LTFR smashed the South Coast Raceway track record not once, but twice over the weekend at the venue’s 20th Anniversary Spectacular. In a handy hit-out ahead of the opening round of the NDRC Top Fuel Championship in a few weeks’ time, the FUCHS Lubricants dragster laid down a blistering 3.33s pass before backing it up with an even quicker 3.261s at 219.41mph, resetting the track benchmark yet again.
Damon Paton made his A-Final debut in the XPRO Nitro Funny Car championship at the 2024/2025 finale back in November, and on January 24, he qualified for his second – this time at the 2026 season opener (Willowbank Raceway’s Pro Alcohol Nationals).
On the eve of the 2026 NSW Championship Series, meet your newly crowned 2025 Sydney Dragway Track Champions, who will return to defend their titles across an eight-round campaign this season.
With ANDRA’s return to Sydney Dragway with the ANDRA Drag Racing Masters now successfully complete, attentions turn to the upcoming final round of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship: the ANDRA Grand Finals at Dragway at The Bend on Saturday April 18.
The first event of the new NDRC season raced out of the blocks this weekend with the biggest entry list in Australian drag racing for 2026 so far seeing 170 racers – including almost 150 sportsman racers – hitting Willowbank Raceway for the opening rounds of the new NDRC XPRO Nitro Funny Car, Pro Alcohol, and Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship title chases.
The inaugural ANDRA Drag Racing Masters have brought the Australian National Drag Racing Association back to Sydney Dragway for the first time in years
Willowbank Raceway is proud to announce the extension of its long- standing sanctioning agreement with the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) extending their agreement for a further 10 years, securing an exciting future for Australian drag racing. As part of this agreement, IHRA will also become the naming rights sponsor of Willowbank Raceway.
Season three of the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) is firing into life this Australia Day weekend at the Pro Alcohol Nationals and it isn’t time for the action to let up yet, with a full day of Pro Alcohol Nationals racing at Willowbank Raceway to come on Sunday 25 January.
Amongst the almost 150 racers heading to Sydney Dragway for this Saturday’s ANDRA Drag Racing Masters, four incredible Pro Stock machines are set to turn heads at the Australia Day weekend event which will mark the return of ANDRA Drag Racing to the NSW venue for the first time in years.
The SDRA, local supporters, a Top Fuel champion, and the NDRC have united to bring Top Fuel back to Mildura
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