Slammed showcase: Air Ride and Lowrider Nationals
29 January 2015
Tucked away in a corner of the V 4&Rotary Nationals at ASB Showgrounds on January 24 was a curious automotive display — the hall of hopping, ground-scraping
Tucked away in a corner of the V 4&Rotary Nationals at ASB Showgrounds on January 24 was a curious automotive display — the hall of hopping, ground-scraping
It was carnage aplenty at the second annual Enzed Stadium Jetsprints, which took place at ASB Baypark in Tauranga over the weekend over January 24–26. The
Orewa Overload The Hibiscus Rodders’ Orewa Beach Festival has been growing steadily over the last few years, but the January 2015 event took things to an
With time attack trends taking the world by storm, and the likes of ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddett’s Japan-based drift car HUMBUL wearing the time attack
I’m here with opinion, and opinion I’ll parade. I’m sure we all have our own winners from the weekend and what really placed as the best
Hidden deep within the suburban sprawl that is the North Shore of Auckland is the headquarters of one of the hardest-working drift teams in New
An RX-7 built for street, show and drag racing, but most of all, skids! Most of us will remember our first performance car, a vehicle
Long before the first purpose-built racing facility was constructed, Kiwi speed freaks competed in hill climbs, on beaches, or on oval horse-racing tracks. Hill climbs
“It’s hard to know when Laurence Mahony’s collection started and equally hard to know when, or if, it’s ever going to stop!” Nestled under
Before the internet was around, finding your next project was sometimes a bit of a mission. It involved scouring the various papers, followed by plenty
The owner of this 1967 Impala picked the car up locally but un-VINed around four years ago. With the body straight but tired, the first
From plus Ts to smashed quarter panels, this S14 has lived a role as a drifter, but is now taking on a new lease on
While there’s no denying that Wellington’s Paul Boden is a Chev man through and through, he’s a firm believer that your taste buds can alter
Michael Keen wants street-legal low nine-second quarter-miles, and now he has just the car to do it It’s not often that someone manages to secure
It’s hard to know exactly when Feathers’ love of cars began. While racing stock cars in the ’70s, he was involved with building the Huntly
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