Last Sunday nitro filled the air on a glorious day at Sydney Dragway, it was a Graeme Cowin hosted test day for the next crop of Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars and drivers to hit the strip in preparation for November’s extravaganza.

Following the recent news of Ford pulling out of John Force Racing comes another blow for the 15 time champ with the announcement Castrol will also exit at the end of 2014.