Racers converge on outback salt lake for Speed Week

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Hundreds of speed obsessed car and bike enthusiasts will this week challenge their machines and their mettle on the salt flats of Lake Gairdner in South Australia.

The ABC's Lateline went along for the annual Speed Week pilgrimage to one of the most remote parts of Australia.

Land speed racing took off on the blinding salt lake in 1990.

Competitors race all types of cars and motorbikes, some specifically built for land speed racing, and reach speeds of more than 200 kilometres per hour.