It was a weekend to forget for a number of racers involved in some spectacular accidents across the US racing scene last weekend – fortunatley no one was seriously hurt in any of these accidents.

Kiwi Rod Harvey and his 2JZ beast of a Celica became the third quickest Sport Compact car in the world last weekend with a flying 6.06 at 239mph pass in testing at Willowbank Raceway.

Former 2012 New South Wales Junior Dragster champion David Roberts will finally make his senior debut in the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway May 2-3.

After starting on a high by winning round one of the Australian Top Fuel Motorcycle Championship earlier this year, multiple Australian champion and current national record holder Chris Matheson has come back to Earth with a thud.

Willowbank Raceway will this weekend host not one but three events, with a Friday night test ‘n’ tune (Friday 24 April), the latest round of the JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series (Saturday 25 April) and the postponed running of the hotly-anticipated Nostalgia Drags (Sunday 26 April).

Craig Glassby, the owner of Australia’s quickest Top Alcohol Funny Car, will have some added support on board when the team heads east for the Winternationals.

Queensland-based racer Paul Messineo will take the wheel of The Bandit rather than his more familiar Dark Horse Mustang as than Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro funny Car show heads north to Mackay’s Palmyra Dragway, May 16.