Rapisarda Autosport International will make Top Fuel history at the Sydney Dragway Nitro champs on May 2-3 when they become the first Australian team to ever field four cars in the elite category.

With 2 wins from the first 2 championship events of the season, Gary Phillips and his Lucas Oils team head to Sydney Dragway on May 2 & 3 for the Nitro Champs, looking to continue the strong form that has seen them catapult to the top of the Top Alcohol championship standings.

Grant O’Rourke will be flying solo for the husband and wife drag racing team O’Rourke Motorsport at the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway (May 2-3), with Debbie O’Rourke sidelined due to damage sustained to her Top Alcohol funnycar at last month’s Pro Series 1000.

It’s the car that is creating plenty of buzz in the Top Fuel paddock and for the very first time Mark Sheehan’s brand new Morgan Lucas Racing-built dragster, complete with canopy over the cockpit, will be racing on Australia’s east coast.

Richie Crampton has won his third NHRA national event in Las Vegas.

Local racers have dominated at Willowbank Raceway’s round of the national Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series on Saturday 11 April, with all but two of the final contenders hailing from the host state.

Dom Lagana will face off against the highly fancied ex-Pro Stock champ Dave Connolly in first round of racing at the Summit Racing NHRA Nationals after nailing eighth place in qualifying.