Brrrrr!…That would best summise the non event that was Round 4 of the NSW Championships and Sydney Dragway. A cold snap and chilling gusty breeze that brought snow to many parts of NSW also sent track temperature plummeting to levels deemed unsafe by racers and officials causing the cancellation of the event with only a few brackets completing any rounds of eliminations.

The October 20 season opener for the 2012/13 ANDRA Drag Racing Series will see the return of the Pro Stock championship to Adelaide for the first time in over a decade, with a group of local racers keen to show off their skills in front of the South Australian audience.

Phil Parker has been announced as a new member on the ANDRA Board. Parker is the Victoria/Tasmania Division Director and a competitor in the Top Bike category.

Aeroflow Performance Products and the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) are proud to announce that Aeroflow will be the new naming rights sponsor for the ANDRA Sportsman Drag Racing Series.

The Quarter Mile Smile is retired from racing but Bob Shepherd may have to change that moniker as Burnout Bob took to Sydney Dragway’s burnout pad last Wednesday night with doughnuts and heli’s in an attempt to fry and shred a set of steel belts.

In his first visit to Darwin in the Northern Territory in twenty one years, former Top Doorslammer Australian champ, Gary Phillips has claimed his first official Slamfest win last Saturday. With a last minute promoters decision to make the event a quarter mile contest as opposed to the traditional Slamfest eighth mile format, the hungry Darwin crowd were keen to see full track racing, and Phillips was quick to make his mark qualifying third.

The ANDRA Drag Racing Series will see a new team entering the fray in Top Fuel this season with Peter Xiberras’s Sydney-based PremiAir outfit to make its debut with Luke Shepherd doing the driving duties.

The WA Divisional Tech Inspection Day will be held on the 9th of September at Perth Motorplex. Bookings are essential, so to reserve your spot contact WA Division Director Terry Jongen either at westernaustralia@andra.com.au or SMS to 0424 198 400.

Courtney Force has called on Drag News Australia readers to support her campaign to secure the final spot in the $US100,000 TRAXXAS shoot out to be held at the MAC Tools U.S Nationals on September 2nd.

Perth Motorplex has announced the appointment of Dean Neal as the new Drag Racing Manager. Perth Motorplex General Manager, Kevin Prendergast said, “We have great pleasure in welcoming Dean Neal to our team. The Perth Motorplex Team has worked with Dean on various projects and we have no doubt that he will bring some new and diverse skills to the venue”.