WhichCar

Events

  1. Home/
  2. Events
Jason Ruby Nissan Silvia LH 0295 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Jason Ruby's 1990 Nissan S13 Silvia - Drag Challenge profile

Having run a PB of 8.20@166mph in the lead-up to Drag Challenge 2019 and won no prep events like Tunnel Vision’s King Of The Streets against big-inch turbo V8s, Jason Ruby’s Nissan S13 Silvia had plenty of nervous street machiners keen to see what it could do in the Turbosmart Outlaw Blown class

Holden Vc Commodore CT 0474 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Kai McPhee's turbo LS-powered VC Commodore - Drag Challenge profile

Kai's 5.3-powered VC went toe-to-toe with the big blocks and came away with runner-up spot in Haltech Radial Blown and a place in the 7-second club at Drag Challenge 2019

Jay Robinson Lh 4538 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Jay Robinson's turbo 13B-powered Mazda Capella - Drag Challenge profile

THE only rotary competitor at Drag Challenge for the past two years, Jay Robinson was back with his turbo 13B-powered 1977 Mazda Capella, and for 2019 he’d moved to the new Tuff Mounts 235 Blown class

Paul Turner Hq CT 1885 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Paul Turner - Drag Challenge profile

Paul Turner takes out the super-competitive DYO class with his 11-second HQ - on his first attempt

Ford Capri MP 0157 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Nathan Ghosn - Drag Challenge profile

Sydney racer Nathan Ghosn was a participant at Street Machine’s first Drag Challenge and has participated in every DC event since

Mark Busscher CT 0647 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Mark Busscher - Drag Challenge profile

Mark ‘Bushy’ Busscher landed his first win in the Carnage Outlaw Aspirated class at Drag Challenge 2019 behind the wheel of his matte-black HQ One Tonner, edging out Daniel Cassar’s ’33 Ford coupe

Alon Vella CT 9714 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Alon Vella - Drag Challenge profile

Drag Challenge 2019 saw Alon Vella continue his dominant run in the Pacemaker Radial Aspirated class, taking out yet another gong in his hairy Mk1 Capri

Brendan Cherry 3 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Brendan Cherry's twin-turbo, big block VL Calais - Drag Challenge 2019 runner-up

Drag Challenge original Brendan Cherry nails second outright at our sixth event in his big-block, twin-turbo VL Calais

1422 1 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Barra-powered Ford Cortina wins Six-Cylinder class at Drag Challenge 2019

George Lyras’s Barra-swapped Cortina showed its merit, winning the XR6 Turbo Developments Six-Cylinder class on debut

Burnout World Record Smmernats Jpg
Summernats

Future burnout records iced as Guinness pulls sanction

Emissions fears may put an end to a modern Summernats classic

Harry Haig HQ Mildura Jpg
Drag Challenge

Harry Haig at Drag Challenge 2019

The Big Dawg finally gets a well-deserved win

Jake Edwards LH 1575 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Jake Edwards - Drag Challenge profile

Jake Edwards brought his famous SL/R Torry back to run in Turbosmart Outlaw Blown for Drag Challenge 2019

Xb Falcon 2 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Phil Edmondson - Drag Challenge profile

South Australia’s Phil Edmondson had a massive lead-up to Drag Challenge 2019, switching his XB coupe’s exhaust from running one big single turbocharger to a pair of Precision 7875 snails

Vg Valiant ST 005 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Aaron James - Drag Challenge profile

There's something of a sad story behind Aaron James’s 1970 Valiant Regal

Todd Foley Commodore Onroad ST 040 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Todd Foley - Drag Challenge profile

Melburnian Todd Foley has suffered some of the worst and enjoyed the best of Drag Challenge over the years

Holden Torana CT 0385 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Turbo small-block Chev-powered LH Torana at Drag Challenge 2019

Luke Green resisted the LS temptation in favour of a small-block Chev in his Torana, and was rewarded with eight-second ETs at Drag Challenge 2019

Hsv Clubsport LH 0418 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Turbo LSX-powered VY ClubSport at Drag Challenge 2019

Drag racing newbies build a 1160rwhp HSV for their first full Drag Challenge campaign

Calder Park Camaro Optima Search Jpg
Events

Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car Australia 2019

Harrop’s LS7-powered Monaro wins Australia’s first Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car event

Drag Challenge ST 3374 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Pacemaker Radial Aspirated class wrap-up – Drag Challenge 2019

All the thrills and spills of the week’s racing in Drag Challenge 2019’s Pacemaker Radial Aspirated class

1422 2 Jpg
Drag Challenge

1200hp Barra-swapped XD Falcon – Drag Challenge 2019

Chris Palfreyman’s stonking XD Falcon survived the odds to nab second place in the Six-Cylinder class at Drag Challenge 2019

Drag Challenge LH 8353 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Carnage Outlaw Aspirated wrap-up – Drag Challenge 2019

Here’s how the Carnage Outlaw Aspirated class panned out over a tough week of racing

Drag Challenge LH 1336 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Tuff Mounts 235 Aspirated class wrap-up – Drag Challenge 2019

The full rundown of Drag Challenge’s all-motor small-tyre class for 2019

1422 1 Jpg
Drag Challenge

XR6 Turbo Developments Six-Cylinder class recap – Drag Challenge 2019

All the results, PBs and highlights from the XR6 Turbo Developments Six-Cylinder class at Drag Challenge 2019

Drag Challenge ST 9965 Jpg
Drag Challenge

Tuff Mounts 235 Blown class wrap-up – Drag Challenge 2019

The force-fed tiny-tyre crew fight it out for class honours on Day Five of DC 2019