SUMMERNATS 2020 SURVIVAL GUIDE
AUSTRALIA’S biggest horsepower party, the Street Machine Summernats, is set to rock Canberra for the 33rd time in 2020. The best way to get over your Chrissie prawn and ham coma kicks off on Thursday 2 January, with four epic days of non-stop action.
Last year saw some alterations to the well-honed Summernats format, including the smash-hit addition of Skid Row, which will be back in 2020 with spectator viewing platforms and a huge viewing screen so more people can scope the action. Skid Row is a killer place to watch entrants throw a bit of smoke out in a specially prepared lane next to Tuff Street, without the pressure of having to go onto the actual burnout pad and compete in the toughest skid comps in the world.
After some scorching temperatures over the past couple of years, the ’Nats crew have put in hundreds of metres of shade throughout Exhibition Park, as well as stand-up misting stations to take the edge off the heat and ensure everyone has a beaut time in the Canberra summer. And ’Nats 33 should be a bumper year, with all 2000 entries sold out early!
As the old saying goes, variety is the spice of life and, boy, don’t the ’Nats crew nail that each year! Once again there will be a bunch of ways to celebrate our combined love of cars to suit enthusiasts from all walks of life – from the glamours in the Top 60 Elite Hall, to the cool rides lapping the cruise route, the angry machines hanging staunch at Tuff Street, and the Street Class cruisers parking up on the oval.
When you add in bands, fireworks, drifting displays, lawn mower racing, dyno competition and a massive automotive trade show, you’d have to be trying
