Farms and Farm Machinery

DIESEL fury

We sat on the side of the road at 5am, parked up outside Winton Raceway, watching the around-the-clock bustle of the Hume Highway in the distance.

Trucks passed us, as you’d expect out there, but in this part of Victoria the trucks weren’t shifting your stock standard freight, nor were the drivers your ordinary truckies.

On the back of these trucks, were more trucks. Racing slicks, livery and outlandish spoilers gave away the fact these weren’t road-going rigs.

We were at Winton to witness the outrageousness that is Australian Super Truck Racing, a motorsport for people who find regular car racing … well … kinda cute.

Now we’d better clear up a few rumours before we get started. Walking around the pits we heard murmurs that truck racers could undo wheel

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