{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"All the fun at the Calder Park Drags","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/all-the-fun-at-the-calder-park-drags","audioUrl":"https://anchor.fm/s/6f85c180/podcast/play/114558340/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-26%2F5b581561-9742-3019-5d0d-8d84a9fabdf1.mp3","description":"On this episode of Car Torque, Matty, Ed, Scotty, David, Rob and Jim discuss their latest updates. The guys then discuss going to Calder Park for the Drag Racing and Roll Racing, where Luka took his F6 to see what it would run. The talk about all the interesting cars that were at the drags and then battle it out in the quiz! Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review!Please follow this show on Spotify. 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