In 2025 the HD & HR Holden Nationals are going to Stanthorpe, in the heart of the Southern Downs and Granite Belt in Queensland. Your hosts, the Queensland HD & HR Holden Club Inc., have gone above and beyond for this one – partly because our last one was riddled with COVID-19 restrictions and the early lockdown, but mostly to make absolutely sure everyone who comes has a brilliant experience and goes home with a huge smile on their face and some sweet trophies in their suitcase.
We're bringing a couple of new things to NATS2025, starting with a snazzy online information and sign-up system. Of course, if you’re reading this in print form you may not have seen it yet, but trust us it’s bloody awesome! To get there you can scan the QR code to the right (it’s also in the invitation bag) or type nats2025.com.au into a web browser on your phone, tablet or computer. You’ll find all the info in this handout is over there as well as the online entry form you can fill out right on your phone.
Another valuable addition to the Nats we're adding, tied in with the online sign-up, is the electronic payment system, powered by Square. Our Club has been using it for a few years and it’s proven fast, reliable and (above all) safe. It’s also very easy to use. Tied to that is Afterpay/Clearpay which will give you the opportunity to pay the entry fee total off in multiple payments. Times are tough all over the country at the moment, we're all feeling it, so if you want to bring the entire family along and shout them dinner and a shirt then hold our beer, we've got your back. These electronic payment options are only available if you sign up online. After you submit your form, you'll be sent an invoice upon which you'll find the electronic payment options.
As long as we’re talking about money, hold on to your hats...we're bringing the price of entry to NATS2025 back down. We’ve set the price of a NORMAL entry (i.e. all 3-days) at an affordable $165. What’s that? That’s not good enough? OK then what about this – EARLY BIRD pricing for the NORMAL entry!
Yep, sign up and pay for all 3-days of NATS2025 before 6/1 0 /24 , and your entry fee is going to be just $150. Don't worry, we're not skimping and you won't be missing out on anything, we've just worked our tails off to get some very lucrative sponsorships behind us for this event and are absorbing that discount into the costs. And, yes, it’s to encourage you all to sign-up early rather than leaving it until the last minute so it ultimately helps all of us.
What else have we got? Oh yeah, we've only got a NEW JUDGING CLASS CATEGORY! In addition to all the usual - Unrestored Original, Restored Original, Era Sports, Modified, Highly-Modified and Rusty Relic - we're introducing a Custom category! We want to help bring back the Great Australian Custom Culture of the past – the days when we'd stick Firebird front ends on our panos, or Ford scoops in our bonnets, basically customise the clacker out of our pride-and-joy – so we're adding Custom into the judging roster. We also recognise that a Rat Rod is a deliberate stylistic choice and can be quite spectacular when taken seriously so we've pulled the 'RATTY' out of 'RUSTY' and made it 'FULL CUSTOM' as well. For a complete run-down of the categories, old and new, and work our where your Iron Lion is going to fit, check out chapter 4, titled ‘NATS2025 JUDGING CLASSES’.
There's more, so much more, we’re packing into this year’s event but, for now, please download the linked information booklet and have a good read, go explore the NATS2025 website, check out the links to our sponsors and, most importantly, start planning your trip to NATS2025 in Stanthorpe!
-The NATS2025 Team
