Drag racing has finally returned to the Top End post-COVID after an 18 month break with the running of the first round of the track championship.
Mildura’s Sunset Strip hosted an action packed Easter Supercharged Shootout over the Easter weekend with more than 140 competitors and in excess of 2,000 spectators attending the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association event.
Even though the Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series eventually succumbed to the fickle Sydney weather, it whet our radial tyre taste buds and teased what could have been.
Jet dragsters and the fourth round of the Direct Mining & Industrial Summer Slam Series highlighted the January 23 running of Perth Motorplex’s Night of Fire.
The biggest nitro event in Australia since March took place at Perth Motorplex on January 2 as the Nitro Slam combined the BME WA Nitro Championship, Nitro Bikes and the Summer Slam.
A strong field of local nitro cars took part in the first round of a newly announced three-part series alongside hundreds of WA sportsman racers at Perth Motorplex on December 12.
The second round of the WA Drag Racing Championship took place on November 28, with Daniel Gregorini making an amazing comeback to win round two of the Summer Slam in his Camaro Top Doorslammer.
After a long 8 month break due to COVID-19 and few false starts with the finishing of the brand new all-concrete racing surface at Sydney Dragway, competition race vehicles had their first shot and the new track last weekend.
The Summer Slam lived up to its name on Saturday at Perth Motorplex during its opening round of the season.
It has been nearly eight months, but rubber has been laid again once again at Sydney Dragway, with the return of cars on track at a venue shake down Aeroflow Race 4 Real street meet.
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