An e-scooter race hosted by an Auckland pub has gone off without a hitch despite controversy surrounding the scooters.
Half a dozen electric-scooter speedsters gathered at Chapel Bar & Bistro on Sunday afternoon for the first-ever Ponsonby Rd Lime Scooter Grand Prix.
It followed days of controversy over Lime's hire-by-the-minute scooters after 14 ACC claims in eight days and warnings of probable deaths and injury.
But despite this, and every contestant having to sign a waiver exempting Chapel Bar for any damages, deaths or injuries - no one was injured in the quick circuit around Ponsonby's back streets.
![Contestants go head-to-head during the Ponsonby Rd Lime Scooter Grand Prix held by Chapel Bar. Photo / Doug Sherring](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/GHXPSVDPVPGRIMK2IQP3AJIT3I.jpg?auth=c40331d375401da3e06fde3b362cb098980af5c47835d8cafb225cf516cbc541&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)