Drag Challenge
Everything you need to know about Street Machine Drag Challenge:
Everyone has an opinion on what constitutes a street car, and the quicker the cars get the more intense the argument becomes; how do you decide what’s street and what’s not?
So in 2014 we took a leaf out of Hot Rod’s book and created our own version of their iconic Drag Week – we call it Street Machine Drag Challenge. It’s the toughest test for street cars in the country.
Our next event is Drag Challenge 2023, 9 October to 14 October.
When is Drag Challenge 2023?
- Oct 9 - Check in - The Bend Dragway
- Oct 10 - Day 1 - The Bend Dragway
- Oct 11 - Day 2 - Sunset Strip Mildura
- Oct 12 - Day 3 - Heathcote Park Raceway
- Oct 13 - Day 4 - South Coast Raceway
- Oct 14 - Day 5 - The Bend Dragway
7.56-second VK Commodore: LSFKNX
Riccardo Pontonio's 1600hp VK Commodore made a stonking debut at Drag Challenge 2019
Drag Challenge GQ Patrol versus Barra-powered Datsun 1600
Joe Ordon has built what'll probably be the quickest street-driven Nissan Patrol in the world! And it has survived Drag Challenge Weekend
Gassed AU XR8 Falcon takes on Drag Challenge
Ji and Tim Ackland threw old-school, tunnel-rammed nitrous goodness into an AU Falcon streeter to tackle Drag Challenge
Street Machine Drag Challenge 2023 is headed to The Bend!
This year's Drag Challenge will span South Australia and Victoria!
XF Falcon sleeper cracks the eight-second zone
Shane Neumann turned his dad’s ute from an original stocker into a eight-second Barra-powered weapon
8-second Barra-powered XR Falcon ute
Peter Nusser's XR ute packs 1250 horses' worth of turbo-Barra hell, and it's headed straight for Drag Challenge
Stealth Mode: VR Commodore is not what it seems
Think this VR Commodore is rocking a good ol' five-o Holden donk? Think again...
The epic tale of Drag Challenge 2022/23
After a three-year lay-off, the full five-day Drag Challenge finally returned, with nearly 140 entrants subjecting their cars to the ultimate drag-and-drive odyssey
Video: 1000hp, seven-second K24-powered Toyota Celica
Brendon’s K24-swapped Celica runs low eights in the Tuff Mounts 235 tyre class at Drag Challenge 2022/3
Turbo V6-powered VB Commodore cracks the eight-second zone
Josh Grant’s Drag Challenge-proven VB Commodore proves Ecotec V6s are no joke
Holden-powered VN SS wins GJ Drivelines Outlaw Aspirated at Drag Challenge
Michael Ryder dominated his class at DC22/23, bonnet disaster and all!
Kool Wrap 235 Aspirated results at Drag Challenge 2022/23
Donnie Zurcas's Capri came out on top of a super-tight Kool Wrap 235 Aspirated class at Drag Challenge 2022/23 ahead of another Capri and VF Valiant
Chris Kaarsberg’s LX Torana wins at Street Outlaws Queensland
Drag Challenge veteran chalks up a rare win for Australia against the touring Street Outlaws crew
Video: Eight-second Barra turbo F100
Ryan O’Donohue’s flying brick dominated Speed Pro Six Cylinder at Drag Challenge 2022/23
Speed Pro Six-Cylinder big hitters at Drag Challenge
Eight-second inline action galore!
Video: Barra-swapped LC Torana takes on Drag Challenge
We follow the adventures of Tassie-based mates Darby Hamilton and Mark Whitla, as they put Darby's wild Barra-powered LC Torana to the test at Street Machine Drag Challenge 2022/23
Eight-second Barra-swapped VF Valiant
Warwick Meldrum has cracked the eight-second barrier in his controversial Val
Crusty budget-built ZB Fairlane at Drag Challenge
Dan Young and his mates cruised through DC in this sweet Windsor-powered barge
Rod Jones's '33 Ford runs 10s at Drag Challenge 2022/23
Rod achieved his 10-second dreams with a brace of PBs on DC
Rear-mount turbo LS Chrysler Sigma wins Tuff Mounts 235 blown
Like a lot of DC competitors, Dominic Pelle comes equipped with turbo LS power – except he’s chucked it in a 1978 Chrysler Sigma
Turbo L98-powered R31 Nissan Skyline Silhouette at Drag Challenge 2022/23
Anthony Burns rebuilt the poor Borgy in his brutal R31 five times over DC
Video: Drag Challenge 2022/23 day five
The shuddering climax of the long-awaited 2022/23 Drag Challenge event
Drag Challenge 2022/23 the winners!
The winners of an epic week of drag-and-drive action have been locked in!
Video: Drag Challenge Heathcote day four
Drag Challenge returns to Heathcote Park Raceway for some killer night racing