The biggest, brightest and most spectacular exhibition of tyre shredding will get the judges’ nod and loudest cheers from fans.

It has become a crowd pleaser on the Warrnambool and District Drag Racing Cub programs designed to encourage young drivers to do their burnouts in a safe, controlled environment rather than hooning around illegally on public roads.

This weekend’s line-up includes burnout specialist Clint Ogilvie, of Melbourne, who thrills crowds around the nation in his supercharged V8-powered LC Torana sedan.

Entrants who turn up with a helmet and appropriate clothing will be given two minutes in a qualifying round to do their thing and try to qualify for the finals round.

There will also be a power skid contest during the lunch break where contestants will be judged on the best continuous skid.

But serious racing starts earlier with proper drag cars and motorcycles roaring down the designated one-eighth of a mile strip at the western end of the Mailors Flat airport.

The quickest could be doing it in less than six seconds and reaching speeds of about 160 kilometres an hour.

Among them will be club secretary Steve Griffin in his 40-year-old Torana powered by a 355 Holden V8. His best time is 9.68 seconds on a longer quarter-mile strip in Queensland where he reached 225km/h.

The club’s other meetings this season on February 26 and March 18 could be the last at the airport if Warrnambool City and Moyne Shire councils approve a proposed new drag racing complex site north of Koroit.

Club veteran Darryl Porter said there had been a frustratingly long wait.

“If we get our own track we can build a multi-purpose motor racing facility which would attract more cars and more spectators,” he said.