Summernats
CBD feels the love at the Midwinter Ball
Business leaders, lobbyists, media executives and actors have descended on Canberra for a night of shameless networking … sorry, raising money for charity.
- by Stephen Brook
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Driver in Lamborghini crash also accused of killing spectator at burnout event
A Ballarat mechanic has been refused bail after crashing into a house six months after he was involved in a fatal crash at a car festival in regional Victoria.
- by Erin Pearson
Attack on heritage won’t solve housing crisis
The attack on heritage is in effect the same land grab on older inner-city areas that developers ran in the late 60s and early 70s, a campaign all about developer profits and not about affordability of housing or good urban planning.
ACT police officer calls burnout fans at Summernats ‘sub-species of the human race’
Acting Inspector Mark Richardson said the real car enthusiasts were not the problem, but rather “the moron tourism that we get”.
- by Paul Sakkal
Police investigate brawl involving crowd safety staff at Summernats car festival
Footage has emerged of men wearing “crowd safety” vests appearing to throw several punches and kicking a man on the ground during a brawl at the Canberra event.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Pushing Summernats out of EPIC would be a 'shame', co-owner says
Summernats says it's keen to be involved in discussions around the future of Exhibition Park in Canberra.
- by Katie Burgess
Three-year rush to the line for Canberra father and son car builders
After three years of working on their show car, bad news arrived for a Canberra father and son team.
- by Peter Brewer
Summernats becomes hot rod heaven
Father and daughter team Rick and Danielle Werner came down from the Gold Coast not even expecting their hot rod to make the top 60.
- by Peter Brewer
Prepare to be stunned by these 'serious' mullets
When the mullets gathered at Summernats on Saturday they bonded in follicle brotherhood, with handshakes and friendly rival banter.
- by Peter Brewer
Physical toll of drag racing forces a veteran's hand
Decades of high level drag racing - the tyres spin up and exert a force of more than three times gravity against his chest and spine - have taken their toll.
- by Peter Brewer
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