Mark Mariani has capped off his first full-season in the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) Pro Series ranks, finishing fourth in the 2009-2010 Australian Top Fuel championship series.

When it comes to taming the nitro horsepower of Santo Rapisarda’s stable, a young man within the family has proven to be a capable figure for the team.

Insiders say we may see one current GM badged team car jump ship to Mopar this season.

Haltech partners with PAC Performance to take on the Puerto Rican Rotaries at this year’s Jamboree.

A current blown Sydney Group 2 racer is looking to step up to Top Alcohol competition in the near future.

Mick Diblasi has a new Ford Falcon race car in the build to compete in Super Sedan at Perth Motorplex.

Jeffrey Clarke has made his name by racing a dragster in the Competition category but he has some grander plans ahead with a new Funny Car and a Pro Street Chevy Nova coming in from the US.

Meguiar’s MotorEx is Australia’s most prestigious car show, only accepting the best of the best of the country’s show cars for display. A number of drag racers also used the event to showcase their latest creations.

An industry source has given the tip that one of Australia’s most prominent Top Doorslammer teams will carry the Sidchrome name next season.

It may be many months away yet but the Perth Top Fuel round could shape up to be quite a biggy. Rumour is that there could be anywhere up to five local drivers contest the round, though four is more likely. Two will be obvious, with Martin Stamatis and Allan Dobson to be definite contenders, so who can guess the others? Add to that the regular touring teams of Read, Lamattina, Morgan, Mariani and potentially Cowin, plus the Shepherd and Sainty families who were considering the trip and it could be the biggest nitro round yet in the West.