Brian Fairchild, and we hope to see you all in Rotorua.  at NAPA Autoparts Dragway, Meremere. Info at

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