From territory to territory, Canberra's famous auto festival, Summernats, will head to Alice Springs in 2015 for a second event dubbed Red CentreNATS.
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The sojourn up north aims to steer strong local enthusiasm for cars into a similar economic boon that the annual four-day festival provides to Canberra each year.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles office said the event would transform the city into "a rev head's paradise" and would be held from September 3-6 next year.
Mr Giles hoped Red CentreNATS would become an "economic driver" for Alice Springs, which had an unemployment rate of 6 per cent in December 2012.
Summernats co-owner Andy Lopez said he was "proud to be working with the Northern Territory government" on the event, which he said would "deliver a brand new automotive lifestyle festival" to the red centre.
Mr Giles lived in Canberra in the early 2000s, working for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and standing as the Liberal Party candidate for Fraser in the 2004 federal election.
He said he hoped to emulate the atmosphere of the Canberra rev head jamboree.
"Anyone who has ever been to Canberra's Summernats will know just how popular the event is and the Country Liberals government is working to create the same sort of loyal following for our own territory version of the event here in central Australia," Mr Giles said.
"There is a hot bed of motor enthusiasts at the local level [in the NT] and anything we can do to promote sports in the territory I think compliments motor events around the nation."
The territory already holds events such as the V8 Supercars in Darwin and the Finke Desert Race in Central Australia.
Red CentreNATS steering committee member John Palamountain hoped the event would establish the territory as a centre for motorists.
"The Red CentreNATS will certainly put the Northern Territory in the minds of many Australians and at the same time putting the territory on centre stage as a complete motorsport venue," Mr Palamountain said.
Mr Giles said that the NT's vast spaces should provide relief from the noise complaints that accompany the festival in Canberra.
"The benefit of having it in central Australia is that it won't be located in built up areas and which means there is a lot more freedom for motorists and enthusiasts to get involved without having concerns encroaching on local residents," Mr Giles said.
Asked about how the event would incorporate indigenous culture, Mr Lopez said he had not yet considered the music program but "would imagine there would be a strong indigenous involvement in the event".
This is not the festival's first trip out of the ACT, with the festival expanding to Malaysia this year.
Mr Lopez hosed down fears this would spell an end for Summernats in ACT, confirming the organiser's deal with the ACT government expired in 2019 - a contract he would like to have renewed.
The event will take place again in the Canberra at Exhibition Park from January 1 in 2015.
Mr Lopez expected it to be just as big as last year and sensed a renewed enthusiasm for the event in the capital, saying he had 1400 cars already on his books.
This year will include an attempt to break the event's own world record for the biggest simultaneous burnout as well as performances by
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