Daniel and Lisa Gregorini’s Top Doorslammer season has been far from perfect — they would acknowledge as much — but the turnaround for Scratch & Match Motorsport has begun in earnest thanks to some positive results at the recent East Coast Nationals at Sydney Dragway.
Father and son Ian and Kobe Ashelford are ready to take on this weekend’s All Bike Nationals (October 10) at Dragway at The Bend, a vital points-scoring opportunity for the two-wheeled racers of both the ANDRA Regional Sportsman Series and the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC).
Izzy Woolcock made her Nitro Voodoo Junior Drag Bike debut as part of a dual entry campaign at the recent Mildura City Council Sunset Nationals, not only successfully gaining her bike licence, but also claiming a first-round win while clocking personal bests on every single pass.
Lamattina Top Fuel Racing endured a challenging weekend at the Haltech East Coast Nationals, with a series of setbacks ultimately bringing the event to a difficult close, but the team remains firmly in control of the Top Fuel championship standings.
Steve Read has run the quickest pass of his Top Fuel comeback, a 4.037-second, 471.28kph effort in the final Top Fuel run of the Haltech East Coast Nationals.
Fresh off his previous historic round win at the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals Sydneysider Emilio Spinozzi doubled down and won the Haltech East Coast Nationals at his home track Sydney Dragway last weekend. Spinozzi sped the Terra Civil Chevelle to back-to-back round wins in hot and humid conditions and in front of a big crowd along the way earning the Top Doorslammer Championship points lead in the process.
ANDRA is pleased to announce that Extreme Bike will officially join the ANDRA Regional Sportsman Series for the first time, beginning at the All Bike Nationals at Dragway at the Bend on October 10.
For Rob Ashman, chasing an ANDRA Christmas Tree was never really about the trophy, and when the South Australian Drag Racers Association Super Street racer finally claimed his first at the weekend’s Mildura City Council Sunset Nationals, it was his late father Dennis he was thinking of.
After a huge program on Saturday, Sunday morning at Sydney Dragway brought the Haltech East Coast Nationals to a close with an exciting program of Aeroflow Sportsman Championship racing, delivering both NDRC Christmas Trees and critical results ahead of the racers’ upcoming penultimate rounds (All Bike Nationals and Southern Sportsman Slam on October 10).
The Haltech East Coast Nationals has delivered a reshaped NDRC title picture across its five Group 1 brackets, with BLAHST Top Fuel now set for a three-way fight between Phil Lamattina, Damien Harris, and Wayne Newby at the season finale; XPRO Nitro Funny Car leader Josh Leahy surviving stern challenges; Top Doorslammer gaining a new championship leader in Emilio Spinozzi; Pro Stock’s Rob Dekert and Omar Sedmak deadlocking at the top; and Pro Mod champion Zoran Gajic extending his advantage.
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