The 2012 Winter warm ups didn’t quite live up to the hype thanks mostly to mother nature sending some small showers over the track on Saturday and then dropping almost 50mm of rain overnight on the Willowbank Raceway facility.

The late Mick Atholwood – a legend of the sport of drag racing in Australia – will be honoured at Willowbank Raceway’s Fuchs Winternationals with a special memorial trophy to be awarded to the Top Fuel winner.

Former Top Doorslammer champion Ben Bray’s driving services aren’t just in demand in the Team Bray outfit, with the 28 year old spending plenty of time this season driving the Karl Hammoud-owned Factory Xtreme Toyota.

Like his name sake Muhammad, Michael Ali has a desire to be the greatest. It’s going to be a one on one drag racing dust up come the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway on June 8-11 and the championship title will be there for the taking.