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Meremere drag cars

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Meremere drag cars

A jet-powered car, Warhawk, driven by Richard Smith, gets the green light at the Meremere dragstrip in March 2005. Drag racing has taken place at Meremere since 1973.

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New Zealand Herald

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by Amos Chapple

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato places – Waikato Heads to Meremere, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27273/meremere-drag-cars (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 26 May 2010, updated 11 June 2015.