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.
Australian chassis builder Joe Gauci’s sleek Pro Radial Ford Mustang features in Drag News Magazine #46!
With so much uncertainty around the Coronavirus, and the recent changes to events due to Covid-19 measures, Willowbank Raceway President Tony Wedlock has confirmed the Raceway’s commitment to conducting the 2020 Gulf Western Oil Winternationals.
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.
In a spot of good news amid cancellations due to COVID-19, the NHRA has announced a set of new dates for the 2020 season, including some rescheduled events and some events that will see the Mello Yello Series portion reduced to two events.
Simon Richards remembers his first experience of drag racing vividly. He was a 12-year-old boy who was into motocross and was competing at a junior state title round in Adelaide.
If it wasn’t for bad surf, Matthew Grubisa might have never gone drag racing.
Willowbank Raceway has regretfully announced that the Santo’s Super Thunder Championship Drag Racing event scheduled for Good Friday, April 10 has been cancelled due to the threat posed by the COVID-19 virus, but they are set to continue with a limited number of other events.
Sydney Dragway has announced they are planning to continue their track championship and street meets while meeting the Federal Government’s ban on organised events of over 500 people.
Perth Motorplex’s State Government managing body VenuesWest has announced that the Perth Motorplex season will be ended early to meet new federal restrictions on large gatherings of people.
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