DAY TWO FRIDAY 03 JAN

FRIDAY is when things start getting spicy at Summernats, with 15 hours of action from the moment gates open to the public at 9am. Have a think about what you’d like to see and formulate a bit of a plan of attack, as you can do a lot of walking getting from one event to the next, and there’s so much good stuff going on, you won’t want to miss out!

The MPW Dyno Cell will start singing to the sound of screaming engines from 9am as the Haltech Horsepower Heroes competition gets underway. Records were smashed last year, as the chassis dynos were replaced with a pair of hub dynos capable of handling the 3000-plus horsepower the turbo big-block Castle Hill Performance VT Commodore threw down.

Tuff Street Monsters will cause mass drooling from 10am, while Skid Row is open for tyre torture between 11am and 8pm. If sun-blocking burnouts are more your thing, get over to the pad, as the Summernats Burnout Championship Eliminations will be going off from 1pm.

Get sideways at the Scruitineering Pavilion with drifting shows and passenger rides from 9am ’til 8pm, while the grass driving events are on the oval in the Canna Main Arena from 4pm.

As the sun sets, the Meguiar’s Judging Pavilion will pack out, as everyone wants the first glimpse at the Top 60. These cars are the cream of the crop at Summernats, and the Meguiar’s Great Uncover will see a bunch of fresh builds debuted to a full house. If you don’t do being jam-packed in crowded rooms, this isn’t the place for you, but it is an amazing spectacle so come back first thing on Saturday for a peep.

While all that makes for an epic day, Summernats still isn’t done, with Kerser and Bliss n Eso performing on the Canna Main Stage. Party animals can continue to blow the froth off their adult beverages until midnight at the Summernats Bar, though there is still two massive days to get through!

HELL YEAH, BROTHER!

YOUTUBE superstar and bald eagle freedom aficionado Cleetus Mcfarland is coming to do it for Dale at Summernats with his third-gen Camaro skid car called ‘Toast’, packing a methanol-injected 632cube big-block Chevy topped by a billet 10/71 BDS whine-pump. No stranger to Summernats, having visited a couple of times over the past few years, Cleetus is ready to bring the 1000rwhp party to the ’Nats burnout pad. He knows our Aussie burnout scene is no joke and reckons he is ready to smash tyres with the very best.

NOLLSY-NATS

ONLY at Summernats can you have your majestic mullet or finely inked tattoos judged by the bloke we all know was robbed of the first Australian Idol win way back in the day: Shannon Noll. Condobolin’s greatest export will be on hand to not only officiate at Fashions On The Field, but to belt out a bunch of tunes as part of the Saturday night entertainment on the Main Stage! Away from the microphone, Nollsy is a well-known car enthusiast and he’s even entered his car, so hopefully we’ll see him pump a set down Skid Row.