Since its inception in 1988 the Summernats has become an icon for revheads nationwide, Summernats still remains unchallenged on the top echelon of car festivals and this year’s event again proved extremely successful with huge crowds flocking to the Canberra venue of EPIC to witness the best of the best street machines that grace our country.
Dragphoto’s Dave Reid headed to Canberra this year and kindly provided Dragnews with a pictorial of the event. We hope you enjoy Dave’s work.
Summernats roared into life with a burnout world record to christen the new burnout pad
EVIL XA took the win in the burnout masters against some more fancied rivals
Shaun Manfredotti fat lapping his drag car, the in thing to do when not on display
Grand champion- Mick Fabar’s ZERO’D, the bio diesel eco-friendly XR Falcon is named for its zero carbon footprint and has been cleaning up cars shows around the country since its unveiling last year.
Powercruise’s Gup took out n/a HP Hero title with 788hp from 727ci of Sonny’s best with Pump 91 from the servo out the front
Show and shine filled the inner oval
Tuff St Commodore of Phil Kerjean on site repairs after catching fire on the Saturday
Tuff St was full on as usual
What would a burnout comp be without ‘ON BOC’
Whoops!, TOASTR finally over does it
Victor let Ben take out his car
There was more shades of tyre smoke this year than ever
Ben Bray’s Dato ute reinvented and now in Sydney’s SDR stable
Former burnout champion, Mick Brasher in ULEGAL punched the wall in this years competition
Hilltop Hoods rocked the house
Mick Duggan’s 10.5 which Dragnews sneak peeked a few months ago is now complete
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