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In news that will resonate well beyond Victoria, it has been announced that Heathcote Park Raceway will return under new ownership, marking a major boost for Australian drag racing.
Sydney Dragway turned back the clock with Bangers & Mash, polishing up the nostalgia drag racing scene in style. The event paid tribute to the pioneers and eras that shaped the sport, with wheelstanding gassers, nitro-charged funny cars and altereds lighting up the track. Off-track, chrome bumper classics, flame-throwing cacklers and rock ’n’ roll vibes kept the old school spirit alive for one unforgettable day at the strip.
The first ANDRA Christmas Trees of 2026 have been hoisted in celebration as round six of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship – the South Coast 660 at South Coast Raceway – came to a close Saturday Jan 3rd.
ANDRA drag racers have turned it on under beautiful blue skies at South Coast Raceway today for the first day of ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship competition for 2026.
IHRA and Hidden Valley Drag Strip have announced a sanctioning partnership foe the next 3 years.
After successfully licensing at the South Coast Nationals, Lachlan Walker will take the next step in his drag racing career at this weekend’s South Coast 660, stepping up from Junior Dragster to New Gen Business Park Supercharged Outlaws.
Benny Philips will open the New Year with the January 2/3 South Coast 660 at South Coast Raceway, and the continuation of a pursuit he has been on for many years – to win an ANDRA Christmas Tree at the Portland venue for his late Nana, Heather.
After campaigning short wheelbase blown alcohol altereds and funny cars, Darren Fry has gone against the Pro Alcohol grain, switching up his DSFab operation to take on the new NDRC season with a record-holding dragster.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to confirm that all racers at the upcoming ANDRA Drag Racing Masters will be competing for prestigious Gold ANDRA Christmas Trees.
PMS Race Cars dropped a few teaser photos of yet another new Camaro Pro Mod heading to Australia.
The ANDRA Drag Racing Masters, which will mark ANDRA’s official return to Sydney after a number of years on January 24th, is quickly gaining momentum.
Ray Oxley is stepping confidently into the next chapter of his racing career, locking in a brand new Wally Stroupe built GXP for the 2026 season and the years ahead.
Junior Dragster racer Ava Walker has broken through for not only her first ANDRA Christmas Tree at the weekend’s South Coast Nationals, but also the first for the Walker Family Racing team.
While Saturday at South Coast Raceway may have been decidedly soggy at times, Sunday saw the 165+ ANDRA Regional Sportsman Racers greeted by perfect sunny weather conditions for the final day of the South Coast Nationals.
The 2024 South Coast Nationals is the event that set Adrian McGrotty on his path to the 2024/2025 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Super Gas Championship.
A new drag strip at Perth Motorplex has been given the green light, with the successful tenderer awarded the contract to construct the $4.97 million project in time for the start of the 2026/27 drag racing season.
Shane Baxter is one of more than 165 ANDRA drag racers counting the sleeps to this weekend’s South Coast Nationals – round six of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship.
The ANDRA AGM for financial year 2024/2025 was conducted last Friday afternoon (21 November), with a large contingent of members present in person and online.
Daniel ‘Pazzo’ Nunziante is no stranger to Radial and Pro Street records, but his new twin-turbo Fox Body 275 radial Mustang came with its fair share of early curve-balls. Now, with the bugs sorted, Pazzo is back in full swing — and he’s knocking down records, not just Australian records, but World records.
The anticipation is over with one of the wildest machines seen on Australian drag strip is back.
The National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) has today announced two major additions to the 2026 calendar.
It has been a somewhat tumultuous year for the Queensland Drag Racing Championship. Over half the events to date finished with out much of result due a luckless run with the weather, this weekend (Nov 14) the teams shape up for season’s Grand Final which will be in support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
2025 Street Machine Magazine Drag Challenge criss-crossed the southern states once again with record entries fronting up for the epic five day drag racing adventure.
The Sydney Dragway NSW Championship has been powering along, with rounds five and six wrapped up over the past couple of months — now it’s all building toward the big finish, with the penultimate round set to hit the track this weekend.
The 2024/25 NDRC season came to a thunderous close at the Nitro Nationals where Lamattina Top Fuel Racing (LTFR) wrapped up a year of power, passion and promise in front of a packed Sydney Dragway crowd.
In sweltering conditions in front of a huge Sydney Dragway crowd, Hydraulink Jim Read Racing was second quickest in qualifying before going on to win the Nitro Nationals C-Final on Saturday evening (November 8), all while having to basically re-learn their Top Fuel dragster.
Over 240 entrants rolled into 13220 Motorsports Warwick Dragway for the annual 1/8th Mile Dragfest — one of the biggest short-track drag racing events in the country.
The DRAG All Bike Nationals presented by Harley Davidson has hosted plenty of exciting two-wheeled action at Dragway at The Bend Saturday November 8, including points-paying racing for the bike brackets of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship.
It was billed as a one-day NDRC spectacular full of nitro mayhem and the Nitro Nationals presented by PW Brakes and Racer Industries at Sydney Dragway well and truly delivered Saturday, November 8.
The NDRC’s Nitro Nationals, presented by PW Brakes and Racer Industries, will ensure this Saturday November 8 at Sydney Dragway is packed full of nitro mayhem with the finals of the Top Fuel and XPRO Nitro Funny Car Championships.
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