LISA HOWIE

Machine: BRN RBA, 1974 HOLDEN LH TORANA Engine: 434CI CHEVY SMALL-BLOCK

Torana-loving Victorian Lisa Howie first skidded onto the scene in her pink LJ, a stout N/A six-cylinder specialist with a worked 173. After a brief stint shredding tyres in an SL/R 5000, the ballsiest mum in Cranbourne then slipped behind the wheel of her mean, green/aquamarine LH, powered by a Shafiroff-built 434 Chev that also breathes naturally and runs on E85. Lisa has a spare big-block that’ll eventually go in it, but for now she’s content with the freshly rebuilt engine package, straightened-up bodywork, and the new wrap that stole the hearts of every Disney fan at Summernats 30! “I put the Frozen wrap on it and I didn’t realise the impact it was going to have,” Lisa says. “Y’know, kids were loving it, fathers and daughters were bonding over it, and I just love that because my husband and our girls have always done car events as a family.” Lisa reckons her husband would prefer it if she wised up and sent the LH down the quarter-mile. “He hates the burnouts,” she laughs. “He thinks it’s absolutely ridiculous. But I guess that’s love for you!”

It’s a positive thing for young females to see Lisa out there smoking it up with the boys, but she’d prefer if she were seen as just another competitor. “I don’t like to make anything of the fact that I’ve got boobs!” she says. “I just like to be out...