Real horsepower thunder at Gold Coast 600

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The Gold Coast streets felt the brute force of real horsepower on Friday when a posse of drag cars were unleashed on the V8 Supercar crowd as part of the Gold Coast 600 festivities.

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The crowd mass waits in anticipation, no doubt many about to be served their first dish of nitro.

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A serving Pommie Steve Read and Anthony Begley were happy to provide with a thunderous flame throwing, tyre smoking display. 

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We don’t see enough Nitro Funny Car action on track, but Christine Steffens are still keeping the candles lit for the class.

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Steve Miriams turned the heat up with his jet dragster.

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Top Alcohol action was provided by Darren Fry, Steve Reed and Debbie O’Rourke.

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O’Rourke Motorsport also had their Pontiac Top Doorslammer skidding up a storm.

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It was not just blowers and nitro, the Sport Compact scene were there to showcase high revs and boost with Kelly Bettes, Collin Willshire and Scott Porter.

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Around twenty machines in total rocked the two hour long exhibition.

Images courtesy of http://www.dragphotos.com.au

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