Summernats brakes for another year

Summernats' burnout competition has secured its future in Canberra for another six years. Source: AAP

SUMMERNATS has decelerated for another year, with strong crowds drawn to the nation's capital despite searing weekend heat, organisers says.

The 26th Street Machine Summernats concluded in Canberra on Sunday after the capital baked in the summer heatwave.

Crowds at the four-day event were up 10 per cent on last year, from 90,000 to 101,486 and entrant numbers were up 15 per cent to 1767.

"It's been a fantastic event this year," event co-owner Andy Lopez said.

"It's especially pleasing to see significant increases in the number of patrons buying season passes, which translates into longer stays in Canberra and a significant economic benefit to the Canberra economy."

Scorching weekend temperatures did nothing to deter car enthusiasts.

"We were very pleased that the safety measures that we had put in place at the event to cope with the extreme heat over the weekend ensured that we had minimal incidents of patron heat stress," Mr Lopez said.

The mega-horsepower car festival was marred by bad behaviour in 2008 when patrons were kicked out for misbehaving and a 300-strong rowdy mob marched around the venue in retaliation yelling "Show us your tits".

Police warned they would maintain a high profile patrol presence as crowds dispersed on Sunday.

Summernats operational commander Acting Superintendent Rod Anderson said the police were generally pleased with the crowd's behaviour during the event.

"As expected, it has been a busy time for police," he said.

"We have been active in our support of the event security staff, and our officers have been very effective in maintaining a visible police presence not just around Exhibition Park and the surrounding suburbs, but in other identified hotspots."

Police were continuing an investigation into the assault of a young man and woman in the precinct about 10pm on Saturday.

On Friday, Summernats broke a Guinness World Record for the most simultaneous burnouts at Canberra's EPIC showgrounds.

Sixty nine cars completed the 30 second burnouts to defeat the record of 50 cars.

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