Howard Astill’s SMOTY-winning XA Ford Falcon hardtop
Howard Astill set out to build a car capable of winning Street Machine of the Year. He got it right
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Here’s a goodly helping of some of the most-iconic cars to win the Street Machine of the Year award! Founded in 1988, with Alan Cooper’s BLOBAK2 being the first winner, SMOTY 2026 sponsored by Enthusiast Motor Insurance is open for voting now at smoty.au
Howard Astill set out to build a car capable of winning Street Machine of the Year. He got it right
Bill Murfin’s injected big-block HT Monaro BILLIT
The original feature on Bill Murfin's 1997 Street Machine of the Year winning HT Monaro
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Dave Bennett’s Rat Attack HQ Monaro
Australia’s toughest HQ? With tubs, trumpets and a heavy-hitting 454 up front, it’d have to come close
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Video: Blown Noonan Hemi HTKO Monaro wins Enthusiast Motor Insurance Street Machine of the Year 2025
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Vote to win: Enthusiast Motor Insurance Street Machine of the Year 2025
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Street Machine of the Year 2024: Heath van der Waerden’s Torana hatch
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SMOTY-winning Memphis Hell pick-up is going racing!
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Ron Barclay’s SMOTY-winning HQ Holden ute
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SMOTY Hall of Fame: Frank Piccolo’s XB GT
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SMOTY Hall of Fame: Colin Townsend’s FJ
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Ed Brodie’s SMOTY-winning 1974 Holden HJ Sedan – MR HJ
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Where are they now: Frank Rejtano’s 1993 SMOTY-winning Corvette Stingray
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Flashback: 2004 SMOTY-winning LJ Torana
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Myers’s GM176/S1CKO Mustang wins Milwaukee Street Machine of the Year 2023
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Angela Dow’s SMOTY-winning LX Torana hatch
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Darryl McBeth’s 1995 Street Machine of the Year-winning FJ Holden
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BLOBAK comeback? Craig McKenzie purchases the chassis of the first-ever SMOTY winner
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Jasmine Green’s HiLux wins Milwaukee Street Machine of the Year for 2022
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Video: Jasmine Green’s HiLux wins Milwaukee Street Machine of the Year
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Mark Jones’s SMOTY-winning FAT57 Chev
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Rob Godfrey’s SMOTY-winning HQ One Tonner
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Mark Sullivan’s SMOTY-winning HK Monaro
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Gary Myers’s SMOTY-winning ‘Silver Bullet’ Mustang
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