Articles by Iain KELLY

Iain (or Marv, as heâ€™s known on the internet) has worked in automotive journalism since 2002, when he was Street Machineâ€™s work experience kid.He has contributed to a range of titles, focusing mostly on modified late-model cars, street machines and hot rods. Following his time as editor at MOTOR, Marv returned to freelancing in 2014.He has also worked with Mighty Car Mods to build cars and write two books for them, and authored the 10th anniversary book on the World Time Attack Challenge.Instagram @aka_marv

Street Machine Summernats 33 Meguiar’s Great Uncover

We check out the 12 new rides unveiled at Street Machine Summernats 33

Chris Kaarsberg’s Holden LX Torana at Drag Challenge 2019

Running in the Haltech Radial Blown class, Chris Kaarsberg’s LX Torana sedan was impossible to miss in the pits thanks to its epic green paint and super-clean engine bay

Brandon Zito’s 1971 Holden LC Torana 1BADLC at Drag Challenge 2019

Running in Haltech Radial Blown, Brandon Zito had a cracker time at Drag Challenge 2019 in his super-neat 1BADLC ’71 Torana

Tuff Mounts LS1 powered Mitsubishi Sigma at Drag Challenge

Jason Waye’s street-legal, 11-second LS1 Sigma ran hard in Tuff Mounts 235 Aspirated at Drag Challenge 2019

Optima Ultimate Street Car

600hp Chevy C10 pick-up at the Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car challenge

Brenton Walsh’s striking, small-block Chev-powered C10 has been built to carve corners

How 3D printing is revolutionising car-building

3D printing is bringing street machining into the future. We sit down with some of the leading authorities in Oz to see how these plastic pieces are revolutionising car-building

David Barber’s 1973 Holden HQ One-Tonner – Drag Challenge profile

David Barber's Tonner is a seriously impressive build, with a twin-turbo six-litre LS under the bonnet

Cory Read’s LS3-powered Ford XF Falcon – Drag Challenge profile

Drag Challenge regular Cory Read isn’t about to make friends with the purists in the XD-XF Falcon Car Club, as his XF S-Pack runs eights thanks to turbo LS power

Mark Whitla’s big-block Ford Capri

Mark Whitla's Capri is back for a crack at Drag Challenge Weekend 2022 - here's how he went at the main event in 2019

Jason Ruby’s 1990 Nissan S13 Silvia – Drag Challenge profile

Having run a PB of 8.20@166mph in the lead-up to Drag Challenge 2019 and won no prep events like Tunnel Vision’s King Of The Streets against big-inch turbo V8s, Jason Ruby’s Nissan S13 Silvia had plenty of nervous street machiners keen to see what it could do in the Turbosmart Outlaw Blown class

Kai McPhee’s turbo LS-powered VC Commodore – Drag Challenge profile

Kai's 5.3-powered VC went toe-to-toe with the big blocks and came away with runner-up spot in Haltech Radial Blown and a place in the 7-second club at Drag Challenge 2019

Jay Robinson’s turbo 13B-powered Mazda Capella – Drag Challenge profile

THE only rotary competitor at Drag Challenge for the past two years, Jay Robinson was back with his turbo 13B-powered 1977 Mazda Capella, and for 2019 he’d moved to the new Tuff Mounts 235 Blown class

Szabolics HQ Monaro runs 6.654-seconds @214mph

Daniel Szabolics has set a scorching new PB in his twin-turbo HQ Monaro

Brendan Cherry’s twin-turbo, big block VL Calais – Drag Challenge 2019 runner-up

Drag Challenge original Brendan Cherry nails second outright at our sixth event in his big-block, twin-turbo VL Calais

Harry Haig at Drag Challenge 2019

The Big Dawg finally gets a well-deserved win

Jake Edwards – Drag Challenge profile

Jake Edwards brought his famous SL/R Torry back to run in Turbosmart Outlaw Blown for Drag Challenge 2019

Phil Edmondson – Drag Challenge profile

South Australia’s Phil Edmondson had a massive lead-up to Drag Challenge 2019, switching his XB coupe’s exhaust from running one big single turbocharger to a pair of Precision 7875 snails

Turbo small-block Chev-powered LH Torana at Drag Challenge 2019

Luke Green resisted the LS temptation in favour of a small-block Chev in his Torana, and was rewarded with eight-second ETs at Drag Challenge 2019

Turbo LSX-powered VY ClubSport at Drag Challenge 2019

Drag racing newbies build a 1160rwhp HSV for their first full Drag Challenge campaign

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Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car Australia 2019

Harrop’s LS7-powered Monaro wins Australia’s first Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car event