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Iain Kelly

Journalist

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Iain (or Marv, as he’s known on the internet) has worked in automotive journalism since 2002, when he was Street Machine’s work experience kid.

He has contributed to a range of titles, focusing mostly on modified late-model cars, street machines and hot rods. Following his time as editor at MOTOR, Marv returned to freelancing in 2014.

He has also worked with Mighty Car Mods to build cars and write two books for them, and authored the 10th anniversary book on the World Time Attack Challenge.

Instagram @aka_marv

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Drag Challenge

Nine-second Holden-powered SL/R Torana at Drag Challenge 2018

Jake Edwards explains how he turned his Summernats dyno-smashing LH Torana into a street machine for Drag Challenge

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Drag Challenge

580hp blown LSA-powered LX Torana at Drag Challenge 2018

Dean Soderblom’s Torana sedan swapped from carby small-block to blown LS and now runs nines

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Drag Challenge

1200hp twin-turbo 430ci VY SS at Drag Challenge 2018

David Best’s 1202rwhp LS Next-powered VY SS went hunting Barras at Drag Challenge 2018

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Drag Challenge

Mid-eight-second Barra-powered Ford Cortina at Drag Challenge 2018

Corey Benning swaps Cleveland V8 for turbo Barra power in his TD Cortina

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Drag Challenge

Eight-second, 1100hp XY Falcon at Drag Challenge 2018

Alex Moshopoulos’s twin-turbo 411ci XY Falcon runs mid-eights but cruises sweet on the street

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Drag Challenge

Twin-turbo 540ci HZ One Tonner at Drag Challenge 2018

Adam Foreman’s HZ One Tonner is new to Drag Challenge but ready to run deep in the single digits

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Drag Challenge

Drag Challenge 2018 – Day Five report & gallery

Australia’s toughest street-car test wraps up for 2018 at Calder Park

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Drag Challenge

Harry Haig’s twin-turbo 540ci HQ sedan at Drag Challenge 2018

Harry Haig’s seven-second ‘Shonky’ SS takes out Turbosmart Outlaw Blown at Street Machine Drag Challenge 2018

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Drag Challenge

900hp, nine-second turbo HQ Kingswood wagon at Drag Challenge 2018

Andrew McQualter turned granddad’s HQ into a nine-second turbocharged monster

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Drag Challenge

Drag Challenge 2018 – Day Four report & gallery

Australia’s toughest street cars return to Swan Hill as the times tumble

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Drag Challenge

Seven-second, 1460hp VL Calais at Drag Challenge 2018

With 1460hp on tap and seven-second slips in the glovebox, Lorenzo Gullotto’s VL Calais is one of the meanest street cars on Aussie roads

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Drag Challenge

Drag Challenge 2018 – Day Three report & gallery

Drag Challenge competitors do battle with the Mildura Sunset Strip eighth-mile

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Drag Challenge

Drag Challenge 2018 – Day Two report & gallery

The Drag Challenge circus rolls on to Swan Hill as the competition heats up

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Drag Challenge

Blown big-block HZ panel van at Drag Challenge 2018

Ryan Ford’s supercharged big-inch tribute to HDT’s workshop van certainly turned some heads at DC 2018

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Drag Challenge

Tray-mount turbocharged big-block HJ ute at Drag Challenge 2018

A tray-mount turbo wakes up the BBC in Tim Sullivan’s former tip-run Holden ute

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Drag Challenge

Drag Challenge 2018 – Day One report & gallery

Day One of Street Machine Drag Challenge 2018 saw well over 200 entrants attack the Calder Park blacktop.

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Features

Rick Galloway's 1974 Ford XB Falcon coupe - FAT XB

Killer lines, a tough Clevo and sweet stance make Rick Galloway's Falcon coupe one FAT XB

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Features

LS1-powered 1998 Holden TF Rodeo

Ash Jones's LS1-powered Holden Rodeo is how all minitrucks should be built

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Drag Challenge

Street Machine Drag Challenge 2017

Scorching heat, driving rain, insect plagues - Street Machine Drag Challenge 2017 was a trial of biblical proportions

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News

Australian tuners are preparing for the Chevrolet Camaro

Aftermarket tuners go gaga for HSV’s V8 invader

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Features

Blown LS1-powered 2002 Holden VY S ute

Joel Burgess built his daily driver into a supercharged 620rwhp brute for relative chump change

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Features

L98-powered Mazda RX-7

The third-generation Mazda RX-7 was one of the best-looking cars to come out of Japan, and Luke Truskinger has improved his with a grumpy L98

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Features

One day in LA - a Los Angeles car culture tour in 24 hours

Iain Kelly enjoys a 24-hour blast around LA's sacred sites

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Features

Jeremy Martin's 4000hp twin-turbo 481X-powered Holden VB Commodore

Jeremy 'Jet' Martin's monster VB Commodore took out the richest drag race in Australian history and this weekend he'll be shooting it out at No Mercy at South Georgia Motorsports Park