Drag racing at Sydney’s weekly street meet offers a change of pace for all walks of life
‘It doesn’t matter who you are, where you’re from. Put yourself in a car and go out there’, says rookie driver Sammy-Jo Johnson
It’s Wednesday evening and as the sun slips below factory roofs in Eastern Creek, a rumble is growing at the Sydney Dragway and the scent of ethanol fills the air. The weekly street meet is about to begin, a mecca for drivers from all walks of life who arrive to test their mettle on the quarter-mile strip.
Cars are parked, rolled off their trailers, engines ignited and the cacophony begins. Like dogs barking across suburbs, drivers rev their engines across the expansive car park, trundling along to be weighed and scrutinised before they’re let loose on the tarmac.
The Sydney Dragway has deen an increase in popularity in recent years. Continue reading...
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