Pro Alcohol will field some new looks for their final round of the NDRC series at the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals after the unveiling of a few surprises at Warm Ups this weekend.
The Top Fuel title chase has been incredibly close all season long, and as we head into the NDRC season-ending Gulf Western Oil Winternationals next weekend (6-9 June), one team occupies the top two spots with a narrow margin between them.
John Zappia endured a somewhat cursed Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, with his Dananni Hotshots/Fuchs Lubricants Monaro Top Doorslammer encountering problem after problem.
Next weekend’s NDRC season-ending Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway, XPRO Nitro Funny Car will see its championship chase come down to a final battle between defending champ Morice McMillin and title leader, Justin Walshe.
Lamattina Top Fuel Racing won’t be deterred from finishing this year’s NDRC Australian Top Fuel Championship strongly despite a problematic clutch issue at the Nitro Champs dealing a heavy blow to the team’s championship aspirations.
Daniel and Lisa Gregorini enjoyed arguably their most successful event as a team, leaving Sydney Dragway’s Nitro Champs with a victory for Daniel and Lisa’s quickest ever time down the quarter-mile.
It has been a challenging weekend for Hydraulink Jim Read Racing at Sydney Dragway for the double header Nitro Champs, but that hasn’t stopped the team from maintaining their enduring positive outlook as they prepare for the season-ending Winternationals, coming up at Willowbank Raceway next month (June 6-9).
Peter Xiberras might have been on the East Coast this weekend while his PremiAir Nulon Racing Supercars team was racing in the West, but that didn’t stop him from leading by example this weekend, bringing home no less than two NDRC Top Fuel Championship round wins at the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs double header.
PremiAir Nulon Racing has a huge three days of action coming up at Sydney Dragway, with two rounds of the NDRC Top Fuel Championship to be held this weekend as part of the Nitro Champs.
Lisa and Daniel Gregorini are fourth and fifth in the NDRC Top Doorslammer chase as the championship heads to Sydney Dragway for Australia’s biggest nitro-fuelled event, the Nitro Champs, across May 17-19.
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