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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MorePro 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…
Read MoreTropical 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…
Read MoreAs 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…
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