Drag Challenge
DRAG CHALLENGE
Everything you need to know about Street Machine Drag Challenge:
Everyone has an opinion on what constitutes a street car, and the quicker the cars get the more intense the argument becomes; how do you decide what’s street and what’s not?
So in 2014 we took a leaf out of Hot Rod’s book and created our own version of their iconic Drag Week – we call it Street Machine Drag Challenge. It’s the toughest test for street cars in the country.
Our next event is Drag Challenge 2024, details soon!
Eight-second twin-turbo LS-powered VG Valiant
Daniel Ward’s hater-proof, eight-second VG Valiant beats with the sacrilegious heart of a twin-turbo LS, and he built the whole thing himself!
Steve Grima’s turbo LS2-powered 1988 Holden VN Commodore
Drag Challenge regular Steve Grima is bringing a different turbo LS Commodore to the event this year: this eight-second VN snot rocket
John Zappia enters Street Machine Drag Challenge
Legendary drag racer and 11 times national Doorslammer champion John Zappia will be one of the contenders at Drag Challenge in his LS-powered VP ute
Street Machine Drag Challenge 2022 entry list
Bumper field locked in for Drag Challenge 2022, 24-29 October
Street Machine Drag Challenge 2021 sells out in six hours
Entries to Australia's toughest street car torture test fly off the shelf
Anthony Raschella’s 1967 Chevelle Malibu
Anthony Raschella was en route to Drag Challenge Weekend with his new ’67 Malibu. But the COVID-19 curse Struck again
Drag Challenge is go!
Drag Challenge is back and ready to rock, 17-22 October
John Kerr’s 1964 Mercury Comet
We caught up with Drag Challenge regular John Kerr and his '64 Mercury Comet as he prepared to crack the 10.5s in his first Drag Challenge weekend
Blown, injected HQ Holden at Drag Challenge Weekend 2020 – Video
This clean Quey boogies down the strip with iron lion power
Twin-turbo XW Futura is second Overall and in Haltech Radial Blown – Drag Challenge Weekend 2020
2018 DCW winner Mark Van Der Togt took his head-kicking, twin-turbo XW to the Overall runner-up spot this year
Turbo LS1 UC Torana wins Tuff Mounts 235 Blown – Drag Challenge Weekend 2020
Jason Ross’s budget-built UC fought off Juan Kudnig’s triple-charged HT to narrowly take the win in the Tuff Mounts 235 Blown class
540ci VG Valiant Safari wagon wins Quickest Mopar-Powered trophy at Drag Challenge Weekend 2020
Jye Core’s big-block Mopar-powered Safari wagon ran solid 10s at DCW 2020
383ci Holden-powered LX Torana wins Tuff Mounts 235 Aspirated – Drag Challenge Weekend 2020
Brodie Olsen’s staunch nine-second Torana hatch got the chocolates in Tuff Mounts 235 Aspirated for 2020
Alon Vella wins eighth Radial Aspirated title at Drag Challenge Weekend
Eight. That’s how many times Alon Vella has won Drag Challenge’s Radial Aspirated class in his diminutive but incredibly potent 1970 Ford Capri
Blown, 598ci big-block powered HQ Premier wins Turbosmart Outlaw Blown – Drag Challenge Weekend 2020
Reion Sammons ran low nines at DCW in his awesome, blown Big M-powered HQ Prem to bag the Turbosmart Outlaw Blown class title
Twin-turbo Holden V8-powered VH Commodore at Drag Challenge Weekend 2020
A twin-turbo iron lion up the front of Shane Baker’s Commodore saw him run high eights and take home the Quickest Holden-Powered award
1265hp, turbo Barra-powered Toyota Cresta wins Speed Pro Six-Cylinder class – Drag Challenge Weekend 2020
At DCW 2019, Ben Neal came second in the six-pot class in his Hot Rod Drag Week-tested Cresta. This year, he went one better
800hp AWD Honda Integra at Drag Challenge Weekend 2020
This little Japanese hatch sends boosted goodness to all four paws
Blown LSA-powered XD Falcon panel van wins Carnage Dial Your Own – Drag Challenge Weekend 2020
Mitchell Jannusch had a memorable Drag Challenge debut in his XD van, running incredibly consistent times to win Carnage DYO
Simo’s super seven – Drag Challenge Weekend 2020
Our Queensland correspondent Simon Major selects seven of his faves from the many and varied rides at DCW 2020