Hawke's Bay ministock drivers Kara Flynn and Savana Peach are best friends.
So there was nothing malicious involved when the pair collided and flipped in front of more than 6000 fans in the final heat for their non-contact class at Meeanee Speedway's Fireworks Spectacular Meeting on Saturday night. As 15-year-old Napier Girls' High School Year 10 student Flynn, who is in her fourth season of racing, explained.
"We were both going down the straight and both went into the wall. I ran over her bonnet and we both flipped ... the main thing is we were both uninjured."
For Flynn, a daughter of two-time national super saloon champion Steve Flynn, it was her second meeting in a brand new car her father had built and her first at Meeanee this season.
"I went to Wellington last weekend but I'm unlikely to be back out in it for a while as we've got a bit of work to do and Dad has stuff to do on his car before he races in Wellington next weekend."