HOT GOSSIP

MOTOREX POSTPONED

WITH the coronavirus situation in Victoria still looking fairly ordinary, organisers have been left with no choice but to again postpone Meguiar’s Motorex. It’s a bummer, but it certainly ain’t all bad news. The new dates are 6-7 February 2021, which frankly is a much nicer time of year to be out and about in Mexico anyway! Showcars Melbourne’s 10th-anniversary event is happening on 21 February, so it’s going to be a bumper month for Melbourne motorheads. We can’t wait for some semblance of normality to return to Victoria, and we’re sure as hell looking forward to both events.

SEMA CANCELLED

THE Specialty Equipment Market Association has announced the SEMA Show for 2020 is cancelled “due to COVID-19 and concerns that event facilities and services will be unavailable.” You’d have to be living under a rock to not know that the coronavirus situation in the US is significantly worse than it is here in Oz, so the move seemed sadly inevitable. “While both event organisers and industry members have been working tirelessly to deliver an outstanding SEMA Show in November, mounting uncertainty has rendered continuing with the event inadvisable,” SEMA stated in a recent press release. “SEMA expects the decision will bring much-needed clarity to an uncertain picture and will help exhibitors, attendees and partners plan accordingly.”

NEXT!

WE’RE getting towards the pointy end of 2020, which will no doubt come as a relief for some! The November issue of Street Machine is going to be a ball-tearer, with a beaut array of feature cars lined up. We’ll serve you up everything from a delectable Top 60 twin-turbo Torana to a ratty VH Valiant hardtop, but the most exciting part of it all is that we’re heading to Red Centrenats – the first major car festival since the beginning of the end of the world – and we can’t wait to relay the goings-on to you good folk, who have been starved of such content for far too long! The November issue of Street Machine goes on sale 8 October – get you some!