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.
Summernats USA Grand Champion
Jeremy Gilbert drives the wheels off his C10 pick-up to take home the title of Amsoil Summernats USA Grand Champion
Greg Boyle’s blown VG Valiant hardtop
This supercharged streeter is why Greg Boyle loves Sundays
Gary Myers’s XACUTER Falcon GT coupe – flashback
Looking back on the earlier days of Gary Myers's SMOTY-winning AGROXA when it debuted as a naturally aspirated, two-tone XA GT
Jai Schluter’s Killer Tomata XB hardtop – flashback
Looking back on Jai and Corrina Schluter’s big, fat and potent XB coupe
Jason Petts’s LS1-powered ’55 Chev Sports Coupe
Modern mumbo wrapped in a classic Chevy shell
Vlad Kovacevic’s genuine General Lee Dodge R/T Charger
Vlad Kovacevic learns that being a movie star isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Mark McKay’s 1000hp 2002 Dodge Viper RT/10
What do you do if your Viper has lost its sting? Inject more venom
Jeff Proud’s 1977 XC GS Falcon coupe
Looking back on Jeff Proud’s Laser Red XC coupe
Johnny Wilson’s PIG-383 HK GTS Bathurst Monaro
A genuine Bathurst Monaro doing eight-second quarters? You betcha!
Alexis Margaritis’s seven-second LC Torana on the dyno – video
Alexis Margaritis has had a couple cracks at Drag Challenge and even joined the seven-second club, but now he's looking for more
Flashback: Peter Grmusa’s mental ATRISK XR Falcon
Two builds, two Summernats burnout wins and 1000hp
Flashback: Street Machine Summernats 21
Summernats celebrates 21 events in style, with huge crowds, killer cars and just a little bit of craziness
Dean Perkins’s 383-cube Roush Yates D3 NASCAR engine – flashback
Looking back on the former Kiwi touring car champ’s Roush Yates D3 donk from his much-loved XD Falcon
Flashback: Steve Loader’s blown 532-cube VE Commodore – UNLOAD
Steve Loader upped the ante with his tyre-frying UNLOAD Commodore
Steven Loader’s UCSMOKE blown big-block HT Premier – flashback
Most people wouldn’t dare but Steven Loader built it for burnouts
Flashback: Springnats 2009
Witnessing the limits of adhesion and sanity at Shepparton’s Springnats, 2009
Flashback: Street Machine Summernats 22
What depression? It was all smiles in Canberra for Summernats 22, 2009
Fuel-injected 454-cube 1976 Holden HJ Statesman De Ville
David Di Natale's Holden HJ Statesman mainlines fuel straight into it's big-block
Vortech-blown big-block XD Falcon
There’s nothing subtle about a blown, injected big block-powered Falcon
Tubbed, blown Boss 302-powered XP Falcon
It may have four doors but this is no taxi