In 65 days (April 18), Dragway at The Bend will come alive with the ANDRA Grand Finals, a one-day showdown to decide the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship
Lamattina Top Fuel Racing (LTFR) is proud to announce the launch of the all-new LTFR BLAHST Dragster, set to make its competition debut at the upcoming NDRC round at Sunset Strip, Mildura on February 27–28.
BLAHST has been confirmed as the Naming Rights Sponsor of the Australian Top Fuel Championship for 2026 under the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC), marking a major new partnership at the pinnacle of Australian drag racing.
Gulf Western Oil is proud to announce its partnership with emerging Australian drag racing talent Britney Olive, coming on board as her product sponsor for the 2026 NSW Championship Series.
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
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