Sydney-based Maatouks Racing has returned to the drag strip with a vengeance, claiming a heap of world records in a matter of days with their collection of RB-powered machines.
Dragway upgrades around the country continue with long awaited racing surface upgrades at Calder Park beginning today.
With no racing on, and everything just a bit quiet, we will look back at some old events in photos. Today we go back to the first major event at Sydney Dragway, then called Western Sydney International Dragway.
Welcome to a new mini-series of articles on Drag News Magazine called ‘Events I Remember’. With Australian drag racing currently on hold due to COVID-19 we are going back through some of the most memorable events over the last decade, and more, of the sport.
The Atura NSW Championship Series at Sydney Dragway became the last drag racing event in the country to be somewhat completed before the world was put in a holding pattern.
The RB-powered wars are hotly contested on Australian soil primarily between the TRP (Tony Rigoli Performance) and Maatouks Racing workshop in Sydney. The crown now sits with TRP after bashing out a 6.35 at 222mph last weekend.
We are dropping a bonus gallery from the epic Kenda Tires Radial Rumble event at Sydney Dragway. Check it out.
The 2020 Queensland Drag Racing Championships got underway on Saturday at Willowbank Raceway with big fields of competitors and top quality racing right through the eight categories contested.
The arrival of the Kenda 660 Drag Radial Series at Sydney Dragway on February 28 and 29 marked a new stage for Australia’s biggest radial tyre promoters.
The return of Top Fuel dragsters to Perth Motorplex did not disappoint with Victorian Phil Lamattina and New South Wales’ Peter Xiberras delivering a feast of nitro action at the Westernationals.
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