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.
Old Love FB Holden in the build
The winner of this year’s SMOTY award is a great example of the benefits of having a clear vision for a project and some great concept drawings
VIDEO: VPW DRAG CHALLENGE – AUSSIE DRAG WEEK!
The inaugural VPW Drag Challenge was a cracker, exceeding our expectations at every turn. Here's a taste of the epic documentary coming soon
SEMA star: The Ringbrothers RECOIL Chevelle
One of our top picks from SEMA 2014 is this ’66 Chevelle, built by Mike and Jim Ring of the Ringbrothers shop in Wisconsin
VALVOLINE STREET MACHINE OF THE YEAR
The winner of the 2014 Valvoline Street Machine Of The Year award is Henry Parry’s FB Holden, known as Old Love
VIDEO: VPW DRAG CHALLENGE DOCO TRAILER 1
The inaugural VPW Drag Challenge was a cracker, exceeding our expectations at every turn. Here's a taste of the epic documentary coming soon
DECEMBER STREET MACHINE ON SALE NOW
Yeah, it's got a Hemi!
GALLERY: VPW DRAG CHALLENGE RESULTS
WHAT a week! The best kept secret in Aussie drag racing, the VPW Drag Challenge, has been run and won, with 18 hardy competitors cruising their cars over a 1000km road course and racing them at tracks along the way. There was plenty of mechanical mayhem, great racing and amazing camaraderie
Drag challenge
THE inaugural VPW Drag Challenge is underway. In the spirit of Hot Rod Drag Week, competitors are travelling between four tracks under their own power and with no support vehicles. The event kicked off at Sydney Dragway on Wednesday, followed by a Street Outlaws-style shootout at the Motorsports Training Australia facility in Albury-Wodonga.
KAM NOVA IN THE BUILD
The cover car for the November issue of Street Machine is Rob Zahabi’s KAM Nova
GALLERY: CHOPPED 2014
We’re broken, dusty and bruised, but here’s our rundown of the highlights from Chopped 2014
CHOPPED: TELFO’S TOP 20, SO FAR
WE ARE about to leave the office and head up to Chopped 2014.
LEGAL 8 takes on the Aussie Muscle Car Run
We love it when we discover a classic Street Machine feature car from the past is still up and running hard, but Neville Philips’s LEGAL 8 EH Holden is doing better than most
GALLERY: CHOPPED 2014 PREVIEW
The annual Chopped Rod & Custom Show is a three-day festival for pre-1965 hot rods, customs and bikes happening the weekend of 3-5 October in Newstead, Victoria
EVENT: STREETCAR SHOOTOUT – OCT 18TH
Think your street machine is fast? Then why not bring it to the Street Machine Streetcar Shootout at Heathcote Park Raceway for a laid-back day of high horsepower fun
GALLERY: POWERCRUISE 50
Powercruise celebrated its 50th event this past weekend at Queensland Raceway. The Street Machine team arrived on the Friday to find the show already well underway
GALLERY: SIX BANGER NATS
Lovers of six-cylinder power converged on Warwick Dragway in Queensland over the weekend for the annual Six Banger Nats
AUSTRALIA’S FASTEST STREET CARS
The Australian Pro Street Association held the third round of its series at Benaraby Raceway last weekend, and heavy hitters came from up and down the east coast to play
SIX BANGER NATS PREVIEW
The annual Six Banger Nats is ready to rock Warwick Dragway, 13-14 September. To get revved up, let’s look back at our tribute to the event’s founder, Mark ‘Panic’ Stewart
SMOTY HALL OF FAME – Dave Bennett’s RAT ATTACK
We’re revisiting all the winners from the glorious past. The second-ever SMOTY winner, back in 1989, was Dave Bennett’s monstrous HQ Monaro
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? BLO BAK 2
With this year’s Valvoline Street Machine of the year award set to kick off, we thought it would be the perfect time to look back on all the previous winners, so let’s get cracking