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Animal Style GP driver entry and tickets live
View fullsize Last issue, we brought you the announcement that internationally acclaimed Drift Team Animal Style will be bringing their home-grown US style
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New PB for Harvey
View fullsize If you ever wondered what goes through Rod Harvey’s mind mid five-second pass, we have the answer; “This motherf##ker is flying”.
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Team DNG Automotive dominates Targa
View fullsize With a strong field, challenging weather, and a major repair for one of the cars just three weeks out from the
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Rotary records toppled at World Cup Finals
View fullsize Drag racing fans around the world stopped what they were doing and watched as the World Cup Finals descended on Maryland
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A new beginning: EV Build Breakdown with Hayden Paddon
View fullsize If you had asked me two years ago if we would build or race an EV rally car, I would have smiled
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Brendan Young’s ’06 Mazdaspeed Axela
View fullsize Name: Brendan Young // Age: Pensioner // Location: Hamilton // Occupation: Coffee boy at Platinum Refinishing NZ Performance Car: Hi, Brendan.
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Enthusiast essentials: Whiteline Adjustable Sway Bar Links
Crucial link View fullsize Nobody wants a rolling mess through the corners. Don’t let that sway bar be hindered by worn or inadequate
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South Island Endurance Series crown defended
View fullsize In a tight finish, in which eight seconds was the difference between winning and walking away empty-handed, International Motorsport drivers Neil
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Enthusiast essentials: Race Shock Specialists are your official MCA Suspension distributor
Shockingly superior suspension View fullsize With an official New Zealand distributor onboard (Race Shock Specialists), you can now get your hands on the
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Weekend workshop: unlocking kilowatts in a late-model WRX with K&N
View fullsize An easy bolt-on job for anyone with only a few basic hand tools, the K&N Air Intake kit for Subaru WRX
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What you need to know about Mad Mike Summer Bash 2020
SATURDAY, 7 DECEMBERMAD MIKE’S SUMMER BASHHAMPTON DOWNS MOTORSPORT PARK View fullsize DON’T JUST SPECTATE When ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddet created Mad Mike’s Summer
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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
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Five daily drivers under 10k
Wind the clock back 10–15 years and you could have easily picked up an R32 GTS-T, Supra JZA80, or Evo I–III with just $10K
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Integration: Adam Plews’ rear-mounted NSX-powered DC2 Type R
Paying homage to the holy grail of Honda’s line-up by mid mounting its running gear into a DC2 Type R! View fullsize The
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Take a trip inside the NISMO Omori factory
Rene’s Japan odyssey takes us inside the Nismo Omori factory Red is the colour of energy, passion, and action; it excites the emotions