PORTLANDER Brent Murray has become the first person in the history of the Red CentreNATS to win the event twice, as he and his 1968 Dodge Dart took out the overall championship in the ninth running of the event just over a fortnight ago.

The Red CentreNATS is an annual competition which takes place in Alice Springs, with participants having to put their cars through the ringer in four separate categories: showcase, drag racing, motorkhana (a test of the car’s handling through a bitumen short course) and a grass track event.