As we drove the twisting mountain roads from Cairns to Springmount Raceway, just south of Mareeba, it became pretty clear how special it is to have a drag strip in such a bloody beautiful part of the country. You’d struggle to find anywhere else that boasts views like this as the backdrop for tyre-frying action…
Read MoreThe NTI Townsville 500 Supercar meeting (11-13 July) is going to be a ripper, with everything from Pro Bull Riding to Pro Burnout Series legends providing a massive dose of extra entertainment for FNQ race fans. A cracking line up of Pro Burnout drivers will be joined by a team of gun drifters multiple times…
Read MoreRed CentreNATS 11, presented by LMCT+, is coming up fast, 5-7 September in Alice Springs, and this year there are a stack of new features and improvements to the program to make the show even more epic for spectators and entrants alike! The big news for entrants is that the cruising ‘red zone’ for approved…
Read MoreThe world’s biggest burnout competition, the Pro Burnout Series presented by Castlemaine Rod Shop, is back for 2025, boasting an epic lineup of 19 tyre-frying events spanning Australia and New Zealand. The 2025 series will culminate with the Grand Final at the Street Machine Summernats 38, where competitors will battle it out for a staggering…
Read MoreThe heat was once again brought to the Springmount Raceway burnout pad for Northern Nats 9, with three classes of tyre-killers hitting the pad over three days for bragging rights and big cash prizes. Combatants were divided into Pro Burnout, Open, and Development classes. Unlike other events, Northern Nats runs a system of combined points…
Read MoreWhen it comes to producing heavy-hitting street machine icons, the Illawarra region of New South Wales has always batted far above the average. Stalwart burnout competitor Phil Kerjean and his family have called the Illawarra home for decades, but that’s about to change as they seek a tree-change in the Riverina. So, what better time…
Read MoreIn a major boost for motorsport fans in the Northern Territory, Australia’s ultimate shopping membership program, LMCT+, is putting pedal to the metal in support of community motorsport in the Northern Territory, as they were today announced as the presenting partner for two of the territory’s most iconic automotive events – Red CentreNATS and Nitro…
Read MorePaul Butler’s NANA TX Holden Gemini has taken victory for the third time in the street drags at Rockynats 5, the SR20-powered no prep monster machine proving itself as the car to beat on the challenging no prep surface of Quay Street. For those unfamiliar, the on street drags at Rockynats are an eighth-mile affair,…
Read MoreThe Pro Burnout and Open classes at Rare Spares Rockynats went gangbusters, with around $30K in cash on the line across both classes, and 20 cars throwing down in Sunday afternoon’s Pro-class final. Torrential rain leading into the event had us all guessing if any rubber would be blazed at all next to Rockhampton’s Fitzroy…
Read MoreRare Spares Rockynats 5 has already been the biggest one to date, and after a huge Street Parade of over 1100 cars burling through the centre of Rocky infront of a packed crowd, we got stuck into the elite unveilings at the showgrounds. Covers were pulled off seven cars, seen in public for the very…
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