The 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…
Read MoreDay two of Street Machine Summernats 37 was one for the ages! The Pro Burnout qualifying showdown was intense, the action on the dyno was thrilling and the Fringe Festival in Braddon was a vibe. Add in drifting, cruising, skid row and a massive concert and we had a day where it was literally impossible…
Read MoreThere aren’t many diesel drinking machines at Street Machine Summernats, let alone under the skin of vehicles like Adam Wood’s 1948 Austin K2 truck. While she may look like an honest but asthmatically slow girl from the outside, underneath is a very different story. Peep your head inside the interior and you’ll get the first…
Read MoreUPDATE, January 3 2025: Jay Duca’s wicked 13B-swapped Mazda Parkway bus has made it to Summernats, after a mammoth thrash right through the Christmas break to get it ready for debut in Canberra this weekend. Photos: Thanks to RJ Media “I was doing 17 hour days leading up to the 27th when it left on…
Read MoreThere’s plenty of crowd favourites already packing into Canberra for Street Machine Summernats 37, but one that really caught our eye is John Stoddart’s mud running, Mad Max-esque 1951 Ford, aka a twin-spinner “I’ve had it for about for years, I got it from a mate who saved it from a farm, it was a…
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