Articles by Scott TAYLOR
Raised in a house without 240V electricity, at age 16 Scotty was inspired by early issues of Street Machine to build an HQ ute from the chassis up. During the 90s he dived head-first into drag racing and has lived his life a quarter-mile at a time ever since.As the internet gained popularity, Scotty designed his own how-to websites and helped create Slick 6 Packs magazine, before securing a full-time position at Street Commodores.He then freelanced exclusively for Street Machine for eight years and started a successful YouTube channel called Scotty’s Garage, before joining the SM team full-time in 2013. Since then, Scotty has helped create Carnage and Drag Challenge while supporting a shed full of modified Mopars.
Twin-turbo 1974 HJ Holden One Tonner
Dwayne Gerdes's 1974 HJ Holden one-tonner has gone from hauling bricks to hauling arse
DRAG CHALLENGE 2016 ENTRANTS TESTING AT CALDER PARK
One week before Drag Challenge, some of our entrants head to Calder's King Of The Hill meet for some test passes
AUSSIE DRAG WEEK BIG-BLOCK CAMARO – VIDEO
Aussie father-son team Ross and Brenton Gault take on Drag Week with their big-block 9-second Camaro
Supercharged Holden VR Commodore ute
With 1000HP, Adam Styles's street-driven supercharged VR ute bends the laws of physics
Michael Agius’s XY Falcon GT tribute
Michael Agius turned two dead Ford XY Falcons into this stunning GT replica
340 hp 1964 Ford XM Falcon convertible cruiser
Packing a 302ci Ford racing crate motor and built to cruise, Peter Antoine's '64 XM custom convertible cruiser is lower than a Jamaican bobsled
Steve Edsall’s SKDUTE XC Falcon ute
Steve Edsall’s blown Ford XC Falcon ute was born for burnouts
8-SECOND TURBO LS FORD CAPRI – DRAG CHALLENGE CONTENDER
Elvio Gonzalez runs a 376-cube LSX crate motor in his Ford Capri with a rear mount turbo setup which is good for eights down the quarter mile
INSANE TWIN-TURBO LS POWERED MITSUBISHI VAN
With a 625rwhp twin-turbo iron-block LS setup, this has got to be the fastest tradie van on the planet
L98-powered XD Falcon wagon
Anthony Burns XD wagon has survived multiple Drag Challenge events with aplomb
MONSTER TURBO 2000HP 420ci SMALL-BLOCK FORD ENGINE
With a turbo bigger than Kim Kardashian's bottom, this small-block Ford motor is capable of around 2000hp
POR440 Valiant hits the dyno at Autotech – video
Arby’s POR440 VG Valiant hardtop hits the rollers for the first time
400+ cubic inch Holden V8 stroker
Torque Power are casting up brand new Holden blocks, and they can go out to 443ci or 510ci with their 'Big Paw' setup
BLOWN 302-POWERED XR FALCON UTE ITHOPS
Harry Haig's XR Falcon ute became famous after doing an 11,000rpm burnout at Ultimate Burnout Challenge 1
BLOWN 510-CUBE XA FALCON UTE EVILXA
We still can't quite believe that Peter Grmusa built this stunning show-level XA Falcon ute for burnouts
TOP 10 QUICKEST CARS FROM DRAG WEEK 2016 – VIDEO
The 10 quickest cars (plus one honourable mention) at this year’s Hot Rod Drag Week
Twin-turbo 1UZ powered Ford Capri
Joe Geri keeps it legal with his fully engineered eight-second Ford Capri
JEFF LUTZ RUNS LOWS SIXES AT EVERY TRACK ON HOT ROD DRAG WEEK – VIDEO
Jeff Lutz missed out on the elusive 5-second Hot Rod Drag Week pass, but he did manage low sixes at every track
BLOWN BIG-BLOCK 1967 XR FALCON – ATRISK
Looking back on Peter Grmusa's tyre-killing ATRISK XR Falcon
DRAG CHALLENGE 2016 PREVIEW
There's 115 entrants coming to Drag Challenge 2016. Here's a closer look at some of the contenders