TOP FUEL RETURNS TO VICTORIA FOR THE TWILIGHT NATIONALS AND XPRO NITRO FUNNY CAR IGNITES WILLOWBANK IN JANUARY
18 November 2025
The National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) has today announced two major additions to the 2026 calendar.
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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.
The 2024/25 PDRC Pro Stock Motorcycle season delivered some of the strongest fields and most competitive racing we’ve seen in recent years. With full fields at every round, the class showcased incredible depth and continued growth as teams across the board stepped up their game to close the performance gap. The result was a season filled with tight racing, quick ETs, and multiple riders vying for the top spot.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing heads to this Saturday’s Nitro Nationals (November 8) at Sydney Dragway fresh from a complete rebuild following the prolonged fire at Dragway at The Bend’s Spring Nationals a month ago.
With just three sleeps to go until the DRAG All Bike Nationals presented by Harley Davidson at Dragway at The Bend at Dragway at The Bend, up and coming Junior Drag Bike racer Riley Kilvington is hoping to continue a fantastic start to his 2025/2026 season.
The 2025 Pro Mod Drag Racing Season was nothing short of spectacular. With 29 racers taking part across the country in the Championship, this year firmly established Pro Mod as one of the most exciting and fastest-growing classes in Australian drag racing. The field was stacked with incredible talent and an awe-inspiring mix of machinery — from thunderous supercharged beasts to precision-tuned turbocharged machines and hard-hitting nitrous-powered sedans. Every round delivered edge-of-your-seat racing and unforgettable performances.
The two-wheeled stars of the ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship are counting down the days until next week’s DRAG All Bike Nationals presented by Harley Davidson at Dragway at The Bend, which for the first time is a points-paying round for the ANDRA Series’ New Gen Business Park Junior Drag Bike, Ballistic Performance Parts Modified Bike), and New Gen Business Park Competition Bike racers.
2025 Winternationals Champion Rob Harrington is stepping up his program to hopefully include more competition in 2026.
The Randy Meyer Racing Team is proud to announce the addition of Australian drag racing standout Cheyne Phillips to its 2025 driver lineup for the NHRA Nevada Nationals, taking place October 31–November 2 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Phillips will make his highly anticipated U.S. debut behind the wheel of the GUNK Dragster, joining teammate McKenna Bold, who will also be competing for the team at the event in her rookie season.
Edge Mallis and Cheryl ‘MsVRod’ Beddoes will be ones to watch at the upcoming All Bike Nationals at Dragway at The Bend, which will be a part of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship for New Gen Business Park Junior Drag Bike, Ballistic Performance Parts Modified Bike), and New Gen Business Park Competition Bike.
John Zappia wheeled his FUCHS Lubricants/Summit Racing Equipment backed Monaro to victory at the Adelaide Jamboree in Outlaw Pro Modified, defeating Johnny Ricca in the final round after Ricca red-lit by one-thousandth of a second.
The new 15th Edition Aeroflow Performance Catalogue is here and in stock at Aeroflow HQ. The catalogue packed with all the good stuff is also available from Aeroflow dealers country-wide.
The biggest radial tyre showdown in Australia is underway, with Radial Riot igniting Willowbank Raceway as part of the Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series.
Every so often, a racetrack comes along that resets the bar. Right now, that place is The Bend Dragway in South Australia. Still the newest facility in Australian drag racing, it’s fast earning a reputation as the country’s ultimate benchmark — smooth, quick, and record-breaking.
Just outside Ipswich in South-East Queensland, the first soil was turned in 1982 for what would become Willowbank Raceway. Forty years on, the pioneers who helped build it and the racers who continue the drag racing tradition today came together for a special race meet — a celebration and reflection on how far the venue has come.
Forty years on from its groundbreaking debut at the US Nationals, the iconic Aussie Raider is back. Today, that legacy lives on with the reveal of the 2025 Aussie Raider livery, a bold recreation of the original Funny Car that captured international attention in the 1980s.
More than 20,000 fans packed into Dragway at The Bend across three massive days for the Spring Nationals, which hosted the Pro Drag Racing Championship (PDRC) Grand Final and decided the national titles for Pro Mod, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
There was SPRY Spring Nationals action aplenty at Dragway at The Bend for the final day of round four of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Series on Sunday.
The countdown is on to the return of ANDRA drag racing at Sydney Dragway, with more details of the newly named ANDRA Drag Racing Masters on January 24, 2026, now available.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing rolled out at Dragway at The Bend on Friday to much fanfare courtesy of their striking livery promoting the Snap-on Socket to Breast Cancer campaign, but sadly, this would be the highlight of their weekend.
Huge day of action at Dragway at The Bend includes milestone-smashing performances for Connor McClure, John Ricca – more to come Sunday
The SPRY Spring Nationals at Dragway at The Bend is well underway, with day one at Dragway at The Bend now complete.
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