Australia – Andy Lopez and Nathan Prendergast, the team behind the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship, have today announced the creation of the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC). The NDRC is the new, unified national championship for drag racing in Australia.
Hard work and persistence have paid off in turning Lamattina Top Fuel Racing’s season around at Sydney Dragway for the 2023 Nitro Champs. Phil Lamattina was the top qualifier with a new personal best ET and finished runner up in the A-Final. Shane Olive earnt two round win lights, culminating in the C-Final win.
Highlights from the latest round of the 2023 Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series being held at Willowbank Raceway on May 4-5.
While the 2023 Nitro Champs might not have gone the way that the Hydraulink Jim Read Racing team might have hoped, the team are steadfast in their commitment to fight to the very end when it comes to the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship.
With a B-Final victory over Wayne Newby at this weekend’s Nitro Champs in Sydney, Peter Xiberras and PremiAir Racing have ensured they are in the box seat to challenge for their third straight national Top Fuel Championship.
This weekend’s Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway – the penultimate round of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship and Australian Drag Racing Championship chase – have ensured the Top Fuel title battle will go down to the wire at next month’s finale in Darwin.
The action at Sydney Dragway’s Nitro Champs – the penultimate round of the 2022/2023 Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship and the Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle – is set to heat up tomorrow (Saturday May 6) following the conclusion of qualifying for these brackets this evening.
Two brand new Factory Xtreme builds have dropped with Sydney Jamboree coming up in just over a week’s time.
The penultimate round of the Burson Auto Part Australian Top Fuel Championship and Australian Drag Racing Championship for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle is on this weekend at Sydney Dragway’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs. With just the Grand Final to go after this event in Darwin, it is make or break for the championship contenders this weekend to stay in the hunt.
Daniel Gregorini has been crowned the 2022/23 Summer Slam champion after a dramatic finish to the season that didn’t even involve any racing.
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