Men's Health Australia

SPEED MACHINE

“This car, truly, is a marvel of engineering and a missile of sheer pace”

WHEN I THINK about all the times I’ve tried and failed to hit 300km/h, it’s not the fact that I nearly died in the attempt that sticks with me, it’s how thrillingly alive I felt.

There was Conrod Straight

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