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The strip

Every post on the site, newest first. The number on the left is the run order: the order the pieces went up, not a ranking.

  1. 07Your first drag meeting: what to expect, what to bring, how to standThe shed
  2. 06What it takes to run a race team: crew, clutch and the 4am rebuildPeople
  3. 05From club days to nitro: how a bike racer gets to the stripPeople
  4. 04Where the strips are: Meremere, Ruapuna, Taupō and the airfieldsTracks
  5. 03How to read a timing slip (and why the 60-foot matters most)Tracks
  6. 02What is a Top Fuel bike? Nitro, a blower and 1,500cc of bad ideasBikes
  7. 01From a coal mine to Meremere: how drag racing started in New ZealandHistory