Rain- the curse of drag racing, washed out the opening day of Top Fuel qualifying at the final round of the NHRA Full Throttle championship in Pomona California. Team Rapisarda was in the staging lines when light rain began to fall.

Santo Rapisarda Racing’s 2012 NHRA Full Throttle campaign wraps up this weekend at the season closing Automobile Club of Southern California Nationals in Pomona.

As the final preparations are made for this weekend’s final round of the 2012 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series at Warwick Dragway (November 10), series organisers have confirmed they will be back to do it all again in 2013.

Drag News Australia brings you all the colour and action from the final day of a epic Australian Nationals.

The Australian Nationals saw the LTFR team take its FUCHS dragster to the final for the second consecutive ANDRA championship round and although the team made some valuable gains in the performance of the car, the runner-up result was not what the team were looking for.

Dragnews was recently sent some information about a racer that is about to take delivery of a pro mod spec car that will grace our strips with its presence soon. Can you guess who this beast belongs to?

A rain-delayed Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway has provided a ‘mixed bag’ for Team Bray Racing this weekend with Ben Bray making it to the semi-finals while his father Victor suffered a close encounter during qualifying.

Sixteen new Australian Nationals winners were handed their ANDRA gold Christmas tree trophies at Sydney Dragway today as near perfect conditions produced records and tight racing in spades.

Join us for live and interactive coverage of the Australian Nationals all weekend right here on Dragnews. Catch all the action and drama of the race meet as it happens.