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Glenn Torrens

Journalist

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A life-long car nut, GT has been writing about cars and the lifestyle around them ever since a 1992 photoshoot with his self-built 1956 VW Beetle led to a role with Fast Fours & Rotaries magazine. Six years at Street Machine fuelled his passion for performance cars – especially Aussie ones – and inspired him to conceive Australian Muscle Car magazine. GT has also contributed to other Australian motoring titles including Wheels, MOTOR, Unique Cars and 4X4 Australia. His garage houses road, track and off-road project cars including a Mazda MX-5, a Mitsubishi Pajero and several V8 Commodores – and the ’56 Bug that started it all.

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Drag Challenge

GT's Top 10 - Drag Challenge Weekend 2020

Glenn Torrens picks 10 favourites from Drag Challenge Weekend so far

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Drag Challenge

Nine cars to watch at Drag Challenge Weekend 2020

A bunch of cool rides that have caught our eye on Day One of DCW

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Drag Challenge

632ci big-block HQ Holden One-Tonner at Drag Challenge

Steve Micallef's eight-second HQ one-tonner is the car to beat in the Drag Challenge Outlaw Aspirated ranks

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Summernats

Seven iconic street machines from Summernats 2014 - flashback

New for Summernats 2014 was a display of iconic street machines

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Features

Summernats trophy-winning 1965 Ford Mustang

Want to build a benchmark street machine? Take some hints from Peter Sidoti and his Summernats 33 Street Champion-winning ’65 Mustang

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Features

Interview with retired Holden engineer, Warwick Bryce

Warwick Bryce served at the GM-H coalface for over three decades, helping to develop many of Holden's most beloved engines and associated technology

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Features

Chris Boundy's Holden Torana LC in the build - flashback

Back in July 1995 an airborne Torana graced our cover. Then in 2011 it took a jump into the unknown

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Features

Wayne Grima's 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air - flashback

Wayne Grima built this Summernats Top 20 custom Bel Air before his 20th birthday

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Features

Chev 350-powered 1954 Holden FJ sedan

The curves of an olden Holden and the shrill cry of a blown Chev… Ain’t nature wonderful?

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Drag Racing

Eighth-mile drags at Taree Airport

Street machiners take off at Taree Airport for its first-ever eighth-mile drag meeting

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Features

Holden Commodore VE feature - Development: classic MOTOR

From design to engineering and safety, this is everything you need to know about the development that went into the VE Commodore

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Features

1500hp turbo LS-powered 2008 HSV VE Maloo R8

With a background in tough old-school streeters, Victoria's Mark Attard set about performing some rock-solid traditional tricks in his HSV Maloo build

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Summernats

Blown six-cylinder EH Holden ‘One Tonner’ – Summernats 33

Stephen Muprhy’s wonderfully ratty One Tonner-style EH certainly turned heads at Street Machine Summernats 33

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Summernats

GT’s Top 10 – Summernats 33

Glenn Torrens chooses 10 of his favourite cars from among the 2000 rides at Street Machine Summernats 33

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Summernats

Todd Sorensen’s 1967 Chevrolet Impala wins Summernats 33 Grand Champion

Todd Sorensen edged out a killer field to hold aloft the ’Nats 33 Grand Champ sword for his incredible ’67 Impala

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Drag Challenge

Tuff Mounts LS1 powered Mitsubishi Sigma at Drag Challenge

Jason Waye’s street-legal, 11-second LS1 Sigma ran hard in Tuff Mounts 235 Aspirated at Drag Challenge 2019

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Drag Challenge

Nathan Ghosn - Drag Challenge profile

Sydney racer Nathan Ghosn was a participant at Street Machine’s first Drag Challenge and has participated in every DC event since

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Drag Challenge

Aaron James - Drag Challenge profile

There's something of a sad story behind Aaron James’s 1970 Valiant Regal

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Drag Challenge

Todd Foley - Drag Challenge profile

Melburnian Todd Foley has suffered some of the worst and enjoyed the best of Drag Challenge over the years

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Drag Challenge

Tuff Mounts 235 Aspirated class wrap-up – Drag Challenge 2019

The full rundown of Drag Challenge’s all-motor small-tyre class for 2019

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Drag Challenge

Tuff Mounts 235 Blown class wrap-up – Drag Challenge 2019

The force-fed tiny-tyre crew fight it out for class honours on Day Five of DC 2019

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Drag Challenge

Drag Challenge 2019 Day Four class update – Video

All the action from the Blown, 235 and Six-Cylinder classes as we head into the final day of Drag Challenge 2019

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Features

VL Group A tribute built by prison inmates

This VL Commodore Group A tribute was built by the insiders at NSW’s Junee Correctional Centre. Now it’s finished, you can win it

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Drag Challenge

Eight-second, all-wheel-drive Nissan Silvia coming to Drag Challenge 2019

With an all-wheel-drive transplant to grab some traction, Drag Challenge first-timer Jason Ruby has high hopes for his home-built Nissan Silvia