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Our events aren’t just about the builds. They’re about the people who show up after yearwith their cars, their families, their mates, and their stories. Today, we’re recognising the women who are part of the action across all our events. If you’ve ever turned a spanner If you’ve ever stood on the start line If…

Bundaberg burnout driver Scott Abdy was just three years old when doctors told his parents he would never ride a bike, and yet, here he is decades later, gearing up to return to the Rare Spares and Repco Rockynats 06 burnout pad with precision, power, and an unmistakable passion for skids. Rockynats 2024. Photo: Ashleigh…

The world’s biggest burnout competition, the Pro Burnout Series presented by Castlemaine Rod Shop, is back for 2025, boasting an epic lineup of 18 tyre-melting events spanning Australia and NZ. The 2026 series will culminate with the Grand Final at Street Machine Summernats 39, where competitors will battle it out for a staggering $50,000 first-place prize—part of…

The Pro Burnout Series presented by Castlemain Rod Shop has locked in a massive 2026 season with 18 events spanning Australia and New Zealand, culminating in a grand final showdown at Street Machine Summernats 39. Each of the 18 events offers competitors a shot at qualifying directly into the Pro Burnout Series Grand Final, while…

The lads at Pat’s Pro Restos are no strangers to crafting elite-level show machines, the Queensland-based workshop responsible for the FORGED XY Fairmont. Their latest top-notch creation is this second generation 1971 Chevy Camaro for Andrew McArtney, a pro-tourer style machine with a modern twist and attention to detail that needs proper time to drink…

Just about all of us wish we could’ve completed the dream vision for our first cars, but usually they end up crashed, stolen or sold before the wild and outlandish ideas our young minds concoct come to fruition. After an intensive labour of love for nearly nine years, 28-year-old Mathew Hughes finally got to live…