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20 May, 2023
Hot Nissan in award finals
CAIRNS electrician Aron Ritchie is a finalist in the Milwaukee 2023 Young Street Machine of the Year competition.
His Nissan Silvia S15 is one of 16 finalists in the competition.
The shortlisted entrants are from Sydney, Regency Downs, NSW Central Coast, Wodonga, Cairns, Newcastle, Hobart and even Barmedman in country NSW.
Street Machine editor Andrew Broadley said there was “a smoking hot array of hand built, high-horsepower, tyre-torturing machines that were all built by entrants aged 16-24”.
He said there were now 10 days of voting until the national winner was announced on Friday, June 2.
“This is the second year of the Milwaukee Young Street Machine of the Year Competition, and we’ve been blown away by the quality of entries,” Mr Broadley said.
“We’re encouraging every red-blooded Aussie motoring enthusiast and Street Machine aficionado to get in there and vote for the winner,” he said.
Finalists include eight Fords, three Holdens, two Nissans, two Chryslers and one Toyota.
Mr Ritchie said he bought his S15 four years again when he was 17. He’s now 22.
“When I bought it, it was completely stock with the only thing that wasn’t factory being the head unit. I have since changed everything,” he said.
“I have tried to do as much as I could myself as I don’t have the budget as most people and the majority of the modifications were done when I was an apprentice.”
Mr Ritchie said it now had a RB26 forged engine from a Nissan 33 GTR, a CD009 gearbox from a Nissan 350-Z, a custom tail-shaft, air suspension and finished with with his favourite 326Power 3D star body and lip kit.
The winner will be featured in Street Machine and will take home a $2500 cash prize.
Voting is open via www.whichcar.com.au, or click the following link from our online edition: https://bit.ly/3o8kNGJ One lucky voter will also win $2500.
