Drag Challenge Weekend is going to rock South East Queensland, 27-29 November!
North Queensland is set to have another quarter-mile drag racing facility with the news that the Drive It NQ group have been allocated $10 million in funding from the Queensland State Government.
We are all set to release our 50th issue of Drag News Magazine later this week, featuring our ‘Fast 50’ list of influential and proactive Australian drag racers, administrators, officials and more.
Queensland Pro Slammer racer Steven Ham did not take long to make an impact on radial tyres, recording Australia’s fastest ever speed on radials over an eighth-mile.
South Australian racer Bryan Finn has turned what was supposed to be a one-off trip to Alice Springs Inland Dragway for the Al Stainer Memorial into a full-on assault on the ASID Track Championship.
Craig Hodge took out consecutive Red CentreNATS victories recently by claiming the 9 Second Heavy Hitter bracket at Alice Springs Inland Dragway on September 6.
When Darren Mallison took out the Pro category at Red CentreNATS earlier this month on debut, he did so with a winning margin of just 0.011 over runner-up Craig Hodge.
Queensland remains the place to be right now if you want to go drag racing in Australia, with Palmyra Dragway playing host to the Sugar City Powerfest over the weekend.
The shock news of Coca-Cola ending an 18 year naming-rights partnership with the NHRA’s professional drag racing series has created much comment, but perhaps the most interesting remarks so far have come from Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis.
In a seismic announcement, the NHRA has said that it will be taking legal action against long-time naming-rights sponsor Coca-Cola, who will be withdrawing their sponsorship from the organisation.
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