It’s Wednesday evening and as the sun slips below factory roofs in Eastern Creek, a rumble is growing at the Sydney Dragway and the scent of ethanol fills the air. The weekly street meet is about to begin, a mecca for drivers from all walks of life who arrive to test their mettle on the quarter-mile strip.
Cars are parked, rolled off their trailers, engines ignited and the cacophony begins. Like dogs barking across suburbs, drivers rev their engines across the expansive car park, trundling along to be weighed and scrutinised before they’re let loose on the tarmac.
