ABOUT THE JUDGES
Mark Sanders
Mark has built 3 Street Machine Magazine featured vehicles, the “Heatseeker “ HK Monaro & the “RPM “ LX Torana - twice. These cars were cutting edge & innovative when unveiled & feature in Street Machine’s Top 60 cars of the last 30 years. Mark tells it like it is. His favourite saying is. “Run what you brung but make sure you brung plenty”
Mark Tarabay
This Mark is from the new school. He’s helped his twin brother Ronnie build a God of Autosalon Mazda RX7. Has built his own God of Autosalon Nissan Silvia S15 “Sublime” which you might have seen win awards at Motorex this year and he’s been the chief judge of the Autosalon show series for the last 3 years. He’s a quiet achiever that knows a lot more about cars & judging than you think.
Shane Soutter
Shane is both Old & New School. Being the senior member of the judging panel he’s been building award winning cars for over 30 years. Starting with XY GT’s when they were new to his current stable of award winning Nissan Skyline GTRs & a 180SX. (PURESX) Shane has judged in many shows & had all of his cars featured in Hot 4’s, Fast Fours, HPI, Motive DVD’s etc & recently starred in “Blood Sweat & Gears” on Foxtel.
Geof Tartoosie
The owner of Extreme Auto Expo. If there is a tie after the judges have added their results and after consulting with other recognized experts at the show, it’s Geof’s job to pick the winner.
