Local drag racers will fire their first shots of anger for 2015 at Willowbank Raceway this weekend when the first round of the Street Series hits the track on Saturday (31 January).

Young gun Shane Weston stunned everyone at Perth Motorplex almost 12 months ago when he shot to the top of the Top Alcohol field to secure the number one qualifier ahead of 16-time champion Gary Phillips in the 2014 Pro Showdown.

Mark Sheehan’s brand new state of the art canopy Top Fuel dragster, the first of its kind in Australia, has landed on our shores. 

The first chance to blow away New Year cobwebs at Sydney Dragway for racers came in the form of a Full Throttle Friday, the event was a little subdued entry wise but still packed plenty of pedal to metal action.

Lucas Oil’s Matt Forbes has kicked off his Australian Super Gas title defence with a win on the weekend at the opening round of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series at Fuchs South Coast Raceway in Portland, Victoria. 

Gary Halpin was on the verge of achieving his first seven second pass last Friday night at Sydney Dragway when it all went to hell for the little Datsun coupe.

Two years ago, Reece Fish and Fish Family Racing ventured into the field of Top Fuel Dragster racing. Fish, who still holds New Zealand’s fastest street legal record, purchased the Bob Shepherd rail out of Australia and woke the sleeping drag racing fans from days of yonder. Suddenly, New Zealand drag racing fans had something new to get excited about.