Speedway driver wins NZ champs

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Nelson Superstock driver Shane Harwood hasn’t had any time to reflect on winning his first New Zealand title as he prepares to head to Rotorua for this weekend’s world champs.

Shane won the New Zealand championship at the Stratford Speedway on Sunday evening to secure his first national title in 10 attempts. Now he is busy getting his 1NZ car ready for Rotorua where he is expecting an even harder weekend of racing.

“It’s going to be a step up from Stratford,” Shane says. “I’m going to have to go for it from the start to make sure I qualify because there’s 80 cars and only 20 get through.”

However, Shane says winning the national title at the weekend has given him a lot of confidence going into the worlds. He is also relieved his car came through the weekend relatively unscathed “with only a couple of flat tyres” and only needed fine tuning before travelling north again this week.

“I’m driving pretty well at the moment and the car is good so I hope that’s going to help in Rotorua,” Shane says.

Shane is the first Nelson driver to win a New Zealand Superstock title since Dale Ewers won in 2010-11.