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Winning Australia’s biggest burnout title is the ultimate high. And last year’s champion, Chris Orchard, has been chasing that high ever since. After steering BALLISTIC, his methanol-fed blown VL Calais, to victory in the Pro Burnout Series presented by Castlemaine Rod Shop at Summernats 38, the West Australian had finally climbed the mountain. Years of…

Ryan ‘Bubba’ Lofts in OR WHAT has won the top $20,000 cash prize and a Pro Burnout series ticket to Street Machine Summernats 39, after three chaotic and testing days on the Springmount Raceway burnout pad for Northern Nats 10. Along with just under $35,000 in total prize money up for grabs across the competition,…

Summernats Goes Troppo Go to: Burnouts | Drifting | Program Street Machine Summernats will bring burnouts, drifting, show cars and cackle sessions back to North Queensland when Summernats Goes Troppo returns to the NTI Townsville 500 from 10 to 12 July 2026. The three-day program will transform the Supercars weekend into a huge celebration of…

Red CentreNATS 12 presented by LMCT+ has officially raised the stakes for 2026, announcing a record-breaking prize pool worth more than $130,000 in cash and awards up for grabs. The announcement more than doubles previous prize offerings and cements Red CentreNATS as one of Australia’s premier motorsport festivals, rewarding competitors across burnouts, drag racing, dirt…

It’s been described as ‘Summernats in cowboy hats’, and that’s by no means a slight against the Kandos Street Machine & Hot Rod Show, held each year over the Australia Day long weekend in the NSW Central West town of Kandos. The biggest little show in the west is always a cracking time, with a…

Living three hours west of Rockhampton in Emerald, QLD, opportunities to compete at this level and across so many disciplines in one place don’t come around often, which is something local entrants like Mat Stachurski have come to appreciate over the event’s six-year history. Whether it’s pushing the pace down Quay Street’s 1/8th mile drag strip or…