Millions of dollars have been spent on a new speedway track at Auckland's Waikaraka Park, with drivers calling it "a win" for the motor sports community.
An $11 million construction project has finished just in time for the first Auckland race of the 2025-2026 speedway season on Saturday.
Speedway New Zealand, the governing body of the sport in Aotearoa, certified the safety of the new track on November 26.
It was the first new speedway track the country had built in the last 25 years.
Midget car driver Ben Morrison was stoked to test out the track for the first time on Thursday, a year after the upgrades were first announced.
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"We've all followed the progress on social media and seen how it's tracking.
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