The 2026 edition of Street Machine Drag Challenge was the biggest ever with entries maxed out at 300 taking up the 5 day Drag & Drive challenge starting and finishing with Victorian Motorsports Park while treking to South Coast Raceway, Dragway At The Bend and Mildura’s Sunset Strip in between.
The gruelling schedule saw a few incidents and claimed some favourites, but at the end of the five days Brandon Zito took the overall win for the second year running in his Holden LC Torana, with a combined ET of 32.231. Here are the bracket winners with full standings listed here Street Machine standings
- Tuff Mounts Outlaw Aspirated: Daniel Cassar — Ford Coupe — 38.439
- ITF Hire Outlaw Blown: Barry Hall — Holden VH Commodore — 33.668
- Speed Pro Radial Blown: Brandon Zito — Holden LC Torana — 32.231
- Kemppi Australia Radial Aspirated: Hayley Vella — Ford Capri — 40.201
- Proflow 235 Blown: Aydin Taheri — Holden HK ute — 34.639
- ITF Hire 235 Aspirated: Donnie Zurcas — Ford Capri — 38.129
- Tuff Mounts Six Cylinder: Ben Neal — Toyota Cresta — 35.610
- Pulsar Turbos 8.5 Radial: Brad Schreiber — Holden VB Commodore — 36.835
- Pulsar Turbos 9.5 Radial: Dan Harms — Chev Chevelle — 40.928
- Aussie Desert Cooler 10.5 Radial: Tara Johnston — Toyota Supra — 45.351
- Unrivaled Engineering Stick Shift: Bruce Howie — Ford XL Falcon — 42.955
- VCM Performance & HP Tuners DYO: Brenton Farr — Holden VT Commodore — 0.07163 split
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