Just under 140 entrants turned up to the Top Alcohol Challenge, held over April 9–10 at Masterton Motorplex, with cars turning up from all over
The New Zealand Truck Show & Racing Festival at Taupo Motorsport Park will make a welcome return in 2016, following the success of last year’s
There isn’t much in this world that’s cooler than a good gasser — that ‘nosebleed’ stance, with a leaf-sprung front end and classic ‘big
“After owning one of the fastest T-buckets in the country in his youth, Craig Date decided to build one even faster 15 years on”
“If you want to build a car that stands out, you’ve got to be willing to take a few risks” Painting a muscle car
“After growing up in the back of this 1960 Dodge Seneca, Tut Waihape’s kids couldn’t think of any better way to say thanks than
“If you had two long-term projects on the go, and the missus tells you to buy a car you can drive now… What would
The noble art of hot rodding has been around for nearly as long as the automobile itself; an entire culture born of the testosterone-fuelled urge
“Japan isn’t all high-tech turbos, four-bangers, and econo-cars” Though it might seem a little strange at first, Japan — the land of high-tech turbocharged
“When Damion Bush set out to build a Camaro, it was to be done his way — no catalogues, no boring bits, no BS”
The 48th NZDRA Drag Racing Nationals took place at Taupo’s Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park on the weekend of March 19 and 20 — or
“Hot rods, classic cars, custom bikes, army tanks, drag cars, live bands, and tattoo competitions — the inaugural Frankton Thunder had all that and
“Every month we ask the NZV8 cover car owner for the concept that they’d most like to build, or see built.” If I could
They breed them tough in the south — so tough that when they go drag racing, track prep is deemed as unrequired. At least that
“It’s not every day you hear of a work hack being transformed into a screaming circuit-carver — but for Max Gillespie that’s a 500hp
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