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Video: Summernats 38 day one

The 38th Street Machine Summernats got off to a belter of a start on Thursday, with an action-packed schedule of burnouts, show cars and records being broken! We kick off as per usual with the 12pm city cruise through Canberra, showing off our hottest entrants to the locals and punters in a sight not often…

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Summernats 38 Meguiar’s Great Uncover, part one

The Thursday evening of Street Machine Summernats has become the new night of nights for Australia’s top show machines, this year’s field for Summernats 38 boasting 23 cars being seen in public for the very first time, as the covers were pulled in front of a bumper crowd in the Meguiar’s Pavilion. ANDREW MCARTNEY 1971…

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Video: Horsepower Heroes dyno record shattered!

The Haltech Horsepower Heroes competition is off to a flying start at Street Machine Summernats 38, with Darren Portelli’s twin-turbo big-block powered HQ Holden shattering the Aussie dyno competition record with a wild 3513hp pull in the MPW Dyno Cell. “I’ve never seen a car go anywhere near that in competition in Australia – nothing…

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Video: Summernats 38 tech day!

The 2026 Street Machine Summernats 38 is here! With a bumper field of entrants, tickets flying out the gates for punters and scorching heat, it’s already shaping up to be one for the history books. Before we get into the full pace of the weekend, entrants need to go through scrutineering at GIO Stadium to…

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