NZ Performance Car

4&ROTARY NATIONALS FORMAT SHAKE-UP

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The team behind the biggest automotive event of the year teased that there was change coming — the kind of change we haven’t seen in the event’s 22-year span. “We got this far by continuous­ly evolving, bringing new ideas and features to the table. No one wants to see the same old thing year after year … the game change is here,” said Azhar Bhamji.

That game-changer will see the 2018 V 4&Rotary Nationals formatted to take place over two weekends (27–28 January 2018 and 14 April 2018). It will be business as usual on Saturday at ASB Showground­s for the show and shine, alongside the regular New Zealand Lowrider Nationals, NAC Action Arena, Dyno Shootout, Pac Performanc­e Rotary Only Hall, New Zealand Promo Model Search, etc., but, for the first time ever, the party will shift over to Pukekohe Park Raceway on Sunday for a Chrome-style bash. Cruising, roll racing, drifting, drags, hardpark, burnouts, and power skids — all the good stuff.

But the drag racers haven’t been cut out, with a dedicated date in April to ensure that what has been a mainstay of the event for 22 years doesn’t fade away. “The reason for the swap is simple. Chrome Expression Session has been dominating in popularity over the past few years … and [we wanted to] bring you even more action and entertainm­ent over the event season. We find January is a little too early for all the Pro Import drag racing cars to be hitting the track; therefore, the new April date will be much better suited,” Azhar said.

Nationals entries for all three days are open now, and as always, they’ll sell out like hotcakes — jump onto 4androtary.co.nz to get amongst it.

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