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.
SUMMERNATS 30 ELITE HALL UNVEILING LIVE STREAM – VIDEO
Coming at you live from the Summernats 30 Elite Hall for the new car reveals
Summernats Burnout Championship Hall of Fame
The full list of Street Machine Summernats Burnout Champions
Iron Maidens: Female Summernats burnout champs
We look at just some of the women who have kicked butt on the Summernats burnout pad
Street Machine Summernats Horsepower Heroes Hall of Fame
The big guns from the Street Machine Summernats dyno competition
Every Street Machine Summernats Pro Burnout winnner
The full honour roll for Australia's top burnout competiton
Street Machine Summernats People’s Choice Hall of Fame
Presenting all the winners of the Street Machine Summernats People’s Choice since 1988
Street Machine Summernats Top Judged Hall of Fame
Presenting all the winners of the Street Machine Summernats Top Judged award
Street Machine Summernats – the Grand Champions
Presenting the honour roll of Street Machine Summernats Grand Champions!
SIDCHROME PROJECT COBRA: PART FIVE – VIDEO
The Python Vehicles Australia boys get the Cobra ready to fire up – then strip it to a million pieces again
STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS 30 – WHAT’S NEW
What’s new for the 30th go-round of Australia’s biggest horsepower party
Celebrating the Holden red motor six
With the final Holden V6 rolling off the line at Fisherman's Bend, we pay tribute to the carmaker's tough little homebrewed six-pot red motor
Six screaming Holden six-cylinders
We bid farewell to the Holden six-cylinder by remembering six of the toughest and craziest six-pot Holden motors built in recent times
SIDCHROME PROJECT COBRA: PART FOUR – VIDEO
Persuading the big 5.0-litre Coyote V8 to fit in the diminutive Sidchrome Cobra is giving the crew at Python Vehicles Australia a few headaches, but the end result will be well worth it!
WILBY PARK DRAGSTRIP HIGHLIGHTS – GALLERY
Wilby Park is one of Victoria's motorsport hidden gems. We take a look back at some of the drag strip highlights from 2014
498-cube big-block 1971 Holden HQ Monaro GTS – ATUFHQ
Bright green and extremely mean: Shannon Jennings's Holden HQ Monaro is one car you don't want to make angry
JONATHAN WARD’S ICON 4X4 WORKSHOP
We visit Jonathan Ward at his workshop in Chatsworth, California to see where icons like his Thriftmaster and Derelict series cars and trucks are made
TURBO STOCK-BOTTOM-END LS VG VALIANT AT DRAG CHALLENGE – VIDEO
Mark Arblaster’s POR440 Val hardtop got a baptism of fire at Drag Challenge 2016
1963 FORD FALCON SQUIRE WAGON
Jay Page’s Ford Falcon Squire wasn’t found in a barn. It was wedged between a couple
Drag Challenge 2016: HQ One-Tonner runs sevens
Jarrod Wood becomes the quickest man at Drag Challenge ever
HARRY HAIG’S DRAG CHALLENGE 2016 (SO FAR) – VIDEO
He took Drag Week in his stride, but Drag Challenge is testing out Harry Haig