Red CentreNATS 12 has been run and done! Chris Haddon was named RCN Champion in his LJ Torana, and you can check out the Pro Burnout results here and the Heavy Hitter drag racing results here. Read on the for the Top Ten and much more! MORE Massive prize pool announced for Red CentreNATS 2027…
Read MoreRobert Cottrell in the 4DH8RS is your 2026 Castlemaine Rod Shop Pro Burnout series winner for Red CentreNATS 12, piloting the XD Falcon to a $30,000 top prize from the $50,000 total money on offer for the weekend. Unlike the cool conditions we enjoyed for Friday night’s qualifying runs, the searing sun of Alice Springs…
Read MoreRed CentreNATS today announced a massive shake-up for 2027, with $200,000 in prize money across burnout and drag racing set to bring some of Australia’s toughest cars and biggest names to Alice Springs. The gloves are off for Pro Burnouts, with $100,000 in prize money, 100 drivers and two massive $50,000 shootouts creating what is…
Read MoreSaturday was go-fast day at Alice Springs Inland Dragway for Red CentreNATS 12, with Wild Bunch headlining the Saturday night drags that saw a prize pool of $31,000 for the Wild Bunch National Titles and $21,000 across the Heavy Hitters categories up for grabs. Outside of the Wild Bunch series, the Heavy Hitters ran to…
Read MoreThe setting sun on Friday night at the Alice Springs Inland Dragway for Red CentreNATS 12 brought with it our first dose of burnout action, as both the Open class and Castlemaine Rod Shop Pro Burnout series class hit the pad for qualifying runs. This would be the only chance for the drivers to qualify…
Read MoreJoe Kurtovic’s long-term love affair – or perhaps love-hate relationship – with his ’33 Ford coupe has spanned more than 25 years. The Sydneysider purchased the ’33 as a stalled project out of Melbourne, after heading down to attend the Victorian Hot Rod Show. “I was going to build a simple hot rod cruiser, but…
Read MoreFresh off his first Pro Burnout event win at Northern Nats, the Charters Towers driver is packing up his all-iron, built-bottom-end VX Commodore ORWHAT and heading to the Red Centre. Ryan “Bubba” Lofts had a good weekend at Northern Nats. A really good one. He took out the Pro Burnouts and Power Skids in ORWHAT,…
Read MoreIt is incredible to think that this year marked the 10th anniversary for Northern Nats, one of the best car festivals in Northern Queensland. Entrants from all over Queensland and even interstate made the trek to the tablelands and the beautifully scenic Springmount Raceway, enjoying the cooler Queensland winter conditions to blaze rubber all weekend…
Read MoreWinning 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…
Read MoreRyan ‘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,…
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