Street Machine

NEVER SAY DIE

I’M STANDING beside a hot and dusty wheat field. The air is thick with flies, yet all I can hear is the buzz of rambunctious retirees. This energetic crew are the pioneers of South Australian drag racing, and they’ve gathered to remember this Middle Beach paddock’s heyday over five decades ago, back when it was the Brooksfield Dragway.

The story begins in the early 60s, when a group of speed-hungry youth,

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