“IT’S JUST YOU, THE MACHINE AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD”
Australian-, American- and worldrecord holder for land speed on a sit-on motorcycle, Kim Krebs, was planning on testing herself and her machines on the ‘big white dyno’ of Lake Gairdner in the coming days.
However, heavy rain in South Australia has forced the cancellation of the Dry Lakes Racers Australia (DLRA) annual Speed Week event, which was to be held on the famous salt lake between 28 February to 4 March.
“There’s just too much water on the lake, the roads are not passable now, and we shouldn’t put that landscape under pressure with 1000 vehicles,” Krebs tells AMCN.
“Even if the lake dried out, the damage we could do would be unforgivable.”
Such disappointments go with the speed racing territory, requiring huge amounts of patience, as Krebs explains.
“We only get a few
