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18 Feb 2026 10:26
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  •   Home > News > Accident and Emergency

    The driver of a sprint car that crashed at Christchurch's Ruapuna Speedway this month, faces a long road to recovery

    The driver of a sprint car that crashed at Christchurch's Ruapuna Speedway this month, faces a long road to recovery


    Kevin Ban is in a serious, but stable condition in the National Burn Centre - at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital.

    Ban crashed in the first heat - and fuel ignited.

    A Givealittle page has raised about 20-thousand-dollars.

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