
SUN SHINES ON FIRST ANDRA RACING OF 2026
ANDRA drag racers have turned it on under beautiful blue skies at South Coast Raceway today for the first day of ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship competition for 2026.

ANDRA drag racers have turned it on under beautiful blue skies at South Coast Raceway today for the first day of ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship competition for 2026.

While Saturday at South Coast Raceway may have been decidedly soggy at times, Sunday saw the 165+ ANDRA Regional Sportsman Racers greeted by perfect sunny weather conditions for the final day of the South Coast Nationals.

It has been a somewhat tumultuous year for the Queensland Drag Racing Championship. Over half the events to date finished with out much of result due a luckless run with the weather, this weekend (Nov 14) the teams shape up for season’s Grand Final which will be in support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

2025 Street Machine Magazine Drag Challenge criss-crossed the southern states once again with record entries fronting up for the epic five day drag racing adventure.

The Sydney Dragway NSW Championship has been powering along, with rounds five and six wrapped up over the past couple of months — now it’s all building toward the big finish, with the penultimate round set to hit the track this weekend.

The DRAG All Bike Nationals presented by Harley Davidson has hosted plenty of exciting two-wheeled action at Dragway at The Bend Saturday November 8, including points-paying racing for the bike brackets of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship.

It was billed as a one-day NDRC spectacular full of nitro mayhem and the Nitro Nationals presented by PW Brakes and Racer Industries at Sydney Dragway well and truly delivered Saturday, November 8.

The biggest radial tyre showdown in Australia is underway, with Radial Riot igniting Willowbank Raceway as part of the Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series.

Just outside Ipswich in South-East Queensland, the first soil was turned in 1982 for what would become Willowbank Raceway. Forty years on, the pioneers who helped build it and the racers who continue the drag racing tradition today came together for a special race meet — a celebration and reflection on how far the venue has come.

More than 20,000 fans packed into Dragway at The Bend across three massive days for the Spring Nationals, which hosted the Pro Drag Racing Championship (PDRC) Grand Final and decided the national titles for Pro Mod, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
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