Protection Sought
i (N.Z. Press Association) NAPIER. f The Australian stock car [ 1 team, which will race against ■ New Zealand at the Meeanee . Speedway, near Napier, on, i Saturday night, is seeking! police protection for its! , vehicles. 5 This follows interference to t one of the Australian cars at [ ; Palmerston North last Satur . day. i The captain of the Austra- > lian team. L. Manzel, said yesterday that somebody de- [ liberately interfered with his car at Palmerston North. “One of the fuel lines was! [: crimped with a pair of' . pliers." he added. [I “It forced me to pull out . after one lap and it seriously !, contributed towards us losing > the second test against New) . Zealand. “The same thing happened) , to me in 1968 at Palmerston [[ [ North and I was seriously in r jured. On that occasion, someI body cut the seat belts.” :
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32221, 13 February 1970, Page 15
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