GREAT WHITE HOPE
THEY come from all over the country, in all kinds of vehicles, to answer one simple question: How fast can I go? Welcome to the salt flats of Lake Gairdner, South Australia – home of the annual land speed racing extravaganza, Speed Week. The lake’s seemingly endless salty vista is surreal to say the least, but it’s also exquisitely flat, making it the fastest race track in the country – perfect for testing yourself and your machine against the gods of speed.
There’s no prize money at Speed Week, just racer versus machine versus the salt lake. Building a salt racer can take decades, and for some competitors the drive to the lake is over 30 hours, but they do it all for the simple joy of competing and the possibility of
