SURVIVING Street Machine Drag Challenge can be a pretty tough ordeal, especially when you’re running single-digit ETs, and the typical racer might spend years building their car to handle the drag-and-drive torture test. Danny Howe and the Riot Lab crew did things a bit differently, putting together what we’re pretty sure is Australia’s first turbo Godzilla-powered streeter on an incredible 10-week turnaround.
Danny’s last feature car was his epic VN SV89 tribute (, Jun ’23), but before that, his Barra turbo XE ute appeared in our May ’21 mag. That unassuming, 1000hp S-Pack inspired Danny to hunt down a matching sedan, so he started scouring the web, but it turned out neat S-Packs are a bit harder to find now than when he bought the ute in 2017. “Gumtree had a few XEs for sale, but because Sierra Tan
