When the opportunity came up to tour New Zealand and race Nitro Funny Cars, both Anthony Begley and Christine Steffens could not have been more excited.Both teams took the opportunity to not only see some of New Zealand’s famous scenery but also show race fans at Taupo Thunder Dragway what big show nitro cars are all about.

Portland, Victoria plays host to the opening round of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship this weekend and coming into the event with an expanded family team is Modified national champion Craig Baker.

2013 ANDRA Top Fuel champion Darren Morgan has made the shock announcement that he will miss the season opening round in Perth on January 10 and 11, 2014.

Western Australian Competition Bike veteran Kevin Gummow will be making a move into Top Fuel Motorcycle for the opening round of the series at Perth Motorplex on January 10 and 11.

Australian Nitro Funny Car drivers Christine Steffens and Anthony Begley raced in Taupo on Saturday in a rare appearance for big show nitro cars in the land of the long white cloud.

Perth Motorplex played host to jet dragster match racing for the third event in a row on Saturday with the fourth round of the state championship going down alongside.

Modified Bike will see the return of the Nieuwhof family this weekend with Luke Nieuwhof back aboard the family’s 8.2 second 60foot Kawasaki.

The sportsman drag racing category of Super Sedan certainly attracts some different takes on what a drag car is and Western Australian Norbert Claite has begun racing possibly one of the most unique Super Sedans in the country, a nineties model Jaguar.

The ANDRA Board will have a new chairman for 2014 with Michael Fotheringham to take over from Liam Waldron who has decided to relinquish the role.