Mighty Bays clash at Baypark

Thrills and spills will be at Baypark Speedway's Battle of the Bays

Petrolheads get ready for the Battle of the Bays when Baypark Family Speedway Super Stock Car Teams' Race roars into life this Saturday, December 12.

It's the clash of the mighty Baypark Busters Super Stock Car team taking on the Hawkeyes from Napier.

Baypark promoter Bernie Gillon says there will be plenty of action for the adrenalin junkie, fuel-injected motor-head.

'There's quite a few things that are happening all in the one speedway meeting. Like obviously the super stock teams' race,” says Bernie.

'But as well as that, we've got three super stock car races and it looks like we're going to have over 20 cars from everywhere, from the Hawke's Bay, Rotorua and Auckland as well as our local cars. That will be awesome to see.”

Also on offer is round two of the sprint car series.

'Now that gets basically the best sprint car drivers in the North Island including Jonathan Allard from the United States and the New Zealand champion. Plus basically NZ one, two and three are all racing here. So it's going to be a huge sprint car meeting.”

Bernie says also on show for the first time will be a large field of off-road racing trucks, cars and buggies taking on the speedway track as well as some jumps on the infield.

'It will be the only chance people will get to see off-roaders racing in a stadium situation this season. 'We've only got them here once this year.”

The promoter says the team has been working hard building two ramps for the race which will see the off-roaders flying through the air.

'The big stadium trucks and those things will be hitting the jumps at well over 100km/h. So they'll be up to 2m high off the ground and probably flying through the air 20 or 30m,” says Bernie.

'Even if people aren't into speedway but they'd like to see car entertainment. The off-roaders will be there and it's a great opportunity to see something different.”

The Baypark Family Speedway Super Stock Car Teams' Race takes place on Saturday, December 12. Gates open at 5pm. Tickets range from $10-$50. For more information, visit: www.bayparkspeedway.co.nz

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