WE DID IT!
Two years ago, we came back to New Zealand two weekends in a row and got nothing but rain, and, if I remember correctly, some of the country was in drought and hadn’t seen rain for weeks and weeks. This time, we set four rain days just in case, with the hope of not needing them. In the lead up to the event, there hadn’t been rain at Meremere Dragway in 40-odd days — it all started to seem way too familiar.
All the shipping and set-up had gone perfectly. It was Friday morning and the boys were all sweating, finishing up