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Hot August Nights: see the USA hot rod style with Scottz Tours
For anyone with an affection for Amercian muscle and a love for all things hot rod, getting over and seeing the land where it all started will have always been on that to-do list, but actually making it happen can easily be pushed to the side and forgotten.

Bumper cars: Waikaraka Family Speedway Demolition Derby Grand Final
Hell bent on destroying eachother, the driver’s in the Waikaraka Family Speedway Demolition Derby will have you splitting your sides with laughter until there’s just one car left capable of moving. For the first time, you’ll see derby car teams smash it out with two teams of five cars each go head to head.

Watch Teng Tools Muscle Garage Season 5, and be in to WIN!
Teng Tools Muscle Garage covers the local V8 car scene from the eyes of your average Kiwi petrolhead, with an inside look at

WIN a trip to Summernats 2020! Click here to enter
View fullsize The most epic event on the Australian car scene calendar, Street Machine Summernats, is fast approaching (2-5 January, 2020) and we’re

Crowing the king: International Speedway King of The Arena Championship
The International Speedway King of The Arena Championship will mark two of the biggest nights on the national speedway calendar.

Level up your workshop game with these hacks
View fullsize When you hang around a workshop or two like we do, then you’re always picking up ways that guys work. Little

Event calendar: Stragglers Rod and Kustom Charity Car Show
We need not introduce the long-running Cambridge Charity Show, hosted by Stragglers Rod and Kustom Club. It’s one of the largest shows of its kind in the country, and returns its proceeds to local children with chronic illnesses.

Masterton Motorplex gears up for packed season
With the upcoming drag calendar overflowing with dates, and a ton of serious cars set to run the quarter, Bob Wilton and the team at Masterton Motorplex have been busy making the already world-class facility even better ahead of the first event.

BNT V8s joins Supercars Junior Development Program
View fullsize In a partnership forged between the New Zealand Touring Car Championship and Supercars at the recent ITM Auckland SuperSprint, the BNT

Adrenalin-pumping: get the Superthriller Jet Sprint Christmas special
As the end of year celebration closes in on us, you could book the same boring lunch for your workplace Christmas function, or

Enthusiast essentials: Nolathane Classic Kit
View fullsize No restoration or restomod is complete without a comprehensive overhaul of suspension bushings, which will transform how your suspension and steering

Missing pages: the complete ‘Two-Sides’ Monaro article
Yep, sadly, we messed up. As many readers will have noticed, the article on Jack and Tracey Torrington’s ‘his and hers Monaros’ was

James Hetfield donates 10 of his custom hot rods
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Hit the dirt: Waikaraka Family Speedway Season Grand Opening
Come Saturday 26 October, Waikaraka Family Speedway will kick off the 2019-2020 Speedway Season with the Season Grand Opening.

Mickey Thompson streamliner goes to auction
View fullsize Yep, the namesake behind one of the most famous drag racing tyre brands in the world built a land-speed racing streamliner