south canterbury car club
before timaru international motor raceway born there south canterbury car club inc, formed in 1947 , running hillclimbs , paddock events @ time. club progressed running waimate 50 street race on streets of waimate until 1966. in 1967 street event run in timaru in craigie avenue area. land purchased @ falvey road , permanent 1.6 km circuit built, first event held there in november year. club continued develop venue running club , national championship racing.
in 1988 circuit length increased , develop international fia category 3 standard today, allows south canterbury car club run international events national championships including nz v8 touring cars , super truck racing. 1 of events of southern festival of speed, bruce pigeon memorial, held on 9 february 10 february 2008.
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