CHRIS GENTER

Machine: FROM HELL, 1981 VC COMMODORE Engine: 515CI CHEVY BIG-BLOCK, 8/71 BLOWER

CHRIS Genter and his wife Kirsten have gradually stepped up their game over the past few years. The young parents from Albury, NSW debuted their FROM HELL VC as a cruiser at Summernats 26 with a blown, injected Holden 355 in it. Now it’s sporting a Powerhouse-built 515ci big-block along with all the juicy fruit. “The sport’s evolving, so you’ve got to evolve with it,” Chris says. “This car’s been on fire, it’s been into walls, but it’s still competitive.” In order to step things up yet again, Chris and Kirsten are currently building a 2002 GTO Monaro. Envisioned as the perfect advertisement for their growing Genter Race Fabrications business, it’ll be fixin’ to compete for Summernats Grand Champion before it ever chucks a skid. “We are going all-out with this Monaro,” Kirsten says. “I’d say we’re going to be very precious about skidding it when we finally get it done!”

“It’s hard to explain the attraction with burnouts,” Chris says, “but I s’pose the main things I love about it are the rush you get from it and the friends you make all over the country”