Speed Week. The toughest seven days in Australia and Speedway. How tough? Hmm. This should give you an idea. And it's James McFadden. Who wins at borderline Speedway Mount Gambia from American Jason Johnson and Gambia local hero, Speedway Mount. As one race ends, a new one begins. It's actually a race to get to the next race and instead of starting with a green flag, it starts. Check it flat. As soon as the car is returned to the trailer, the teams get to work. Despite the minimal light and parts still too hot to touch, everything is packed away swiftly and the transporter rolls out the gate. A big 18 hours lies ahead. The final destination is Avalon Speedway outside of Melbourne. 400 kilometres away. First stop is the car wash. Here the cars are stripped down and sprayed, washing away the thick layers of grit from the tangled clutter of chassis rails. Then they hit the road again. Some teams stay the night in town. Others try and wipe off some of that road trip. Respite can be briefly found at a motel by the highway. A few precious hours of sleep will go a long way. By morning, that same motel is turned into a workshop. The cars are rolled out into the car park and the crews get to work on servicing them. Ventil broken parts are fixed. The oil is changed and everything is meticulously checked. If the car had crashed the night before, this job would have started a lot earlier. Those four or five hours of sleep would have been spent rebuilding the car. Finally, the machine is set up for the next night of racing, loaded back into the trailer and hauled off to the speedway. The truck arrives just in time. And within 18 hours of getting out, the drivers strap back in. The race to the next race is over. You see, speed week isn't one on the race track. Oh no, it's one of Australia's car washes, car parks, in far away motel rooms and on endless winding highways. Sure, the drivers pedal the car for an hour or so or night, but the team slay the way for the whole week, pinching sleep where they can, resting tight eyes, hands, bodies, hacking and unpacking, fixing and washing, pushing and watching, all for that chance of winning and celebrating. It's more than a road trip. It's speed week as part of NZ World Series sprint cars presented by Hogsbreath Cafe. And there's still two nights to go, starting right here in Avalon. The World Series sprint cars are on the track. The World Series sprint cars are on the track. The World Series sprint cars are on the track. The World Series sprint cars are on the track. The World Series sprint cars are on the track. The World Series sprint cars are on the track. The World Series sprint cars are on the track.