John Zappia is one of the great record setters of Australian drag racing and one of the great things is most of them have been set in a time of internet video coverage! Let’s go through the list…
With tragic passing of Anita Board, it is often hard to pay tribute with words. So around the country racers young and old paid their respects and to honour Anita in a range of personal gestures and gatherings at drag racing venues. We have shown you some of those moments of respect already, however from Sydney Dragway, Madman Productions has put together an emotional video from a day dedicated to Anita.
The chutes have been pulled on the 2017 Atura Championship Series at Sydney Dragway which serves as the track championship for the venue. Here is the wrap up from the last event of the eight round series, and who was crowned champion.
In what has rapidly become a must see event in Australia, the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars again took over Perth Motorplex on December 2 with a massive show of 14 cars backed up by the third round of the WA Drag Racing Championship.
The Queensland Drag Racing Championship has come to a close with the Willowbank 2017 Track Champions crowned at a final round extravaganza.
The Rowe Memorial at Calder Park saw drag racers fight it out in the Summit Sportsman Series and Hayley Turns was there to capture all the action.
With national 400 Thunder sportsman points on offer, 90 racers turned out at Willowbank Raceway for Spring Thunder on November 25, 2017.
Rapisarda Autosport International are committed to racing around the planet in Top Fuel. Watch their adventure in Pomona, California in our latest video feature.
“This is Al McClure to Perth Motorplex Mission Control – we have lift off”
One of the greatest gatherings of nitro bikes ever came together at South Georgia Motorsports Park for the Man Cup World Finals on October 15-19, 2017.
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