P
ETER Grmusa’s ATRISK XR Falcon
is hands-down one of the most insane
burnout cars in the scene. The specs are
out of this world: 700ci big-block Chev,
giant blower and 2000hp. It has enough
grunt to take a tyre from brand new to a
pile of dust in a matter of seconds; you’ve never
seen a car so violent out on the burnout pad.
ATRISK’s first incarnation won the Summernats
Burnout Championship in 2006 and 2007 and
was on the cover of the February 2008 issue of
Street Machine. In 2013 Peter gave the car abreak from competition so he could revamp it
into its current form; in its place came the EVILXA
Falcon ute, which won the Summernats 26
Burnout Masters. Overhaul complete, ATRISK
was again an SM cover star in February 2014.
Away from Summernats, Pete has won just
about everything there is to win in ATRISK; he
reckons prize money would have to be in the
six-figure range. Jeez! But now that competition
within the burnout scene has gone mad, it’s only
getting harder to win comps, so it’s time to step
it up a notch.It’ll be no surprise to anyone that an XR Falcon
with 2000hp is a bit of a handful to drive, but
Peter reckons it shouldn’t be. “When we built
it we cut out the whole floor and put in solid
rails, so it’s actually really stiff; it’s just a pig to
drive because the front end was never designed
for the kind of engine set-up I have,” he says.
“It’s actually a hot rod front end modified slightly
with parts from here and there. The control arms
started bending from the weight, so we welded
in some reinforcement plates, but it never really
solved the problem.”RISKY BUSINESS
PACKING 2000 HP, PETER GRMUSA’S ALL-CONQUERING XR FALCON SKID RIG, ATRISK, WAS A BIT
OF A PIG TO DRIVE. NOT ANYMORE!
STORY AIDEN TAYLOR PHOTOS CHRIS THOROGOOD