It’s been described as ‘Summernats in cowboy hats’, and that’s by no means a slight against the Kandos Street Machine & Hot Rod Show, held each year over the Australia Day long weekend in the NSW Central West town of Kandos. The biggest little show in the west is always a cracking time, with a…
Read MoreLiving three hours west of Rockhampton in Emerald, QLD, opportunities to compete at this level and across so many disciplines in one place don’t come around often, which is something local entrants like Mat Stachurski have come to appreciate over the event’s six-year history. Whether it’s pushing the pace down Quay Street’s 1/8th mile drag strip or…
Read MoreLast year saw Meguiar’s MotorEx get a welcome breath of fresh air, with the introduction of a new ‘Worlds’ concept to better showcase the vast automotive variety on display. This, combined with cruise sessions, the LMCT+ live stage area, a mammoth dyno comp, and a stack of elite unveilings, made the 2025 event one for…
Read MoreAmsoil 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…
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