Adam Marchant and the Marchant Family Racing Team didn’t get their Nitro Champs campaign off to the most auspicious of starts but recovered to set a new national record in the end.

Rumour has it that one of Australia’s most successful Group 3 race cars will be seen in the for sale columns in the very near future as a roller.

Many people would know Jamie Robertson as a regular on the Thursday night chat on Dragnews but now he is taking the big step from keyboard warrior to a seeing how the other half live by becoming a racer.

Claiming a new national speed record in Top Alcohol Funny Car was just the icing on the cake for Gary Phillips after his Sydney Nitro Champs campaign netted the fifteen time champion a finals berth along with quickest elapsed time (5.471) and top speed (261.07mph) bonus points for the meeting.