1: Ernest Hudson’s ’75 Celica is a Supernats veteran. Ernest says
his best achievement (besides building the entire car himself)
was winning Grand Champion in the burnouts in 1999, but this
year he was happy to leave the 408ci, nitrous-fed coupe looking
nice in the show ’n’ shine this year
6: Last year’s burnout winner Chris Genter punished
his VC Commodore, blowing both rears in both
qualifying and the finals. However, it wasn’t enough
to retain his title as Supernats Burnout Champion
4: Simon Mokdassi had his 1600hp, ProCharger-fed,
440ci monster XY Falcon XYKING (SM, Apr ’17) on show.
After initial alternator gremlins, Simon got the car onto
the track and took home Top Interior, Top Sedan, Top
Engine Bay and first place in the Street Elite category
3: Dustin Goldsmith’s crazy 8/71-blown, 408ci VE ute
(SM, Apr ’16) drank 100L of E85 and destroyed two sets
of tyres before it made friends with the ripple strip,
compressing the front suspension enough to push the
tyre into the guard and rip the front bar off
5: Gary Myers’s 2017 SMOTY winner AGROXA was out in
force, both in the cruising sessions and on the burnout
pad – and the crowds loved every minute
2: Clancy Schofield wore through a few sets of tyres
between his cruise-session drifting, superskids, street
racing and burnout comp efforts. The 1000hp blown LS2-
powered VX SS was rarely seen in its pit bay; instead it
was out on the track and full of fist-pumping mates
MOST OF THE ENTRANTS WE SPOKE TO CITED THE CRUISE
SESSIONS AS THEIR FAVOURITE ELEMENT OF SUPERNATS