NORTHERN LIGHTS

BURNOUT BIG GUNS, DRAG STRIP WEAPONS AND TOUGH POWERSKIDDERS HEAD TO FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND FOR THE EPIC THREE-DAY HORSEPOWER BLOWOUT OF NORTHERN NATS 5

SPRINGMOUNT Raceway, host to Northern Nats 5, isn’t an easy place to reach. Circled by mountains, the Far North Queensland strip is over an hour by twisty road from Cairns, itself some 1700km from Brisbane or 2500km from Sydney. Sure, it’s a sunny escape as winter arrives, but the event still needs a substantial dangling carrot to attract the big guns from down south.

The answer lies in cold, hard cash. At Northern Nats, there’s gold in them thar skids. Across the three days of competition, $25,000 in prize money is on offer – the sort of cash you’d otherwise only see at Summernats for Burnout Masters. The winning skidder finds a $15,000 cheque heading their way, while seconds takes home $4000, third