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Amsoil Summernats USA 2026 After almost 40 years as Australia’s wildest automotive celebration, Summernats has finally gone global. The inaugural Amsoil Summernats USA was a three-day bash held at the Freedom Factory and the adjacent Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida, where the idea was to export the real ’Nats festival feel, with cruising, show cars,…

The Summernats formula couldn’t be taken all the way to the United States without a few of our headline, big banger heroes there to show the yanks how we get down. Heath Waddington and the boys from the Castlemaine Rod Shop flew their blown WARBIRD XP Falcon over for the weekend, but as you’re about…

Winning Summernats Grand Champion is a massive honor, and the past winners list reads like a who’s who of Australian Street Machining royalty. To win the coveted trophy and sword you need an immaculately presented ride, and the will to drive it to the limit, and that’s exactly what Jeremy Gilbert did to win the…

When burnout driver Bobbie Stevens rolls her wild pink Datsun 120Y onto the pad at Rare Spares & Repco Rockynats this year, it won’t just be another run. It’ll be the latest chapter in a journey that’s reshaped both the car and the driver behind the wheel. The tiny Datto has already turned plenty of…

Ford’s XD-F models have undergone a massive surge in popularity in street machining circles in recent years, at Dave Waddington’s QUIK E XE FAIRMONT ESP stands as a sterling example as to why. With its two-tone paint, Scheel seats and a thumping Clevo under (and indeed through) the hood, QUIK E retains all of what…

Summernats 38 Go to: Meguiar’s Great Uncover | Elite Top 60 | Grand Champion | Horsepower Heroes | Pro Burnout Series | Open-Class Burnouts The greatest show on Earth Words: Liam Quirk & Kian HeagneyPhotos: Chris Thorogood, Ashleigh Wilson, Michelle Porobic & Tim McCormack By nearly every conceivable metric, Street Machine Summernats 38 was a…