Following the tragic passing of Sam Fenech at Willowbank Raceway earlier this month, the Atlantic Oils Top Fuel Slam will bring the drag racing community together to race in his honour.
It promises to be the most state of the art dragway in the world. The Bend Dragway located in Murray Bend in South Australia is really starting to take shape.
Three-time NHRA champion Larry Dixon will return to Australia to race for Rapisarda Autosport International at round four of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship, Sydney Dragway, January 27-28. RAI regulars Damien Harris and Wayne Newby will join Dixon.
Australia’s best drag racers are uniting to race their cars and remember the incredible life of Sam Fenech at the upcoming Atlantic Oils Top Fuel Slam at Sydney Dragway (January 27/28).
Matt Ponton might have been out of the seat for well over six months, but that didn’t stop him from going all the way to the finals at the recent South Coast 660 at South Coast Raceway.
Top Fuel Australia and Atlantic Oils has issued the below update in regards to the upcoming Top Fuel round in regards to the recent tragedy at Willowbank Raceway.
Finally the Weather Gods allowed South Coast Raceway to slip in an event, and more than 160 racers rocked up for the South Coast 660.
More than 160 racers have taken to Portland’s South Coast Raceway for the South Coast 660 – the latest round of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series.
Sam Fenech. I have been trying to come up with what to say after such a tragedy, along with the words to describe the kind of person Sam is, that hasn’t already been said. But that is what Sam’s legacy is, no matter what superlative you can think of to describe a person’s character, you would be able to attribute it to Sam.
It is with great sadness that Top Fuel Racing Australia announces that Sam Fenech, driver of the Fabietti Racing Doorslammer, has succumbed to injuries suffered in a racing accident at Willowbank Raceway and passed away this evening (Saturday Jan 7).
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