The countdown is well and truly on for the biggest drag racing event held outside of North America on June 9-12 at Willowbank Raceway. Less than one week till we see the best of the best battle it out to be crowned the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals champion, and take home a coveted gold Christmas tree in the most exciting 400 Thunder event of the year.
The latest piece in The Bend Motorsport Park’s Dragway development has fallen into place with the appointment of Stephen Bettes as the dragway precinct General Manager.
Jason Hedges has been appointed as the incoming General Manager for the 400 Thunder Professional Drag Racing Series.
Extra action packed gallery from this year’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs event at Sydney Dragway through the lenses of Drag News Magazine’s photography contributors Joe Maday and John Bosher. Killer job guys.
The Hidden Valley Track Championship continues on with the running of round two recently. Here are the winners and an action gallery, as the venue now prepares for Nitro Up North and the conclusion of the Australian Top Fuel Championship.
It has taken 30 years but Top Fuel championship racing has returned to Victoria’s rejuvenated Heathcote Park Raceway in spectacular fashion, delivering amazing scenes on and off the track. A capacity crowd crammed HPR for Summernats Slam, a new motorsport festival concept, combining Top Fuel drag racing with burnouts, a show and shine and even fireworks.
The Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship (ATFC) headed to Heathcote Park Raceway for the first time in 30 years, and a rare set of circumstances saw Lamattina Top Fuel Racing contest, and come up trumps in two championship round finals at the one event.
PremiAir Racing is once again preparing for a double-header weekend, with the next round for both the Repco Supercars Championship and the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship (ATFC) to be held at the one event in Darwin next month.
An absolutely at-capacity crowd at Heathcote Park Raceway celebrated the return of Hydraulink Jim Read Racing to the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship at the weekend, with the team inundated with well wishes across both days of the event.
The Australian Top Doorslammer Championship will accelerate back on to the national scene with the announcement that the 3500hp, 400kmh supercharged sedans will be travelling around the country alongside the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship.
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