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 behindÂ 4X4 Australia, Unique Cars and Street Machine. Besides motoring titles, Simon has written for Qantas Magazine, Australian Guitar and the Sydney Morning Herald. Simonâ€™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.

DRAG CHALLENGE 2017 – EPIC DAY THREE VIDEO

All the action from Day Three of Street Machine Drag Challenge at Swan Hill Dragway

DRAG CHALLENGE 2017 – AWARDS

Presenting the major award winners of Street Machine Drag Challenge 2017

Drag Challenge 2017 Day Three update

Full results from Day Three of Street Machine Drag Challenge 2017

DRAG CHALLENGE 2017 – DAY TWO VIDEO

Check out the dizzying highs and the crushing lows that made up day two of Street Machine Drag Challenge, at Mildura's Sunset Strip

Street Machine of the Year

Gary Myers’s AGROXA Falcon hardtop wins SMOTY 2017

Gary Myers takes out the Valvoline Street Machine Of The Year – for the third time

DRAG CHALLENGE 2017 – DAY THREE RESULTS

We check out the lay of the land for outright honours at Street Machine Drag Challenge 2017 after day three at Swan Hill Dragway

DRAG CHALLENGE 2017 – DAY TWO RESULTS

After two gruelling days of competition, we check out the overall and class standings for Street Machine Drag Challenge 2017

DRAG CHALLENGE 2017 – DAY ONE VIDEO

Street Machine Drag Challenge kicks off at Adelaide International Raceway

DRAG CHALLENGE DAY ONE – TOP 20 AND GALLERY

Street Machine Drag Challenge has kicked off for 2017 at Adelaide International Raceway! Here's how the field is shaping up

DRAG CHALLENGE 2017 – REGISTRATION DAY VIDEO

We check out the scene at Adelaide International Raceway as the teams flood in for Street Machine Drag Challenge 2017

STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE – THE NEWBIES

We check out some of the new metal entered in Street Machine Drag Challenge 2017

DRAG CHALLENGE – REGISTRATION DAY

The calm before the Drag Challenge storm

ADELAIDE AUTO EXPO 2017 – RESULTS

We check out the winners and grinners from the 2017 Adelaide Auto Expo

THE RACE BEFORE THE RACE – DRAG CHALLENGE 2017

Street Machine Drag Challenge begins in Adelaide on Monday! Some entrants have already left home, some are doing their final preparations and some are in a whole world of trouble

Home-built Holden HT Monaro GTS

Not every car build project is a tale of agony and hard luck

Street Machine TV

Twin engine Type three Volkswagen gasser

Ron Howe's crazy twin-engine VW Type 3 gasser didn't make it into the SEMA proper, but he did steal the show at SEMA Ignited

LS Turbo-powered Mazda RX-7 FD by Gooichi Motors

We chat with Sam Morris at the SEMA Show about his wild Mazda RX-7

Chris Retzos’s 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air

Chris Retzos set out to rebuild a '57 Chev to be as cool as it could have been the first time

Twin-turbo V8 powered Tucker 48 tribute at SEMA 2017

This is the fourth Tucker 48 built by Rob Ida. This one is powered by a Cadillac Northstar V8 mounted amidships, with twin turbos for good measure

Hellcat-powered Ring Brothers’ AMX Javelin

The Ring Brothers transform a 70s time-capsule Javelin into a Hellcat-powered show stopper