CHAMPION EFFORTS: Travis Gooch (right) won the North Island streetstock title in Auckland last weekend and his Gisborne Speedway clubmate David “Duck” Hampton (left) took third place. Gooch (7G) finished the last of the three deciding heats driving backwards after he was spun on the home straight. He finished fourth in that heat but that gave him enough points to win the title. Picture supplied
TRAVIS Gooch now equals his brother Brenden’s haul of three North Island championships.
“It feels awesome to win, really good,” he said.
“I was driving in third thinking I had the title sewn up, then I got spun. Luckily I got over the line before anyone who could have taken
