00:00The gift of grief.
00:03Well, I've got to try not to cry. It's a legacy.
00:07Yeah. You know, it's a...
00:10It was blue. They kept us together. Not that we needed it.
00:14Before Sam Fennick died, he started restoring his LJ Tirana.
00:19Excellent man. Top load. Gentleman.
00:22Happy to talk to anybody, help anybody. Family man.
00:26The professional drag racer from Western Sydney
00:29died in a crash at a racing meet near Brisbane in 2023.
00:33Almost two years on, Sam's loved ones have unveiled his legacy
00:37at this year's SummerNats.
00:39Let's race. That's what he'd say. Let's go race.
00:41It did have a test run in May at his son's wedding.
00:44It meant everything, yeah.
00:46Me and my brother drove to the church, obviously,
00:49and that was pretty cool.
00:51Luke Bond's 1957 Chevrolet was another highlight for RebHeads.
00:55Driven entirely with hand controls,
00:57it allows him to put pedal to the metal at the touch of a fingertip.
01:01It is a little bit difficult because you can only steer with one hand,
01:04so it makes it a little bit hard.
01:06If drag racing isn't your thing,
01:08maybe the mullet competition or watching the burnouts is.
01:12I like the noise. Yeah.
01:14Seeing the cars skid.
01:15For some, it's like a religion.
01:17I just come out, you know, I guess it's...
01:19If you're a car enthusiast, this is like the pilgrimage you make.
01:22Fantastic. This is our third year here
01:24and it just keeps getting bigger and better every year.
01:26But the fascination was lost on others.
01:29What's your favourite thing about cars?
01:31Food. Oh, food. OK.
01:33The best part about it is eating.
01:35With temperatures hitting the early 30s today,
01:37these car fanatics are cooling down their engines any way they can.
01:41Got to keep my hydration up.
01:43How often do you get slushies up?
01:45That's a question you don't want to ask.
01:48But on everyone's lips is how closely security will be watching
01:53after a brawl between crowd safety guards and patrons last year.
01:57We've got a team of around 40 people that work through here.
02:00This centre runs 24 hours a day.
02:02We've got nearly 50 CCTV cameras around the venue,
02:06sort of helping us identify not just problems,
02:09but where things might need a bit of assistance.
02:11So there'll be several hundred security guards out on ground today.
02:14Also on patrol, ACT Police,
02:16who have issued more than 20 move-on notices,
02:1940 traffic infringements and have seized two cars since Thursday.
02:23It remains unclear how many people have been charged with offences.
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