Surf City Rod And Custom Club
The Surf City Rod and Custom Club was incorporated on 23rd December 1970. Unfortunately there are no known records of when that group was formed.
Sadly early club minutes weren't dated so it unclear when the first meeting had been held. There had been an earlier group called Surf City Rodders who had interestingly held the same PO Box number and used the same picture in their logo. Early club activities were centered around club meetings, car trails, displays, slide evenings etc. along with a lot of fundraising which included bottle drives

As we as a club look back and reflector on what was a mammoth effort to host the 2025 NZHRA StreetRod Nationals Featuring over 200 of NZ Top cars we are very grateful for all the wonderful feedback we have received from both our local community & Hot rodder’s who took part in the event.
We are very thankful for all the support we received from our very Generous sponsors, without their support it would just not be possible to run and event like this.
We would like to personally thank Neil, Gaylene and the rest of the Team at MTF Gisborne as our Major Sponsor. Neil & Gaylene have been great supporters of our Clubs Bi-Annual Rod run since our 50th Anniversary & were very keen to jump aboard for the Nationals. Their Passion for helping locals achieve their dreams is clear to see.
We would also like to thank S&D USA Very genuine family supporting NZ hot rodding TRADEZONE Gisborne Locally owned supporting local TOTAL FLEET SOULTIONS Automotive & Marine – No problems just solutions!
CLASSIC COVER INSURANCE Great National supporters of Hot Rodding events
M.S VEHICLE CERTIFICATIONS – The LEGEND & lorry well known for doing a burnout from one Millenium to the Next, back at our 2000 Street Rod Nationals GMS HOT RODS, Greg is a great Ambassador & supporter of Hot Rodding
TRUST TAIRAWHITI for their fantastic support of local events & community
KIWI GAMING FOUNDATION making a real difference in the community by supporting local organizations, For all of their very generous support of the 2025 Street Rod Nationals.
We also had a huge amount of Award sponsors putting together some great prize packs for all the lucky winners.
Chainsaw & Mower Services, Autozone Gisborne, M.S Vehicle Certifications & GMS Hotrods, Eastland Oils & Engineering Supplies, Gisborne Motors Ltd, Total Fleet Solutions, Gisborne Autoelectrics, Sam’s Upholstery, Autotech, Gisborne Fluid & Machinery, The Tyre General, Eastland Trailers & Towbars, Goodyear Tyres, Hillcrest Upholstery, Sulphur City Rod & Custom Club, Overnight Service Centre, Ray White Real Estate Gisborne, Gear Meat Pie Company, Petrol Head Magazine, ProBuild Civil, Gisborne Auto Services, Wharf Bar & Grill Gisborne, Sunshine Brewery, Shower Dome NZ, Sugar Night Club.
Also for helping behind the scenes, NZHRA, Strike Photography, Eastside Streetrods, Whakatane Rod & Custom Club, Currie Construction, Business Applications, Kirkpatrick Feed Supplies, Fulton Hogan, Gisborne District Council.
We are very proud to bring this National event to our region & can’t thank all our sponsors & supporters enough…
Lets do it again in another 25 years
Surf City Rod & Custom Club Inc Gisborne, NZ

Smaller can be better…
January was an epic month for events. The South and North Island’s biggies, Trillo Metals Muscle Car Madness and Repco Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival respectively, were down a bit on numbers but up on fun times – as was the Cromwell Show & Shine. You’ll find coverage of all three in February’s NZ Petrolhead, along with the most excellent MTF Gisborne 2025 NZHRA Street Rod Nationals.
The lead feature is a ’61 Galaxie Club Victoria sedan that’s been in the same family for 53 years, and the current owner also has a Mainline, a Model T and a ’39 Ford Deluxe. You’ll also read about a new street sprint in Christchurch, plus circuit and drag racing.
NZ Petrolhead is New Zealand’s biggest-circulating special-interest monthly car mag, it’s still free, and still packed with fresh local content. Pick up your copy from outlets throughout New Zealand, or go to www.nzpetrolhead.co.nz to have it delivered (P&P fee applies).

MTF Finance Gisborne 2025 NZHRA Streetrod Nationals hosted by Surf City Rod & Custom club
Top Participant award was awarded To Surf Citys own
Jonno Higgins
Who not only took part in 4 of the 5 games but did very well in each.... Balancing his car perfectly on the balance beam (not an easy task given the cars nature & manual transmission), Performing well in the grass khana putting on a good show, made a few rounds in the rocker cover racing, & an impressive piston toss
with Surf City sponsoring this award, we were more than proud to present the award to Jonno much to his surprise
Congatulations Jonno, Well deserved

There was lots of fun being had during the Grasskhana on Sunday with a good number of entrants taking part, Mark John Stokes quickly showed he was the man to beat with an unmatched time seconds ahead of everyone else, taking out Fastest Grasskhana award sponsored by Cheviot Hills.
Alongside the Grasskhana entrants were challenged by taking on the Balance Beam sponsored by ProBuild Gisborne Ltd scoring points towards their weekend total for the Top Participant award.

The Games, Tug o' war, Piston throwing and Rocker cover racers. Graham Brooker made it all the way though the heats to take out the Fastest Rocker cover award sponsored by Shower Dome NZ. Aaron Bolton took out the best looking Rocker cover sponsored by Curtis Customs.
Points were given for participating in each of the games and performance in each game contributing to your weekend total for the Top Participant award

2025 MTF Finance Gisborne NZHRA STREET ROD NATIONALS hosted by SURF CITY ROD & CUSTOM
TOP AWARDS
Thankyou to all the sponsors
M.S Vehicle Certifications, GMS Hot Rods, Gisborne Chainsaw and Mower Services, Autozone Gisborne Ltd
and Stace The Ace for her amazing artwork.

2025 MTF Finance Gisborne NZHRA STREET ROD NATIONALS hosted by SURF CITY ROD & CUSTOM
TOP 10 STREET MACHINES
Thankyou to our sponsors
Eastland Oil and Engineering Supplies, Total Fleet Solutions - Automotive & Marine, Gisborne Autoelectrics, Autotech Eastland, Gisborne Fluid & Machinery, The Tyre General - Gisborne, Eastland Trailers and Towbars, Overnight Service Centre Ltd, Gear Meat Pie Co., NZ Petrolhead & NZ Rodder, TradeZone Gisborne

2025 MTF Finance Gisborne NZHRA STREET ROD NATIONALS hosted by SURF CITY ROD & CUSTOM CLUB
TOP 10 HOT
Thankyou to our sponsors
Eastland Oil and Engineering Supplies, Gisborne Motors Ltd, Total Fleet Solutions - Automotive & Marine, Sam's Upholstery, Autotech Eastland, Goodyear Auto Care Gisborne, Hillcrest Upholstery, Sulphur City Rod & Custom Club, Ray White Gisborne, Gear Meat Pie Co., TradeZone Gisborne

Flames


The Boat Races
Surf City taking top honours beating all other teams, sponsored by SunShine Brewery

One of our member's daughter captured a few of the cars over the weekend, check her page out

2025 MTF Finance Street Rod Nationals

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103 Innes Street
Gisborne
4010
Opening Hours
Thursday | 5pm - 8pm |
Sunday | 5pm - 8pm |