Each and every year, the Summernats team work hard to improve the event and make it more fun for entrants and spectators alike. For 2027, the big news is that we are adding a third pedestrian overpass over the iconic cruise route, this one located near Gate 7. As with the two bridges installed this…
Read MoreRight now America is going through a burnout resurgence that has started with Cleetus and Freedom Factory, and it’s spreading all across the continent, attracting a new breed of fans; like young gun Jake Nolan. This is no ordinary Chevy Cavalier, Jake and his father Brian attached the front-wheel-drive Cavalier shell to a S10 pick-up…
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 MoreWinning Summernats Grand Champion is a massive honor, and the past winners list reads like a who’s who of Australian Street Machining royalty. To win the coveted trophy and sword you need an immaculately presented ride, and the will to drive it to the limit, and that’s exactly what Jeremy Gilbert did to win the…
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 MoreWe are still recovering from the very first Summernats USA, held last weekend in Floriday at the Freedom Factory and Bradenton Motorsport Park. We’ll bring you our full video coverage next Friday, but for today’s drop, Adam takes legendary US racer Brett LaSala for a strap down Skid Row. And what’s more, we do it…
Read MoreOur events aren’t just about the builds. They’re about the people who show up after yearwith their cars, their families, their mates, and their stories. Today, we’re recognising the women who are part of the action across all our events. If you’ve ever turned a spanner If you’ve ever stood on the start line If…
Read MoreThe lads at Pat’s Pro Restos are no strangers to crafting elite-level show machines, the Queensland-based workshop responsible for the FORGED XY Fairmont. Their latest top-notch creation is this second generation 1971 Chevy Camaro for Andrew McArtney, a pro-tourer style machine with a modern twist and attention to detail that needs proper time to drink…
Read MoreJust about all of us wish we could’ve completed the dream vision for our first cars, but usually they end up crashed, stolen or sold before the wild and outlandish ideas our young minds concoct come to fruition. After an intensive labour of love for nearly nine years, 28-year-old Mathew Hughes finally got to live…
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