Motors, mullets, mayhem fun as hundreds of thousands of fans hit Canberra streets for 35th Summernats

Hundreds of thousands of car and mullet enthusiasts, along with some of Australia’s best burnout masters, have packed the streets of Canberra as the 35th Summernats continues in the capital. Attendees at the spectacular car rally have been treated to burnout competitions, drift rides and special performances by Shannon Noll, Daryl Braithwaite and Jon Stevens among others over the four-day event. A “dirty mullet” fashion competition on Saturday gave many attendees the chance to show off their precious locks of hair in a hilarious change of pace. But the main attraction all weekend has been the huge line-up of cars putting on a spectacular show with rides and burnouts. On Saturday afternoon, competitors took to the track for the burnout championship eliminations after championship eliminations on the previous Friday. The second round of eliminations will take place later on Saturday, before the finals take place on Sunday. Following that, there will be a final 10 face-off at 3pm. More than 2700 cars and 100,000 revved up fans descended on Exhibition Park in Canberra for the festival. Limited tickets were available for the event after an unprecedented demand for tickets caused it to be sold out.