This article is part of our 2023 World Time Attack Challenge coverage. 
As the time attack cars roared around Sydney Motorsport Park during day 2 of this year’s World Time Attack Challenge, some of the cleanest street cars in the country were all lined up on the skidpan for what has become a yearly addition to this motorsport festival.
Downshift would present the Shannons’s Stylized show once more, squeezing a 200+ car show in the middle of the WTAC craziness, allowing Australia to showcase our slice of car culture on the international stage.
The show is also a place to relax among the intensity of competition happening on track, whilst still being attention-grabbing eye candy like the rest of World Time Attack Challenge.
The presentation would host a wide range of hand-picked, super clean builds ranging from JDM legends to Street Machine cover cars.
Like any great car show, you’ll easily get distracted by something that catches your eye. I can guarantee no one went around looking at the cars in their parked order (I tried and failed). There’s certainly going to be a car and a style of modifications for everyone.
Although there were plenty of standouts, my personal favourite was this 1973 Datsun 1200. It’s quite uncommon to see a 1200 Coupe, especially one kept as tidy as this, and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one drooling.
Another ’70s JDM classic was Jason Lowe’s Corolla with a 4A-GE up front. The engine swap would be given the ‘Boss Bay’ award among a slew of engine swaps and clean bays at the show.
From a clean engine bay to clean body fabrication, Will Sganga had the widest wheels I’ve ever seen on an S13, and the over fenders to compensate would mean he would take home the ‘Exceptional Bodywork’ award.
Staying in the stance department for a moment, Bayley Cudmore’s Toyota 86 (yes, I know it has a Subaru badge), would be the lowest of them all, winning the coveted ‘Camber Master’ trophy.
However, the ‘Fitment Master’ award would go to Daniel Gounder’s striking DC2 Integra. Gounder Garage would also be named the ‘Best Squad’ of Stylized 2023.
Jason Chau would be awarded the ‘Outstanding Colour’ trophy with the crisp BMW Marrakesh Brown paint applied to his Lexus IS250.
Inside and out, Marvyn Doige’s BMW E21 is a unique build that is damn near perfect, and the interior would once again win the ‘Sharpest Interior’ award. The wildest modification would go to Jaiden Reed’s subwoofer packed, ‘MAZDABASS’ Mazda 121 as Mark Haider’s Toyota Century would be this year’s ‘JDM Hero’.
With so many Japanese builds throughout, it would be difficult to choose the ‘Best Japanese’ build. But it would be given to Zach Barr and his S13 which just oozed 90’s Japanese style.
The Best Euro build would go to Aaron Serrafin’s Mk1 Golf. My favourite detail has to be the subtle window trellis.
There aren’t many Australian built cars at Stylized, but Glenn Tronc’s VE Commodore wagon has plenty of tricks up its sleeve, making us Aussie’s proud, and winning ‘Best Domestic’ at Stylized.
Not many things can beat a Honda in Spoon colours. Mr WTAC himself Ian Baker thought so too, giving Hilal Ibrahim the ‘Baker’s Choice’ award for his second gen NSX that garnered a lot of attention throughout the day.
Shannon’s again sponsored this year’s Stylized show and picked out Dave Fitzsimmons eye-catching Mk1 Escort for the ‘Sponsors Choice’ award.
And finally, the Best of the Best was awarded to Ashraf Sawires and his ‘PNISHER’ 7 second, triple rotor Mazda RX3. 
There were honestly so many cars that deserved accolades for the work that had been put into them, and I wish I had been able to linger around the Stylized show longer. I guess we all wish WTAC went on for a bit longer. Now though, we are just having to wait in anticipation for whatever is cooked up for next year’s WTAC.