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Summernats City Cruise down the main street in Canberra, as apart of the start of the 2019 Summernats car festival. Picture Kym Smith
1/18Summernats City Cruise down the main street in Canberra, as apart of the start of the 2019 Summernats car festival. Picture Kym Smith
A young woman at Summernats. Picture: Gary Ramage
2/18A young woman at Summernats. Picture: Gary Ramage
Angela Nye Standing in front of her Holden VK Car at Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
3/18Angela Nye Standing in front of her Holden VK Car at Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
Driver and owner Steve Dowler Is excited with his hard work showing off his car at Summernats 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
4/18Driver and owner Steve Dowler Is excited with his hard work showing off his car at Summernats 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
Justine Mott, the only female driver in the masters Summernats burnout competition, poses for a photo in Canberra, Friday, January 5, 2018. The four-day Summernats car festival in Canberra is expecting more than 100,000 visitors. (AAP Image/Lisa Martin
5/18Justine Mott, the only female driver in the masters Summernats burnout competition, poses for a photo in Canberra, Friday, January 5, 2018. The four-day Summernats car festival in Canberra is expecting more than 100,000 visitors. (AAP Image/Lisa Martin
Sandra Horne, 36 years old, from Melbourne Victoria with her 1932 Ford Coupe. Sandra is a a Summernats host. She has just done 10,000km in her Ford Coupe after the 1 year restoration. The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival began in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts expected to attend the event over the four days. Picture: Gary Ramage
6/18Sandra Horne, 36 years old, from Melbourne Victoria with her 1932 Ford Coupe. Sandra is a a Summernats host. She has just done 10,000km in her Ford Coupe after the 1 year restoration. The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival began in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts expected to attend the event over the four days. Picture: Gary Ramage
L-R Cousins Georgia Keogh, 10 years old with Cassie Wyeth, 9 years old. Both are Canberra locals with the families pink classic. The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival began in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts expected to attend the event over the four days. Picture: Gary Ramage
7/18L-R Cousins Georgia Keogh, 10 years old with Cassie Wyeth, 9 years old. Both are Canberra locals with the families pink classic. The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival began in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts expected to attend the event over the four days. Picture: Gary Ramage
L-R Brothers Lachlan (4yrs) and Thomas (3yrs) Forrest with their dads 1957 light blue Chev. The boys are from Nowra NSW. The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival began in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts expected to attend the event over the four days. Picture: Gary Ramage
8/18L-R Brothers Lachlan (4yrs) and Thomas (3yrs) Forrest with their dads 1957 light blue Chev. The boys are from Nowra NSW. The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival began in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts expected to attend the event over the four days. Picture: Gary Ramage
Elvis Devic and his son Neven (9yrs) with his 1969 Yellow Chev Camaro. The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival began in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts expected to attend the event over the four days. Picture: Gary Ramage
9/18Elvis Devic and his son Neven (9yrs) with his 1969 Yellow Chev Camaro. The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival began in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts expected to attend the event over the four days. Picture: Gary Ramage
10/18"The Red Bogan". Luke Sharrock (43yrs) with his 1993 VP Holden Commodore-named "Bogan". Luke is from Echula Victoria. The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival began in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts expected to attend the event over the four days. Picture: Gary Ramage
Shane Sattler at Summernats 2017. Photo: Keegan Carroll
11/18Shane Sattler at Summernats 2017. Photo: Keegan Carroll
Natalie Wardell and her daughter Jazmyne pose in front of their candy pink Holden VS Clubsport at Summernats 29 in Canberra on Sunday, Jan 10, 2016. Mrs Wardell, 44, calls herself a 'Bogan Barbie'. (AAP Image/Roje Adaimy)
12/18Natalie Wardell and her daughter Jazmyne pose in front of their candy pink Holden VS Clubsport at Summernats 29 in Canberra on Sunday, Jan 10, 2016. Mrs Wardell, 44, calls herself a 'Bogan Barbie'. (AAP Image/Roje Adaimy)
Apprentice fabricator Tom Saunders has just picked up a national award for his automotive work at the Summernats in Canberra. The $4000 scholarship recognises Tom's work building custom cars and is likely to result in more lucrative commissions from around Australia picture of him with his own project.
13/18Apprentice fabricator Tom Saunders has just picked up a national award for his automotive work at the Summernats in Canberra. The $4000 scholarship recognises Tom's work building custom cars and is likely to result in more lucrative commissions from around Australia picture of him with his own project.
Big boys and their hotted up cars have decended on the nation's capital for the 27th Summernats car festival. Three year old Millie Elphick with her dad’s 736 hours powered super charged XY Falcon-ONBOC.
14/18Big boys and their hotted up cars have decended on the nation's capital for the 27th Summernats car festival. Three year old Millie Elphick with her dad’s 736 hours powered super charged XY Falcon-ONBOC.
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15/18Ahmet "The Mad Turk" Sehirligil from Sydney and his supercharged 350 HD Holden on the burn-out track on day two of Summernats in Canberra.
Allyce Portelli, 17, from Prospect won an award for being the youngest entrant to enter a car into the Summernats car festival in Canberra. She entered her `Pink Pearl' 1986 BMW as a display car at the event earlier this month. Picture: Supplied
16/18Allyce Portelli, 17, from Prospect won an award for being the youngest entrant to enter a car into the Summernats car festival in Canberra. She entered her `Pink Pearl' 1986 BMW as a display car at the event earlier this month. Picture: Supplied
2008 Summernats Burnout Champion Joe Pagano with his Holden Commodore Ute IMXITD (I'm Excited) at his home in Rossmore, southwest of Sydney. Pagano is about to head down to Canberra for the 2009 Summernats Car Festival. Picture: Supplied
17/182008 Summernats Burnout Champion Joe Pagano with his Holden Commodore Ute IMXITD (I'm Excited) at his home in Rossmore, southwest of Sydney. Pagano is about to head down to Canberra for the 2009 Summernats Car Festival. Picture: Supplied
The annual Summernats national car show held in Canberra, the first woman to win the show's prestigious elite-judged prize for modified cars was won by Tasmanian woman Leisa Chinnock of Austins Ferry, for her purple 1986 XF Ford Falcon she calls Psycho, on which she has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars
18/18The annual Summernats national car show held in Canberra, the first woman to win the show's prestigious elite-judged prize for modified cars was won by Tasmanian woman Leisa Chinnock of Austins Ferry, for her purple 1986 XF Ford Falcon she calls Psycho, on which she has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars
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