The 2018 Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder (May 4-5) was a pivotal event for Jim Read Racing. Depending on the outcome, crew chief Bruce Read had left the door open for a possible appearance at the 51st Winternationals.

The Porters Racing team has had some time away from the race track in the past season or two, but the family team is happy to say they are making the trip to Willowbank Raceway for the 51st Gulf Western Oils Winternationals, and they aren’t coming just to make up the numbers.

The first time Chris Matheson brings his 1500 plus horsepower “Nitro Voodoo” Top Fuel Motorcycle to the start line at the 2018 Gulf Western Oil Winternationals, he will officially have wrapped up his fifth Australian Top Bike Championship. This is an accomplishment that will go into the drag racing history books and could well be an achievement never to be repeated again in Australia.

Sunoco Race Fuels and the Australian National Drag Racing Association are proud to announce a partnership between the two organisations which will see Sunoco as the official fuel supplier for all ANDRA-sanctioned events.

Bill Perdikaris is a quietly spoken, and always somewhat a dark horse in Pro Stock.

The Hidden Valley Track Championship Series in now in full swing after the running of round two last weekend.

Brisbane drag racer Steven Ham will be in unfamiliar territory at the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals from June 7 to 10 at Willowbank Raceway, the first time he has entered Australia’s biggest drag racing event in the Pro Slammer division.

In an Australian drag racing first, IHRA Australia and 400 Thunder are now going to reward the top five points scorers after the 51st Gulf Western Winternationals with the prestige of running a single digit number for the following season.

Queensland is proving to be the dominant State in Pro Stock competition right now but a seven event-long stranglehold on the category by one family has been broken, throwing the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals into unpredictable territory.

Steven Barnett went down in Australian drag racing history with the first six second pass by a 13B powered car in Australia, now he is aiming for the world record.