Perfect weather, perfect track conditions and a perfect performance from Craig Geddes headlined Round 9 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at Mildura Sunset Strip.

The Sunraysia Region lived up to its name today as beautiful weather, excellent track conditions and a good crowd were on hand for qualifying in Round 9 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

The launch of the Mariani Family Motorsport Supporting Make-A-Wish Australia program was a huge success last night.

Reigning Super Gas Australian Champion, Matt Forbes is confident his 12 month winning streak will continue at this weekend’s ninth round of the ANDRA Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at Mildura’s Sunset Strip.

Former Australian Modified champion Ken Stewart will be heading into this weekend’s Aeroflow Sportsman round at Mildura with a new Spitzer built dragster.

As the single US-based racer at November’s Night of Fire Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car event, Tommy Johnson Jr. will have more than a dozen Australian racers trying to uphold local pride and defeat the US superstar when they get to the Sydney Dragway startline on November 29.

Last season’s WA Rookie Driver of the Year Rhiannon Allison is set to become one of the quickest racers in Australia, being named as the pilot of one of the jet dragsters coming to Perth Motorplex this season.

Shane Tucker knows he has the horsepower to run against the best teams on the NHRA circuit, and the pride of Australia’s Gold Coast hopes to prove that fact on the dragstrip this weekend when he unleashes his Auzmet Architectural Camaro at the seventh annual NHRA Carolina Nationals.

Rodney Hansen will make his first appearance at Mildura Sunset Strip next week as the Queenslander looks to build on his Fuchs Winternationals victory with an Australian Supercharged Outlaws Championship.

Rick Neilsen is just one of a host of Queenslanders, not to mention another Winternationals winner, making the trek south to Mildura as part of a start studded field for Round 9 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship this weekend.