Metal magician Aaron Gregory is in the midst of a comprehensive rebuild of his 2020 Street Machine of the Year-winning ’51 Chev pick-up, affectionately known as ‘Memphis Hell’. The goal is to get the Elite-level truck racing at the pointy end of the Australian pro touring scene, at events such as Optima Ultimate Street Car…
Read MoreThe final day of Street Machine Summernats 37 turned up the heat in more ways than one. The scorching sun sent temperatures soaring on the burnout pad for the Open-class finals and Ultimate Redemption Round, creating brutal conditions for drivers and plenty of carnage, much to the delight of the diehard fans in the grandstands.…
Read MorePreviously known as Top Overall Street, the Street Machine Summernats Street Champion award is the ultimate prize for genuine street cars at Australia’s biggest car festival. Like the iconic Grand Champion award, Street Champion requires entrants to perform well in both the show and go disciplines. However, no points are awarded for undercarriage, and all…
Read MoreThe Sunday of Summernats is a little more chilled than the preceding days, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a heap of action. For starters, the Haltech Horsepower Hero finals are run and won, along with the Open Burnouts and the Ultimate Redemption Round. But is the Grand Champion driving events where the biggest pages…
Read MoreThe Summernats burnout pad is a notoriously emotional environment, as drivers ride the rollercoaster of euphoric highs and crushing lows on one of the country’s most infamous motorsport surfaces. But as John Fenech hoisted the legendary Summernats Grand Champion sword above his head in front of his friends, family and a packed grandstand, there wasn’t…
Read MoreAnother record breaking year in the Haltech Horsepower Heroes dyno competition has come to a close at Street Machine Summernats 37, with Lee Povey’s twin-turbo, Dart LS VL Calais taking home the top prize. After making 2011hp in qualifying yesterday, the 427ci Warspeed-built combo backed it up with two runs over 2000hp, the biggest coming…
Read MoreWhat a cracker of a day! The Saturday of Street Machine Summernats 37 brought a continual flow of action right through the day and night. We also presented a stack of awards, celebrating achievements from every corner of the event. The Elite awards were hard-fought, such was the standard of cars in Elite Top 60.…
Read MoreBurnout legend Peter Grmusa is $50,000 richer after taking out the Pro Burnout Championship at Street Machine Summernats 37. The runners-up were Scott Yates in YATESZ and Bryan Smilie in TIPNIN. Peter last took out the big one at Summernats 26, having won the Burnout Championship twice on the trot at Nats 19 and 20.…
Read MoreWho would’ve thought even five years ago we’d be able to say 10 – yes, 10 – cars had run over 1000hp in the Haltech Horsepower Heroes? This year just that has happened in the MPW Performance dyno cell, and it’s not even the finals yet. The top three qualifiers in the big dog Boosted…
Read MoreThe Elite awards at Street Machine Summernats are the pinnacle awards for show car judging at the event. Just making it into the Top 60 is a massive achievement, but making either the Top 10 or Top 20 elite list is something else again. And from amongst this group, only one car is awarded the…
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