Street Machine Drag Challenge is Australia’s toughest drag and drive event, this year celebrating its 10th anniversary. In this video, we show you the top ten quickest cars ever to complete the event. Each car has to race at five tracks over five days and complete a massive road trip, unassisted by tow or support vehicles.

Some years at Drag Challenge are tougher to set quarter-mile records at than others than others, due to weather conditions and also how many full-length tracks we have to play with.

There are stack of super-tough cars sitting just outside the bump spot of this top ten, but it is fair bet the standings will be reshuffled after this year’s hit out, with four of the five days of DC ’24 being run at quarter mile tracks.

• 1. Mark Whitla, Ford Capri in 2023: [email protected]
• 2. Mark Drew, Holden Torana in 2023: [email protected] & [email protected]
• 3. Dan Szabolics, HQ Monaro in 2019: [email protected]
• 4. Frank Marchese, XW Fairmont in 2018: [email protected]
• 5. Terry Seng, VH Commodore, DCW 2019: 7.41@190mph & 2018: 7.668@179mph 
• 6. Harry Haig, HQ Holden, 2019: 7.49 at 186mph and 2018: 7.50@174mph
• 7. Brendan Cherry, VL Calais, 2019: 7.61@184mph 
• 8. Lorenzo Gullotto, VL Calais, 2019: 7.65@180mph 
• 9. Luke Foley, VH Commodore, DCW 2022: 7.683@183mph 
• 10. Jarrod Wood, HQ Tonner, 2016: 7.71 @ 184mph

And there we have it! To see who stakes a claim to the top ten in 2024, get your backside trackside or keep your eyes glued to our socials. Plus, we are hosting two bonus Rods Out burnout comps at The Bend on 1 Nov and Heathcote Park on 2 Nov, all as part of the Drag Challenge fun. For all the info, check out the Drag Challenge website here.