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,…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreWhen 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…
Read MoreFord’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…
Read MoreSummernats 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…
Read MoreCairns local and Rare Spares and Repco Rockynats 06 Pro Burnout driver, Kev Davis, doesn’t do burnout competitions for trophies. He does them to keep people safe and ensure the future of the sport he loves. Kev was barely old enough to see over the dash of a car when he fell in love with…
Read MoreBundaberg burnout driver Scott Abdy was just three years old when doctors told his parents he would never ride a bike, and yet, here he is decades later, gearing up to return to the Rare Spares and Repco Rockynats 06 burnout pad with precision, power, and an unmistakable passion for skids. Rockynats 2024. Photo: Ashleigh…
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 18 tyre-melting events spanning Australia and NZ. The 2026 series will culminate with the Grand Final at Street Machine Summernats 39, where competitors will battle it out for a staggering $50,000 first-place prize—part of…
Read MoreThe Pro Burnout Series presented by Castlemain Rod Shop has locked in a massive 2026 season with 18 events spanning Australia and New Zealand, culminating in a grand final showdown at Street Machine Summernats 39. Each of the 18 events offers competitors a shot at qualifying directly into the Pro Burnout Series Grand Final, while…
Read MoreStreet Machine Summernats 38 concluded yesterday with cooler weather ushering in a chilled, but action-packed atmosphere. In the Open Class burnouts, Brett Battersby in BLWNLUX took home the chocolates. MORE All Summernats stories Jono Kelly was stoked to take out the Pro Burnouts Redemption Round in his VK. A record-breaking year to remember in the…
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