Articles by: Damion Smy
Pro Touring heaven: Optima Ultimate Street Car 2025
A record sell-out entry list for the first time in event history – including Street Machine of the Year – made this year’s OUSC at Calder Park a battle of the ages.
Interview: Optima Ultimate Street Car 2025 winner
Tommy Stockdale's BMW M3 Touring is the 2025 Optima Ultimate Street Car Australia
Last-built Walkinshaw VL Group A SS offered for sale
The final VL SS Group A Walky is for sale in original condition, despite being owned by a former Bathurst racer-turned-team boss
Cameron Waters’s XB Falcon coupe build
Supercars racer Cam Waters is building a monster XB hardtop
The top 10 Aussie muscle cars ever!
We rate the top 10 Australian muscle cars of all time, from the XR GT Falcon to the HSV GTS-R W1
Lynda Rowe’s 1964 XM Falcon coupe
Johnny Z's Hot Rod & Custom shop brings Lynda Rowe's XM Falcon coupe into the 21st century via modern underpinnings, luxurious interior and a stout Windsor crate motor
Video: Howard Bell’s LITRE8 Torana track day
We caught up with Howard Bell when he dusted off his iconic SLR8000 Torana for a heart-pounding track day at Winton Raceway back in 2019
Supercars champion Rick Kelly – interview
Supercars champ Rick Kelly may have hung up his helmet in 2020, but he and son Lex have plenty of wild projects on the go on their Hell Bent Garage Youtube channel
383-cube Holden-powered LH Torana
Sometimes when it all goes wrong, things end up oh-so-right, as Slav Todic's nine-second Torana proves
Dave Cuell’s 355-cube HZ Premier – AANGRY
This stunning HZ Prem took a Top 60 spot at Summernats 33, but that didn't stop owner Dave Cuell pulling it apart again
Jason Thomas’s 1976 XB Falcon 500 sedan
Unfinished business saw Jason 'Tommo' Thomas give this stunning XB sedan the full works
454-cube Cleveland-powered XA GT Falcon
A Mansweto 454-cubic inch Cleveland powers this genuine Wild Plumb XA GT Falcon
Interview: Scott McLaughlin on IndyCar
We asked Bathurst-winning Supercars champ Scott McLaughlin about life in the States, days before his maiden IndyCar victory
Supercharged 1969 HK Kingswood
Coco Sheahan's eye-catching Turismo Blue HK Kingswood cracks nine-second quarters. How good are blowers?
Turbocharged 355-powered VS Clubsport
This VS ClubSport’s relatively sedate exterior hides 740hp worth of turbocharged fire and brimstone
Interview: Racing legend John Bowe and rising Supercars star Thomas Randle
Supercars legend John Bowe and rising star Thomas Randle chat about men's health in the wake of their own battles with cancer
Walkinshaw opens race engine shop to the public
Gen3 Supercar rules see Walkinshaw race workshop pivot to build customer race and road engines
Cars and trucks of Max Max: Fury Road up for sale
Famous film fleet up for grabs
368ci Windsor-powered 1967 Ford Mustang fastback
What do you do when you can’t find a black Mustang? Buy an orange one and start looking for any excuse to repaint it
Rockynats Grand Champion-winning XR Fairmont
Paul Hart's XR Fairmont was supposed to be just a quick money-spinner. Instead, it's the first-ever Rockynats Grand Champion