At just 24 years of age Lachlan Ireland is in prime position to take his first drag racing championship, an achievement many of his older rivals have been seeking for years.

The penultimate round of the Willowbank Raceway track championship took place under clear blue skies on May 19.

  With the Winter Nationals just around the corner Victorian Darren Parker is getting his Jerry Haas Pontiac GXP prepared for the long haul from Melbourne to Willowbank Raceway in Queensland.