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

Drag Challenge 2018 – Day One report & gallery

Day One of Street Machine Drag Challenge 2018 saw well over 200 entrants attack the Calder Park blacktop.

Rick Galloway’s 1974 Ford XB Falcon coupe – FAT XB

Killer lines, a tough Clevo and sweet stance make Rick Galloway's Falcon coupe one FAT XB

LS1-powered 1998 Holden TF Rodeo

Ash Jones's LS1-powered Holden Rodeo is how all minitrucks should be built

Street Machine Drag Challenge 2017

Scorching heat, driving rain, insect plagues - Street Machine Drag Challenge 2017 was a trial of biblical proportions

Blown LS1-powered 2002 Holden VY S ute

Joel Burgess built his daily driver into a supercharged 620rwhp brute for relative chump change

L98-powered Mazda RX-7

The third-generation Mazda RX-7 was one of the best-looking cars to come out of Japan, and Luke Truskinger has improved his with a grumpy L98

One day in LA – a Los Angeles car culture tour in 24 hours

Iain Kelly enjoys a 24-hour blast around LA's sacred sites

Jeremy Martin’s 4000hp twin-turbo 481X-powered Holden VB Commodore

Jeremy 'Jet' Martin's monster VB Commodore took out the richest drag race in Australian history and this weekend he'll be shooting it out at No Mercy at South Georgia Motorsports Park

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) – ripper car movies

George Miller’s post-apocalyptic world bears down on Max and Furiosa and the movie is basically one huge car chase

Holden VE Commodore SS: Buyer’s Guide

Everything you need to know about buying a VE-generation SS Commodore, including why they're the best bargain available for your next build

Smokey & The Bandit (1977) – Ripper Car Movies

Plenty of tyre-smoking action and a few Dukes of Hazzard-style jumps as The Bandit and his Trans Am lead the cops on a 1450km wild-goose chase

Viper V10-powered 1968 Plymouth GTX

Eruption, Ian Neary's Viper-powered '68 Plymouth, is potentially New Zealand's greatest muscle car build of all time

Blown LS3-powered 1985 HDT VK SS Commodore

Anthony Dooley's HDT VK SS takes the Brock recipe and turns it up to 11 with an 800hp, blown 408ci stroker LS3

Seven-second Drag Challenge Weekend-winning XW Falcon

Mark Van Der Togt’s XW Futura won our first Drag Challenge Weekend, running eights while still being a mint streeter

Twin-turbo Holden VE SS-V Commodore

Cammed, blown or turbo? Andrew Chao tried all three options building his epic 470rwkW stock-bottom-end VE SS-V

Twin-turbo L33-powered 1970 Holden HG Kingswood wagon

Mark Tralau is making a habit of building killer turbo LS street cars in his Queensland garage, and we have zero problems with that!

Slammed pro tourer Chevrolet C10 – in the build

GM Motorsport's Wayne Lineker is building his '68 C10 into an epic pro touring daily driver thanks to some choice chassis, suspension and brake upgrades

Pro touring Ford Coyote-powered 1966 Galaxie

Malcolm Niall's gigantic '66 Galaxie is a pro touring masterpiece built tough in West Australia

Elite-level Dart Windsor-powered 1971 Ford Capri- FRAER1

Steven Stojanovski’s uncle used to own this Capri, but it wasn’t the 800hp Dart Windsor-powered, elite-level monster it is today!

1100rwhp Turbo LSX 2009 Holden VE Commodore SS – G8PSI

C&A Auto Fashion built an innocuous-looking sedan into Australia’s quickest and fastest street-registered VE Commodore, busting an 8.5@170mph!