Street Machine

LONG WAY DOWN

THE crazies in Street Machine Drag Challenge’s aspirated classes are some of the toughest nuts out there. Rocking old-school carbies, big converters and thumping exhausts, they attempt to drag their mechanical monsters through our DC rolling torture chamber for five days straight.

Darwin local Dave Carpenter was a new entrant at the 2023 event. Having followed along as a spectator several times, he decided it was the year he and his Camaro would do it for real. “I just thought, ‘Bugger it, I’m not waiting any

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