The 50th annual Burson Auto Parts Goldenstates is a title every drag racer wants to win and none more so than Western Australia’s Daniel and Lisa Gregorini, who will both be seeking victory in the second round of the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship.
Slaughter Motorsport is thrilled to announce their expanded partnership with Valenhold, who will become the team’s naming rights sponsor for the upcoming racing season on their newly unveiled Valenhold Racing Slaughter Motorsport Toyota Mk3 Supra.
Top Doorslammer racer Lisa Gregorini made headlines both in Australia and overseas at the NDRC season-opening Aeroflow Spring Nationals at Dragway at the Bend when she broke through for what is believed to be the first victory by an all-female drag racing team in professional drag racing history.
At the last weekend’s QDRC event at Willowbank Raceway Cheyne Phillips, son of the legendary Gary Phillips showed up with some new kit – a stunning new Chevy Camaro Pro Alcohol Funny Car. Now in a double-twist, the Phillips Racing team have rocked up to Sydney Dragway for the first round of the NDRC Pro Alcohol Championship this weekend with the funny car instead of the altered.
A new championship season brings new opportunities, and a clean slate is what Locky Ireland needs after misfortune plagued the Pro Stock Motorcycle stalwart’s first NDRC Championship season.
Behind the butterfly wheel of the Gulf Western Oil Sainty/Holmes Funny Car at just 22 years old, Cruz Lovering will be going head to head with a field of seasoned performers that includes the best there ever has been in Pro Alcohol this weekend (November 15/16) at Sydney Dragway.
Pro Stock Motorcycle is undergoing a resurgence on and off track right now, the competitor numbers have never been better with the new NDRC and PDRC series kicking goals, and their professionalism off track is shining through to reinvigorate the class. On the back of this we are witnessing the return of iconic names from the past once again throwing their leg over a Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Dragway At The Bend has again proved it’s the domain for record setters after the venue added another Australian Record to its credentials in its relatively short operating life. Damian Muscat aboard his Nitro Phoenix Top Fuel Motorcycle belted out a 5.800 at 245MPH (394.96KPH) to eclipse all who have come before him.
After spending the majority of last season on the side-lines, Clint George, driver of the Stress Racing GXP is preparing to drop the clutch on a new NDRC/PDRC Pro Stock championship season when Round 1 fires up at Sydney Dragway on November 15 and 16.
Damian Muscat’s monumental return to Top Fuel Motorcycle last season was a hard fought one for the former National Champion despite Muscat not being new to the class, this new blown inline four-cylinder nitro bike sure did get his attention.
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