It’s busy season at South Coast Raceway in Portland, Victoria with back to back sportsman championship events over the Christmas – New Year period. Take a look back at the first up was the South Coast Nationals gallery before racers return for the NDRC South Coast 660 event in January.
The Jamboree doesn’t just showcase Australia’s Sport Compact racing scene but highlights the latest in modern engine technology no matter the configuration. Recently Dragway At The Bend got a taste when the series returned to South Australia for the first time ever.
Round two of the new National Drag Racing Championship saw the debut of the flame-throwing Nitro Funny Cars plus Pro Alcohol, Pro Stock and Pro Mod at the Sydney Nationals for the inaugural series.
The inaugural National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) event was an ambitious challenge for both the promoter and the brand new Dragway At The Bend facility, and that was before the weather gods threw in added complications.
Events are rolling out quickly at the Perth Motorplex now there new season is underway with the WA Quarter Mile Masters run on Nov 11, an event celebrating the WA’s drag racing icons and featuring the first round of the WA Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle championship.
The inaugural NDRC Pro Alcohol Championship event quickly became one to forget for Gary Phillips after the many time Australian champion suffered a horrendous fire in the first qualifying session. The team have since shared an update on the incident and dramatic in-car footage.
Typical October weather, warm enough during the day to trick you, when the sun drops to the west, the temperature soon plummets! Saturday October 28 saw the first major Drag Racing event of the season at the Perth Motorplex, with 114 teams entering into the WA Drag Racing Series Opener.
By the end of the grand-opening Spring Nationals at the brand-new Dragway at The Bend, more than 35,000 race fans delighted in an incredible weekend of racing thanks to the new National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC).
The final round of the 2023 Kenda 660 Tires Drag Radial Series headed to North Queensland with Willowbank Raceway out of action, along with a whole bunch of radial tyre warriors to fight out the final round of the championship.
The 2023 NSW Championship Series at Sydney Dragway is heading towards its conclusion with now six rounds in the books.
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