RCN is celebrating a decade-and-a-bit of drag racing decadence, balls-out burnouts, and a dead-sexy show-and-shine set under the dead heart’s shimmering sun. A lot has changed over the years, but more importantly, plenty has stayed the same. RCN is now long-established as the premier street machining event in the Territory and continues to inspire attendees…

The burnout pad in Alice Springs is set for fireworks when reigning Pro Burnouts champion Chris Smallmon rolls into town for Red CentreNATS, presented by LMCT+, from 5 to 7 September. The 41-year-old from Junee in New South Wales is the defending Pro Burnouts Champion and will once again be behind the wheel of his…

First published in the February 2008 issue of Street Machine For 15 years, revheads from all over WA have been heading down to Narrogin for a weekend of controlled mayhem and for the first time I thought I’d join them. It should only be a two-and-a-half-hour trip from Perth but thanks to a tank full…

A copper bronze burnout machine with 1600 horsepower under the bonnet is heading from Darwin to Alice Springs and it is set to make its first ever appearance at Red CentreNATS, presented by LMCT+, from 5 to 7 September.  Darwin local Joe Thring will debut his new VF Commodore ute, known as ORNATE, and it…

Pro Burnout series legends Jake Myers, Warren Gersekowski and Ryan Peason are set to light up the burnout pad in the land of the free this September, hitting the burnouts at the Ice Cream Cruise at the I29 Dragway in Iowa, USA. The Ice Cream Cruise is not a bunch of ice cream trucks parking…

Tropical Meltdown returns to Cairns International Speedway for its eleventh exciting year. This one-day burnout event is the biggest and wildest motorsport party in Far North Queensland. It welcomes everyone, from passionate car enthusiasts to those new to the scene, to experience the thrill of tyre shredding action. Drivers from across Australia bring their powerful…

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…

The 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…

Red 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…