
Pilkington celebrates third Top Comp championship
It was a fight to the end, but Rob Pilkington emerged as the 2010/11 Top Comp champion for Western Australia following the season’s Grand Final on Saturday.

It was a fight to the end, but Rob Pilkington emerged as the 2010/11 Top Comp champion for Western Australia following the season’s Grand Final on Saturday.

For Scott Porter and the Porters Can Do Pro Stock team, the 2010/2011 ANDRA Pro Series Pro Stock Season may not have been as eventful as they had liked. This has been due to business commitments that have kept them away from the racetrack. However, nonetheless, the performances that they have turned in have been impressive considering the amount of time that they have spent away from the racetrack.

NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Top Fuel rookie, Terry Sainty and Rapisarda Racing are hoping it will be third time lucky when they compete at this weekend’s Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway, Concord (Charlotte), North Carolina.

After 2 years on the sidelines Kym Oberauer of KO Racing returned to the winners circle, not once, but twice during March. That’s 2 from 2 in 2011.

The all-new Shannons Queensland Autospectacular has been hailed a success by organisers, with Willowbank Raceway playing host to a wide array of enthusiasts at the weekend.
Dragnews Australia will bring to you trackside coverage of ANDRA Pro Series Pro Stock round from Sydney Dragway this Friday and Saturday the 8th and 9th of April.

As we approach the first 100 days (on April 17) since the Sub Board was installed I trust you have seen some changes. Some at the track are obvious – new sponsors, new signs and a paint job. Some are less so – but I hope you are sensing a new attitude; and some are not yet apparent.

Almost every racer to have won an Australian Top Doorslammer drag racing championship will headline an outstanding field or drivers contesting Slamfest Mildura at the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association’s Sunset Strip this weekend.

Ten Network Holdings has announced that there will be changes to its One HD platform, with a move away from all sports to drama, HD movies and documentaries and premium sport.

Australia’s Terry Sainty has had his second NHRA national event try wheeling the Top Fuel dragster owned by Sydney-based construction crane magnate Santo Rapisarda.
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