TTL Hire Centre Canterbury Crushers

15th Nov Update - Crushers win battle but North takes out the war - By Mat Kermeen
The TTL Hire Canterbury Crushers were in sublime form at AmPro Tools Woodford Glen Speedway on Friday night winning both their heats to win the North versus South stockcar team’s challenge.
Nathan Taylor claimed both wins for Canterbury while his team mates did a great job of protecting him from the attacks of both North Island teams.
North Island teams KB’s Cowboys and Team Moon Goon featured some of the top stockcar drivers in the country that were always going to test the young Canterbury team.
Team manager Terry Hall was very pleased with the result and praised not only his team’s commitment but also their ability to execute a plan.
“We had a good strategy but they have to go out there and stick to it which they pulled off very well.
“They all get on well, they are mates, they look out for one and other and now that’s really starting to show out on the track,” Hall said.
While it was a team effort Cody Streeter was superb in looking after the speedy Taylor and John Gray always tried hard despite suffering damage.
On Sunday Taylor, Streeter, Gray and Ben Jacobs joined Blenheim drivers Sam Thompson and Ricco Grey to represent the South Island in a one off team’s race against a North Island side selected from their two teams.
It was business as usual for Taylor who quickly found the front and with Jacobs in second it looked promising for the South, but that was all about to change.
Taylor was pushed up the wall and on to his side by the North’s Hilton Parker and the bad news just kept coming for the South. Jacobs pulled to the infield with gearbox problems and John Grey was largely ineffective with a rear wheel puncture.
Northerner Jordan Dare assumed the lead after Taylor’s exit and cruised to victory earning the northerners the Bluebridge North verses South Cup for the first time.
A disappointed but up-beat Streeter was in no doubt as to where it all went wrong.
“Losing both Taylor and Jacobs at the same time was pretty unlucky. Going down to three cars is a huge disadvantage,” he said.

11th Nov Update - Our weekend started with us all meeting in Woodend so we could travel in convoy. Not long after leaving that all fell apart when Nathan Taylor’s trailer decided it needed one less wheel. The back of the group stopped to help and got him on his way again where we all met up again in Kaikoura to have lunch and a giggle at the misfortune. From there it was through to Blenheim Top 10 where we could unpack and make sure the cars were all ready to race, with last minute touch ups and wings added.
We travelled in convoy to the track where we were greeted warmly by Ricco Gray and shown to our parking spots.
Loyal supporters soon showed up to let us know they were right behind us and to wish the boys well in their endeavours for the night.
We were provided with fruit juice from Steve Mansfield from Kaikoura to keep the boys fuelled up after the racing.
With a bit of damage sustained in the first race we couldn’t have gotten back out without the help of Aaron Penberth and his welder. The rest of Aaron’s crew jumped in and helped get John Gray ready after tossing two belts and losing his brakes. Standing back and watching for a minute it was like watching a busy beehive with all the crews busy on the cars getting them ready for the next race.
A nice spread was put on by the club and stories were told as we caught up with old friends and friendly rivals.
After a breakfast BBQ cooked by Team Management we packed up and made our weary way home after a tiring but fun weekend.
A huge thanks to our sponsors Brown & Syme Painting Contractors, TTL Hire Ltd, Canterbury Waterblast ltd and Woodford Glen Ampro Tools Shop, who helped make this weekend possible.
While we did not come out the victors this time it was a fun weekend and a good taste of what is to come this weekend in the North vs South teams at Woodford Glen.

7th Nov Update - A great weekend away to Eastern States Speedway for the Canterbury Crushers would not have been possible without the help of our wonderful sponsors Brown & Syme Painting Contractors, TTL Hire Ltd, Canterbury Waterblast Ltd and The Woodford Glen Ampro Tools Shop.
Also a huge thanks to our crews and supporters. It is wonderful to have support wherever we go. Our drivers 4c Chris Hall, 5c Ben Jacobs, 6c Reece Ward, 7c Cody Streeter, 8c John Gray and 9c Nathan Taylor really appreciate your cheering and encouragement.
A special thanks to Steve Mansfield for the juice and Aaron and co. for the welder and help.