Australian drag racing will continue to be on free to air television for 2014 with Sydney production house AVE and ANDRA again committing to a partnership that will see shows on SBS Speedweek, Speed Channel and available online.
The Outlaw Nitro Funny Car and Pro Street extravaganza at Sydney Dragway was a barnstormer, even if we had to wait a extra day! Check out the event in all its wheel-standing and tyre smoke glory with this photo gallery. The biggest gathering of Nitro Funny Cars ever seen in Australia with 13 of the Outlaw Nitro variety put on a clinical display of side by side Nitro passes. American star Ron Capps driving the “LA Hooker” looked to have the goods on the field early on before Rick Gauci stepped up in the Nitro Express ’57 with a record breaking 5.69 taking the victory on ET countback in the final round. The APSA Pro Street Grand Finals were also held in conjunction with the Outlaw Nitro event, the Pro Street guys and girls put on a another awesome display with their abuse of horsepower. Final results were: Outlaw Extreme – Sean Mifsud over Steve Petrovski Outlaw 10.5 – Matt Grubisa over Rob Coleman Outlaw Radial – Drago Nikodijevic over Perry Bullivant Factory Xtreme – Scott Porter over Joe Signorelli X275 – Shane Baker over Rod Born Pro Street Blown – Steven Athans over Dom Luppino Pro Street Unblown – Fred Solieman over Chris Stevermuer Mod Street Blown – Joe Gauci over Matthew McCarthy Mod Street Unblown – Dan Sharban over Kon Michaloudakis True Street – Janelle Scott over Carolyn Tzortzas Top Sportsman – Steven Fowler over Marco Tolomeo Check out the mammoth gallery below courtesy of CacklingPipes.com, Blacktrack.com.au and Joe Maday.
The 2013 drag racing season at Hidden Valley Drag Strip was celebrated this month at the annual awards dinner.
It is with great sadness we announce the tragic passing of QLD Modified racer Athol “Jake” Jacobsen following a truck accident last Monday.
There were a few surprises at the last Adelaide Street Meet, check out our gallery courtesy of Mark Cuffe (DragsSA.com).
If you have been living on another planet you may have missed several major World Records cop an absolute bashing in the last few weeks. Both ET records for blown and turbo doorslammers along with the Rotary record have been abused.
Following yet another successful year the JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series is set to return in 2014. Warwick Dragway will host the first round of the 2014 series, which will also travel to Willowbank Raceway, Benaraby Raceway and Ironbark Raceway across the year.
From 2014 drag racers who call Willowbank Raceway ‘home’ will have the chance to compete for the Queensland Drag Racing Championships with the facility’s board today announcing the new name for what has previously been known as the Willowbank Raceway Track Championship.
The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car Extravaganza might have happened a day later than expected after a weather interrupted Saturday but the racing was red-hot for with Sydney-racer Rick Gauci driving the ‘Nitro Express’ ’57 Chev to victory over the international competition.
Forget about making barbeque utensils or letterboxes in Industrial Arts classes at school, Miller High School built a drag car!
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