Decry no-prep racing all you want, but it offers up one thing that a lot of fans seem to miss: seeing cars that they know and can identify tear the strip apart. Our time at Redemption 6.0 recently in Tulsa showed this off: Fox Mustangs, trucks, even the Plymouth Roadrunner known as “Hate Tank” could all be easily identified. Sure, some of the cars are teetering right on the thin line of “street car” and some of the fourth-gen Firebirds are probably ex-Pro Stockers, but that’s part of the fun of it all. You knew what kind of car you were seeing…if your eyes were quick enough to keep up as it blasted down the track.

The Australians have that deal on lock, and have done so for years. This Holden Torana is a howler from front to back. The yellow paint screams for attention, the tires shriek against the burnout box, and once that green light comes on, the bullet under that bonnet goes off with thunder. It also looks complete enough that it could potentially hit the streets without an issue, if the driver was intent on doing so. These Oklahoma boys better watch out…sooner or later, we suspect that some Aussie is gonna show up, clean house, and head back a richer man!