Following the weekend’s Super Sportsman festivities at Willowbank Raceway, the stage is now officially set for the final hit-outs of Willowbank Raceway’s Track Championship.

Darren Morgan and Luke Crowley appear to have a lock on their respective ANDRA Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle championships after victory at Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams on Saturday at Melbourne’s Calder Park Raceway.

Reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle national champion Lachlan Ireland will have no better opportunity to turn his season around than Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams this Saturday at Calder Park as he gets to race at his home track for the first time in an ANDRA championship round.

Arguably the biggest name in Australian Top Fuel racing has partnered with Australia’s biggest name in hand tools, with the Victorian-based Lamattina Top Fuel Racing cars now sporting Sidchrome signage for the remainder of the 2013 season as well as 2014.

The week of the largest nostalgia drag race is finally upon us as some of NHRA’s best nitro drivers, past and present, are set to compete in this year’s California Hot Rod Reunion at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Oct. 18-20. It is a chance for race fans of all ages to see how the world of drag racing has evolved over time.

One month ago ANDRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Scott White enjoyed one of his greatest drag racing wins since joining the professional Group One category in 1991.

Victorian Top Bike rider Graeme Morell is looking forward to the opportunity to show off his skills in front of a home town audience for the first time when he tackles Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams at Calder Park this Saturday.

Morgan Lucas will climb out of the cockpit of the GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster in 2014 to devote more time to the family business, Lucas Oil Products. In his place, Lucas has promoted longtime crewman Richie Crampton, who recently earned his Top Fuel competition license during a test session at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis.

Read Speed Racing has secured the support of SuperCharge Batteries, Australia’s leading provider of high quality vehicle, marine and deep cycle battery models, for the final two rounds of the 2013 Australian Top Fuel Drag Race Championship series.

Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams will not only be an important event as the first ANDRA Drag Racing Series round held in Melbourne since 2001, but it falls at a crucial time for the national championships of Top Fuel, Top Bike and Pro Stock Motorcycle.