Kids get a taste of the wild ride

[Peter Vahry]

THE children at Turakina School got to put on the race helmets and feel what 600 horsepower feels like rumbling under their seats as 4x4 national champion Hamish Auret brought his Corvette-engine truck to "show and tell" yesterday.

Auret and Dan Cowper were visiting five country schools to promote the inaugural Suzuki Extreme 4x4 Challenge, which will be held this Sunday on the Cowper property.

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