Articles by: Liam Quirk
Father-and-son custom build VL Calais Turbo
This Calais is a true father-son build, with a turbo RB30 making it one hell of a birthday present!
Street Machine Summernats 38: truly epic
Street Machine Summernats 38 saw Australia’s biggest horsepower party power up, break a bunch of records and put on one hell of a show for punters and entrants alike
Matt Smoors’s twin-turbo VL HDT Group A tribute runs 7.65 on debut!
Matt Smoors’s VL HDT Group A tribute is now a verified seven-second badarse, and it's just getting started!
HITMAN H: 1000rwhp Group Three SS tribute
This 1000hp VH Commodore streeter is so good, it’s criminal
Michael Ellard wins the John Taverna Master Craftsman Award at Summernats 38
Mick and Matt Ellard of Image Vehicle Manufacturing cap a hugely successful ’Nats with Mick winning the John Taverna Master Craftsman Award
Dave Darcy’s HJ Premier wins Street Champion at Summernats 38
We sit down with the Summernats 38 Street Champion, Dave Darcy
Get ready for Summernats New Zealand!
Oz’s biggest horsepower party partners with a veteran Kiwi promoter to extend the smoke show’s international reach
Ethan Guymer wins the 2026 Laurie Starling Memorial Scholarship
Pat’s Pro Restos young gun Ethan Guymer wins the 2026 Laurie Starling award
Pro Street ’55 Chev at Summernats 38
This Chevy has sunk its claws into 1980s American Pro Street and is refusing to budge!
Summernats 38 Meguiar’s Great Uncover, part two
Part two of our coverage from a mammoth unveiling at Summernats 38
Summernats 38 Meguiar’s Great Uncover, part one
Part one of the Summernats 38 2026 Meguiar's Great Uncover
Stunner: Iron Lion-powered VL Holden Calais
Stojan Stekovic went through the fire to build his ultimate Holden-powered street car
VKBOSS: Iron Lion with EFI stack-injection-powered VK Commodore
Paul Johnston’s meticulously detailed VK proves it pays to sweat the small stuff
Jim Georgalas’s stunning HR Holden ute
Jim Georgalas is a one-eyed HR Holden fan, and his latest creation sets the gold standard for an early-Holden ute build
Mitchel Hawkins’s turbo LQ9-powered HSV VR ClubSport tribute
Like Salmon swimming upstream, Mitchel Hawkins’s turbo LS-powered VR Commodore was built to go against the flow
Video: Six-second Pro Street Capri makes over 3100hp!
Adam Rogash from MPW Performance has just revamped his STRIPSHOW Capri, now clocking over 3100hp at the hubs!
Shakey Nats 2025
A car-mad community throws a hell of a party and raises over $5000 for charity
Paul Vavitis’s 1100hp VL Calais Turbo
Paul Vavitis’s parents bought him this VL Calais Turbo to convince him to finish high school. Now it’s an 1100hp family heirloom to be passed down to his son
3356hp, rear-mount twin-turbo 540ci HQ Monaro runs sixes
Mario Busljeta’s Monaro is a six-second-capable nuclear warhead with a big-block up front, twin turbos out back, and close to 3000hp on tap
Justin Walshe’s 1100hp blown HSV VX ClubSport R8
Australian Nitro Funny Car Champion Justin Walshe steps into a new wild ride in the form of this 1100hp ClubSport cloud-maker