Daniel Cassar has spent years building a hot rod that can turn heads on the street and mix it with some of Australia’s quickest naturally aspirated drag cars. Now, after a six-month rebuild and a last-minute dyno setback, he’s bringing his matte-black 1933 Ford coupe to Street Machine Drag Challenge with one big goal still in his sights: a seven-second pass.
Warren Mitchelson didn’t need long to decide he wanted to do Drag Challenge. After tagging along with mate Marcus Skilbeck at last year’s event, he was hooked — and by day two, his wife and daughter Bianca knew he’d be building a car of his own.
If you’ve been around Drag Challenge for a while, chances are you’ve seen Anthony Burns and one of his cars. The Harcourt local has never missed one since general entries opened, and this year he’s bringing back a familiar face, his burgundy R31 Skyline.
Former AFL star Barry Hall is returning to the drag strip this October, taking on Street Machine Drag Challenge presented by VPW in his VH Holden Commodore as he targets a top-five finish against some of Australia’s toughest street cars.
Jake Hamilton-Moderate has become the first ANDRA championship event winner in Extreme Bike, taking out the bracket’s maiden ANDRA Christmas Tree at the All Bike Nationals at Dragway at The Bend.
There aren’t many cars that look quite as at home on the streets of Echuca as Clive Polidano’s blue HZ Holden.
After 12 years working behind the scenes in Top Fuel, Dean Rossiter is sitting into the driver’s seat with a 1981 VH Commodore he’s building to take on one of Australia’s toughest street car events.
Few cars have made as big an impression on the American drag-and-drive scene as Snot Rocket 2.0, but the iconic green Mustang is about to embark on a whole new adventure. Now in Australian hands of Anthony Mesko and Tommy Pronobis of Dyno House, the former Brett LaSala machine is set for a radical transformation that will see it trade its twin-turbo V8 power for a distinctly Aussie Barra combination.
The Aeroflow Sportsman Championship is set to come to a dramatic head later this month at the SPRY Spring Nationals – the 2026 NDRC season grand finale.
Father and son Ian and Kobe Ashelford are ready to take on this weekend’s All Bike Nationals (October 10) at Dragway at The Bend, a vital points-scoring opportunity for the two-wheeled racers of both the ANDRA Regional Sportsman Series and the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC).
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