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No 250 : April 23, 1975

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A Bit Of Pow And A Lump Of Smash!

A capacity crowd turned up at the Speedway on March 30 to share in the excitement created by Gisborne's first ever Demolition Derby. All cars were let loose in the speedway arena with the provision that the last one moving took the prizes which included a substantial amount of cash and a fair number of goodies. Some mighty prangs and plenty of near misses gave the crowd its money's worth!

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Mike Sunderland's car, battered and bent, but still mobile, came out on top. Here he makes his victory drive around the speedway track.

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A triumphant Mike relaxes in the pits after the event.

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Mike Sunderland stirs up the dust as he successfully evades the crashing efforts of another car.

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Sunderland puts in a telling crunch to one of the opposition.

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The cars are spaced around the perimeter of the track waiting for the siren to signal "Go."

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From then on it was open slather.

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A slight case of crowding before part of the large crowd.

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A crippled Peter Bryant comes to a halt.

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Side-swiping was attempted in quite a number of instances.

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"Demolition" really was the name of the game!

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