Articles by Kian HEAGNEY
Having spent his teenage years racing and wrenching on cars, Kian studied journalism at university only a few years ago before launching his career as a fresh-faced intern at Street Machine in 2018.Now a full-time staffer, Kian’s role includes writing for SM’s print and digital platforms, helping behind the scenes at the magazine’s premier Drag Challenge events, and filming and co-presenting Street Machine’s aptly named YouTube video show, Carnage.Instagram @kianheagney
Big-block Chevy Camaro runs 10s at Drag Challenge 2018
A father-son team brings a Camaro out of an 11-year hibernation to take it to the big Ford boys at Drag Challenge
Factory Five ’33 hot rod circuit racer at Drag Challenge 2018
We check out a ’33 Ford kit car that took it to the strip for Drag Challenge 2018
Victorian state election: The major parties’ motorsport funding promises analysed
With the Victorian election fast approaching, we try to wade through all the political jargon to find out which party has our back
660hp small-block Chev-powered EK Holden at Drag Challenge 2018
Donnie Zurcas’s EK cracked the nine-second barrier on Day Five at Drag Challenge 2018
Hemi-powered 1934 Ford hot rod ute at Drag Challenge 2018
Andrew Milne’s hot-rodded 1934 Ford ute took on Drag Challenge 2018 with Mopar power!
Drag Challenge 2018 – Day Five report & gallery
Australia’s toughest street-car test wraps up for 2018 at Calder Park
Drag Challenge 2018 – Day Four report & gallery
Australia’s toughest street cars return to Swan Hill as the times tumble
Drag Challenge 2018 – Day Three report & gallery
Drag Challenge competitors do battle with the Mildura Sunset Strip eighth-mile
Electric-Powered 1949 Mercury at SEMA! – SEMA 2018
ICON’s Jonathon Ward creates a wild electric-powered Mercury
Lightweight carbonfibre turbo good for 850hp at SEMA 2018 – Video
The Germans concoct a turbo that’s (almost) lighter than a feather
Blown 410ci VH Valiant hardtop at Drag Challenge 2018
Tasmanian Grant Dwyer has dusted off his blown VH hardtop to give DC 2018 a crack
Barra-swapped Mercedes-Benz E-Class at Drag Challenge 2018
Josh Chiefalo will be taking on Street Machine Drag Challenge 2018 in style in his Barra-swapped Merc
Turbo LS-powered Toyota HiLux at Drag Challenge 2018
Mitch Pullen put his LS-powered HiLux drift machine to the street-and-strip test on DC 2018
A 20B-powered Mazda R100 at SEMA – Video
SEMA is always a good place to start if you want to find cars modified in ways you’ve never seen or even thought of before, and it only took Telfo a few days to find a little Mazda that proves the theory works.
Kath McKenzie’s EH Holden
Kath McKenzie’s love for classic Holdens began at a young age and was inherited from her father
The Fast & The Furious (2001) – ripper car movies
Released in 2001, The Fast & The Furious not only kicked off an enduring and lucrative film franchise but inspired a whole generation of car fanatics
WW2 Jeep hits the strip! Hot Rod Drag Week – Video
Klaiton Hartman had planned to bring another car to this year’s Hot Rod Drag Week, but like most he found himself short of time and with just two weeks to go he ended up prepping a spare Jeep he had sitting around to take on the week of racing.
Rob Tansey’s 1958 Corvette at Drag Week – video
THESE days, most of the classic Corvettes you see are restored to showroom condition and cruising to and from classic car meets.
Jason Kraps’s 1955 Buick Special at Drag Week – video
TAKING the term ‘barn-find’ quite literally, Jason Kraps’s ’55 Buick Special was rescued from a barn some five hours away from his home in Ohio, and bought for just $1200
Michelle Heath’s 1971 Plymouth Duster at Drag Week – video
MICHELLE Heath describes herself as ‘Miss Mopar’. The young mother was the pilot of this mean-looking ’71 Plymouth Duster in plum-crazy purple at this year’s Hot Rod Drag Week.