Articles by: Mark Arblaster
Inaugural Allstars Drag & Drive
The inaugural Allstars Drag & Drive saw some of the country’s quickest streeters road-tripping from Willowbank to Warwick and back to battle it out on track
2025 Sick Summer drag-and-drive, USA
Arby heads Stateside to take on the marathon Sick Summer drag-and-drive and claims an unexpected Unlimited class win!
Jason Loane’s KULPRIT XD Falcon
With 10-second time slips, alcohol in its veins and enough heavy metal up front to frighten a Top Fueller, Jason Loane’s XD means business on and off the track
Radial Bear Slayer drag racing – Monroe, Louisiana
Big cash was up for grabs in the sweltering heat at Radial Bear Slayer in Monroe, Louisiana
Flashback: Street Machine Summernats 21
Summernats celebrates 21 events in style, with huge crowds, killer cars and just a little bit of craziness
Luke Kestle’s ‘Junkyard’ HT Monaro at Redwood Rally drag-and-drive, USA
Luke Kestle’s ratty HT Monaro has been getting plenty of smiles per mile Stateside
Blown V8-powered Audi RS4 AWD wagon
This sleepy blown V8-powered all-paw Audi is just what the doctor ordered!
Video: Arby’s Marketplace Dodge R5P7 NASCAR mill hits the dyno
Arby buys a high-revving Dodge R5P7 NASCAR motor off Facebook Marketplace, loads it on the dyno and pulls the string. What could possibly go wrong?
1200rwhp turbo LS2-powered GQ Nissan Patrol
This all-wheel-drive turbo Nissan belts out 1200hp at the treads - but it ain’t no Skyline GT-R!
Chris Hollingworth’s Outlaw VR Commodore ute
Chris Hollingworth’s awesome ute boasts a staggering 1500hp at the flywheel
Flashback: Street Machine Summernats 22
What depression? It was all smiles in Canberra for Summernats 22, 2009
Remembering Australian drag racing legend Dennis Syrmis
The late Dennis Syrmis grew from a teenage street racer to one of the most influential figures in Australian drag racing. Here's a look back at our interview with him from 2003
Giant Killer: Joe Gauci’s turbocharged 200-cube TD Cortina
How did Joe Gauci’s 200ci Cortina knock out V8s three times its size? With 4.5hp per cube! Here’s a look back at our feature on the car from 2009 when it was still running a turbocharged Ford six-pot
Thomas McManaway’s blown LS-powered Datsun 1200 ute
A classic Datsun body, S15 front end and a screaming blown LS combine to create a next-level skid machine
Nick Dailianis’s blown 360-cube VC Valiant
It’s fat, loud, blown and built with a licence to thrill …meet Nick Dailianis’s Valiant
490ci 1969 Plymouth Road Runner
Road Runner might be quick but not as quick as this wicked Plymouth
Kenda 660 Drag Radial Series at Willowbank Raceway
With a mega-payday on offer, it was on for young and old at Willowbank Raceway during the Kenda 600 Radial Riot meeting
POR440: Arby’s Drag Challenge preparation
Arby’s efforts to improve his VG Valiant’s 60-foot times yield promising results in the run-up to Street Machine Drag Challenge
Bernie Makhraz’s twin-turbo 447-cube LX Torana
Bernie Makhraz’s twin-turbo Torana already looks set for seven-second passes, with sixes not far behind
Joe Zullo’s eight-second, naturally aspirated Holden 202-powered dragster
Joe Zullo’s eight-second modified dragster became the fastest aspirated Holden six-powered car in Australia at this year’s Winternationals