Articles by: Mark Arblaster
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
Greg Carlton’s epic FJ Holden ute
Greg Carlton got together with his mates in Dubbo to craft this budget Aussie masterpiece
1000rwhp blown & twin-turbo BA FPV GT
Joe Russo and Autotech Engineering turn Ford’s much-maligned 5.4L modular motor into a genuine mauler thanks to two turbos and a blower!
Danny Lansdowne’s 2JZ-swapped VL Commodore wagon
Danny Lansdowne’s 2JZ-equipped VL wagon is heading for the six-second zone
Flashback: Street Machine Supernats 2002
Eastern Creek thundered as Supernats went off
Chris Kurumolla’s six-second billet RB30-powered VL Commodore
Powered by a screaming, 10,000rpm billet RB30, Chris Kurumolla’s VL Commodore has stormed into the sixes
Gallery: Brashernats 2024
Brashernats 2024 drew burnout nuts from far and wide to Sydney Dragway for a day of tyre-hating mayhem
Tony Di Mattia’s 700hp pro street 1966 Mustang
Absolute power, total control – if there was ever a car that summed up Street Machine’s ethos, this sweet-driving, balls-out ’Stang is it!
Flashback: The magnificence of Brisbane’s Harry’s Diner cruise
Arby gets trance-like at Queensland’s Harry’s Diner amid the gleam and rumble of 50s and 60s cool
Jamie Jeffreys’s 2500hp radial Fox-body Mustang
Jamie Jeffreys’s blown big-block Chev-powered Fox-body Mustang is on a six-second mission
Platinum record: 388-cube HT Monaro
Tougher than a $10 steak!
3000hp pro street LJ Torana – MRMAD
With over 3000hp on tap, the MRMAD Torana just keeps getting quicker