Gallery: Inside the Crazy 'Sport' Where Rich Kids Drift and Crash SUVs

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    An SUV skids across the track.
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    Two men walk past tire skid marks.
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    Onlookers wait at sundown for the competition to begin.
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    A drifter during his three minutes on the track.
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    Hajwalah drivers peer under the hood to fix a mechanical problem.
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    Sparks fly during a three-minute run.
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    Hajwalah drivers meet in a garage at night to work on their cars.
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    A mechanic rummages for tools.
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    A hajwalah driver examines a turbocharger, which he'll fit to his engine.
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    Ahmed and Eisa Al Marzouqi at an airfield close to a hajwalah meet.
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