1/50A Car catches Fire doing a burnout at Summernats 31 2018 Photo: Keegan Carroll
Mean machines rev up at Summernats
FROM the smell of hot rubber in the burnout battle to a weekend of rock music, thousands of petrol heads roll in to Canberra for the high octane annual Summernats Car Festival.
2/50A Car catches Fire doing a burnout at Summernats 31 2018 Photo: Keegan Carroll
3/50A Spectator eggs on a driver to preform a burnout on tough street at Summernats 31 Photo: Keegan Carroll
4/50A Celebrates after preforming a burnout at Summernats 31 2018 Photo: Keegan Carroll
5/50A Celebrates after preforming a burnout at Summernats 31 2018 Photo: Keegan Carroll
6/50SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. A Car catches fire during preforming a burnout at Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
7/50SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. A Car preforms a burnout during Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
8/50L-R: Melbourne car entusiasts Aroha Laurie (37yrs) and Maddy Tierney (22yrs). The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts attend the event.Crowd numbers seemed to be considerably down on previous years. Picture: Gary Ramage
9/50The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts attend the event.Crowd numbers seemed to be considerably down on previous years. Picture: Gary Ramage
10/50The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts attend the event.Crowd numbers seemed to be considerably down on previous years. Picture: Gary Ramage
11/50The annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival in Canberra with thousands of car enthusiasts attend the event.Crowd numbers seemed to be considerably down on previous years. Picture: Gary Ramage
12/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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
13/50SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. A Spectator eggs on a driver to preform a burnout on tough street at Summernats 31. Photo: Keegan Carroll
14/50Angela Nye proudly point out "Not His" licence plate of her Holden VK Car at Summernats 31 2018 Angela Nye. Photo: Keegan Carroll
15/50SUMMERNATS 2018. Classic model Holden Competes in the grass driving event at Summernats 31 in Canberra. Photo: Keegan Carroll
16/50SUMMERNATS 2018. Driver Competes in the Go to Whoa Event at Summernats 31 In Canberra Photo: Keegan Carroll
17/50SUMMERNATS 2018. Summernats 31 bring out all kinds of cars even the weird ones. Christian Merrigan Jason Singt. Photo: Keegan Carroll
18/50SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. A Holden preforms a burnout during Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
19/50Canberra, Australia - January 06 : Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
20/50Driver dresses up while driving around tough street at Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
21/50SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. A fire fighter watches on during a burnout during Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
22/50SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. A driver celebrates after preforming a burnout during Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
23/50SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. Canberra, Australia - January 06 : Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
24/50SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. Canberra, Australia - January 06 : Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
25/50SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. Canberra, Australia - January 06 : Summernats 31 2018. Photo: Keegan Carroll
26/50Canberra boys L-R: Mark Featherstone (21) and Brock Fantich (19yrs-wearing cap) drink beer from their shoes (known as a shoey) at the annual Street Machine Summernats Car Festival. Picture: Gary Ramage/ News Corp Australia
27/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
28/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
29/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
30/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
31/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
32/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
33/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
34/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
35/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
36/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
37/50Josh Lee (24yrs), Hayden Naumann (20), Jackson Boyce (20) Lochie Hennessy (19) and Cody Boyce (21) in their Lowes Hawain shirts. The boys are all from Toowoomba QLD. They attended the Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
38/50Brad Salmon (27yrs) form Singleton NSW attends the Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
39/50“The Red Bogan”. Luke Sharrock (43yrs) with his 1993 VP Holden Commodore-named “Bogan”. Luke is from Echula Victoria. The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
40/50The start of the Burnout competition always brings out the best in a few young men. A drunk young man throws up at the burnout track. The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
41/50Lachlan (4yrs) Forrest with his dads 1957 light blue Chev. He is from Nowra NSW. The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
42/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
43/50A young girl at the burnout track. 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
44/50Vehicle inspectors take a last look over the gathered cars for the event. The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
45/50The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
46/50Elvis Devic and his son Neven (9yrs) with his 1969 Yellow Chev Camaro. The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
47/50The start of the Burnout competition always brings out the best in a few young men. The Burnout competition at the festival. The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
48/50Sandra 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 Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
49/50The start of the Burnout competition always brings out the best in a few young men. The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
50/50A punter at thew the Burnout competition at the festival. The Burnout competition at the festival. 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/ News Corp Australia
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