NEVER SAY DIE
Jan 29, 2020
3 minutes
STORY CARLY DALE
PHOTOS
TROY BARKER, TREVOR EDMOND
KEITH BURGAN, RUSSELL PARKER ARCHIVES, KEVIN JOHNS ,
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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