POLICE have impounded five Nissan Skylines after a video of six cars racing through Adelaide's Heysen Tunnel was posted on YouTube.

Five men, aged 21 to 34, also face a range of driving offences in relation to the race in May when the cars reached speeds of up to 143km/h in a 90km/h zone.

Police used the YouTube video, along with closed circuit camera vision, to identify five of the six cars.

A light-coloured Skyline is the only car outstanding.

Officer in charge of traffic support Linda Fellows said the cars would be impounded for 28 days.

"Police will take every opportunity to investigate dangerous driving behaviour and take people off the roads if they can't obey the rules and drive responsibly," Superintendent Fellows said.

"We have a rising road toll and it's actions like this that can result in further carnage and road trauma.

"Police will not tolerate the public being put at risk by the reckless and irresponsible actions of a few."

Originally published as Police impound cars after freeway race