You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone, and it sure was good to be at the Petrolhead Father’s Day Drags this year! After last year’s event was relentlessly rained out, the American Muscle Car Club decided that this year would be different — the event would go ahead, come hell or high water; if that meant rain date after rain date, so be it.
After a shaky start, with the original date canned by rain, the rain date of 16 September was good to go, and did it ever go! For most, the annual event represents the beginning of the drag racing calendar after a long off season, and the excitement in the Meremere air was as good as tangible. That excitement was clearly evident before you even…
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NZV8 (Digital) - 1 Issue, No 162 November 2018