Driving a jet dragster is just like taking off in a commercial flight, only a whole bunch faster according to West Australian drag racer Ian Wood.

Australia’s biggest drag racing event is set to get even bigger with the 2020 running of the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals expanded to five days.

Drag racing is full of amazing stories, but the tale of a jet dragster clocking over 400kmh in an Australian mining town might be one of the best.

The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) has welcomed the lifting of the suspension of Junior Drag Racing in Western Australia, announced by The Honourable Minister for Sport and Recreation, Mick Murray.

Australian drivers Jamie Noonan and Shane Tucker both made it through the first round of competition at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at Charlotte’s zMAX Dragway.

Noonan is a name associated with many Top Alcohol teams, supplying cylinder heads and engine blocks for much of the fields world over, but the company’s owner Jamie Noonan is no stranger to racing himself.

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Palmyra Dragway hosted the third and final round of the 2019 Summit Racing Queensland Championship at the weekend, with more than 100 racers taking part in the October 5 event.