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.

A cold and wet morning greeted Fuchs South Coast Raceway for day two of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series opener but that didn’t stop the team of volunteers from having the track race ready by the scheduled 10am start.

Jeff Wilson has been having a tough time trying to tame his Corvette Top Doorslammer, check out what happened at the first Full Throttle Friday of the new year at Sydney Dragway.

The season opening of the newly crowned Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series kicked off on Saturday at Fuchs South Coast Raceway with competitor entries of over 135 fighting for championship points.