Articles by Simon TELFORD
Simon landed his dream job on Street Machine magazine in 2002 as features editor, under the tutelage of publishing guru Geoff Seddon. Moving up to editor in 2013, Simon and his team expanded the footprint of the brand to include the online build series Carnage, Drag Challenge events and e-commerce. These days, Simon oversees the teams behind 4X4 Australia, Unique Cars and Street Machine. Besides motoring titles, Simon has written for Qantas Magazine, Australian Guitar and the Sydney Morning Herald. Simon’s personal fleet includes a custom EJ Holden, a 1973 Triumph Tiger motorbike and a 1977 HZ Holden One Tonner. He also has the privilege of piloting a 600hp FX Holden at nostalgia drag racing events.
Street Machine Drag Challenge a no-go for 2021
COVID-19 has put paid to our Drag Challenge plans for 2021, but we'll be back even bigger in 2022
Red CentreNATS Heavy Hitters Drags
All the action from the Heavy Hitters drag racing at Red CentreNATS
Gallery: Burnout Qualifying at Red CentreNATS 2021
A bit of rain didn't stop Alice Springs turning out in force to see the start of a weekend of burnouts at Red CentreNATS
Video: Slammed HD ute versus pro street LJ Torana
Broads and Marv meet our first two Milwaukee Street Machine of the Year contenders
Street Machine team side hustles and day gigs
We take a look at what some of the Street Machine team get up to when they're not creating amazing content for us
Phase IV GTHO sells for just under $2 million
One of only four Phase IV GTHO Falcons ever built sells for just under $2 million.
Download every Street Machine cover in poster form!
The 40th anniversary Street Machine mag features a giant-size poster decked out with every SM cover ever – and now we've made it available to download!
Video: Expression Session is back!
Andrew Broadley chats with our new Expression Session guru, Aidan Donald
Top Fuel returns to Victoria in 2022
Snapshot Top Fuel returns to Calder & Heathcote Final round date and location TBA Nitro Champs, Westernationals and Nationals will all host Top Fuel Australia has announced the bulk of the calendar for its breakaway series in 2022. Dubbed the Australian Top Fuel Championship, the series will see the nitro dragsters return to both Calder […]
Kerry Packer, Gary Walker and the twin-turbo Jaguar XJ-S – sold!
A wild slice of Street Machine history has a new owner
Help name our movers and shakers of 2021
Next issue we'll be celebrating 40 years of Street Machine! And we need your help to name our sport's top movers and shakers
Highball Cars & Coffee #7
Melbourne's favourite cars and coffee event was a ray of sunshine before lockdown
Top Fuel joins Supercars and Superbikes in Darwin
The 2022 Australian Top Fuel Championship will finish at the Darwin Supercars meeting, 17-18 June
400 Thunder Sportsman Championship 2021-2022 dates announced
Heathcote Park Raceway and Palmyra Dragway join the next 400 Thunder Championship series
Online car sales scams on the rise
Think you wouldn’t fall for an online car sales scam? Maybe think again
Aussie Rivals Drags 2021
It was a classic Ford versus Holden showdown at Willowbank for the Aussie Rivals Drag Day
ANDRA announces new Australian Drag Racing Championship series
New series will bring Group One racing back into the ANDRA fold, starting with Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle
Jerry Wiegert: The man behind the American supercar, The Vector
The incredible story of Jerry Wiegert and his relentless quest to build the all-American supercar
Peter Brock-owned VK Group A Commodore sells for over $1M
Check out the latest Grays auction results, including a Blue Meanie owned by Peter Brock, an RPO 83 XA Falcon GT and an ultra low-mile XE ESP Fairmont Ghia
The Townsend family’s hot rod collection – flashback
Small country towns always have secrets. Glen Innes has a good one!