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Meet Mama, Queensland’s burnout legend inspiring a generation of female revheads
A blue ex-tradie ute roars onto a makeshift burnout track.
Key points:
- A new generation of female motorists is taking the Australian car festival scene by storm
- A passionate cohort of female drivers is leading the charge in the male-dominated sport
- Almost 20 per cent of entrants at the country’s most recent car show, Rockynats, were female
Smoke explodes from its tyres, enveloping the surrounding ghost gums, as the commentator announces, over a roar from the crowd, that this is “Pete Adams driving the car Funtonna”.
The crowd erupts, spurring on a burnout rampage that thickens the air, until BLAM – the ute’s tyres explode.
From the smoke, a short figure emerges, punching clenched fists into the air, as the commentator quickly…
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