A Thai racer locks his eyes ahead, barely seeing the heat shimmering from the concrete as he grips his stripped-back motorbike before it leaps up, back wheel spinning furiously, and he bounces forward with a deep screech of rubber as the clock runs up. Anawat Duangdara is among scores competing in front of enthusiastic crowds in the raucous NGO Street Drag Race in Chonburi, which aims to take popular illegal races off the streets and onto the tracks. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES