and a bunch of 500 two-stroke riders dumped their clutches. Until this point all had been fine … the 250 class had fired a bit of roost on to the road, but that was it. But wet Pahiatua farmland and 500cc two-strokes is probably the best possible combination for quality roost! Well … roost blasted over the fence, over the grass verge, right across the road and into the pie cart! The poor pie cart had serious mud blown on to the inside back wall about three inches deep, and a fair bit had dropped in to the fish and chip vats as well. I don’ t think the poor owner had made a single sale yet but he had to pack up and head home for a mega clean up. Me being me, I well and truly saw the funny side and simply questioned his intelligence for setting up there in the first place. In fact, prior to our start, I vaguely remember Pete Galpin and I discussing how much roost we thought it possible to fire across the road.
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