The U.A.E, and in particular its major cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, is a completely car crazed population. We suspect that there is nothing that hasn’t been seen, heard or done in terms of motor vehicles in that part of the world. Drag racing must then be rather common too, especially with hundreds of miles of pristine and straight asphalt throughout the Emirate. Except that this video shows drag racing on sand. With turbochargers sounding like they’re about to explode through your computer screen, the subsequent massive horsepower and special ‘paddle tyres’, it’s a spectacular and rarely straight-line affair.