Leaving the tents at the bivouac in Al Salamiya to head towards the city of Al Hofuf, next to one of the country’s biggest oases, home to three million date palms. In between the two, the total distance to be covered measured almost 700 km, but the riders, drivers and crews “only” did battle over 299 of them.

Jake Myers puts the iconic Myer’s Mustang “S1CKO” on the Summerrnats Burnout pad for the last time during the Burnout Masters qualifying session, and what a Burnout it was.

With a whole heap of revs from the Blown Injected Windsor and a drive from one end of the pad to the other it was certainly a contender for a Top 10 position into the Burnout Masters Final, unfortunately the judges deemed the car to have crossed the exit line mid-burnout resulting in a loss of valuable points.