DRIVERS GET TO CUT LOOSE WITH SOME IMPROMPTU DRIFTING
AROUND CORNERS AND ROLLING BURNOUTS DOWN THE STRAIGHT
only the ute’s fourth burnout event. He agrees that there’s
plenty of preparation that goes into making it to the show.
“I get a few mates over and we go over the car in the week
before an event,” Craig says.
For the competitors in the burnout classes, there is often
mechanical and cosmetic damage to repair later, too.
Craig ended up bending both rear quarters when the rear
end got too low with popped tyres. Regardless, he says
he enjoyed the day and will use his winnings to repair the
panels so the ute can fight another day.
“The best part for me is the cruising,” he says. “When
you build cars like this, you don’t really get to use them
that much. This was my third Supernats and I ended up
going through eight tyres – four on the cruise sessions
and four in the burnouts.”
No Supernats would be complete without a demo
burnout by event organiser and all-round skid nut Ahmet
Sehirligil. Piloting his infamous HD ute, torso out the
driver’s window, smoke pouring off the rear treads and
rousing ever-greater applause, it is probably one of the
defining images of Supernats and its long history. s