POWERCRUISE IS THE EVENT WHERE YOU CAN DO ALL THE THINGS YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANYWHERE ELSE
CHARGING around Sydney Motorsport Park at speeds well in excess of highway limits while leaving bushfires in your wake is a great way to spend your weekend. We know this because we bludged a ride in Daniel Souvleris’s KRANKI HJ ute at Powercruise 66, and with over 1700hp worth of 14/71-blown, 572ci big-block on board, it was a truly life-affirming experience.
It is this very kind of four-wheeled tomfoolery for which Powercruise is so widely revered. It’s touted as the event where you can do all the things you’re not allowed to do anywhere else, and it ain’t far from the truth.
The Powercruise concept is often imitated but perhaps never quite equalled, and the franchise has grown to become a juggernaut of the Aussie car scene. With 66 successful shows in the can as well as countless one-day Powerplay events, there is a reason that pit garages sell out 12 months in advance. Put simply, Powercruise gives the punters what they want – the opportunity to race, cruise and generally beat up on their cars for three days straight.
Powercruise 66 was a particularly multifaceted affair. On top of the usual offering, which included cruising, burnouts, offstreet racing, powerskids, a dyno comp and a show ’n’ shine, there was the also the Lights Out event and a new concept, the Team Gup/team Mackley 20-versus-20 burnout showdown, both held across the road at Sydney Dragway.