Hydraulink Jim Read Racing has claimed third in the 2022/2023 Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship amidst a difficult final round at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip at the weekend.
After top qualifying on Friday, two-time champion Peter Xiberras and the PremiAir Hire Top Fuel Dragster have raced through to the Nitro Up North event victory and second in the 2022/2023 Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship on Saturday evening.
‘Pommie’ Steve Read, one of Australian drag racing’s most experienced racers, is set to make a comeback to the Top Fuel category in late 2023.
Since Chris Matheson’s arrival on the Australian drag racing scene 14 years ago, he has kept fans on the precipice of witnessing history – one of the last major milestones in the sport – the first five second Top Fuel Bike run.
When Nulon/PremiAir Racing arrives in Darwin later this week, it will be rolling into an all-out championship battle.
As the end of the season approaches, husband-and-wife Top Doorslammer team Daniel and Lisa Gregorini have found themselves on opposite ends of the racing fortune spectrum.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing is set for a championship showdown at this weekend’s final round of the 2022/2023 Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship – Nitro Up North at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip (June 16/17).
Aeroflow Nitro Funny Car Team manager and Top Fuel Funny Car competitor Morice McMillin looks to reinforce Funny Car racing as the most exciting thing on four wheels at this years Winternationals event on the 8th-11th of June.
The Australian Drag Racing Championship for Top Fuel Bike has seen points leader Rob Cassar haul his nitrous Kawasaki to all corners of the country, to fight for the championship that will reach its climax in Darwin. In fact, the Ballistic Drag Racing team have clocked up over 26000kms in travel for the championship that started in Darwin twelve months ago.
A look back at that moment of unplanned nitro combustion from Adam Layton’s Top Fuel Harley at the recent Nitro Champs. Drag News photographer Joe Maday was on point as usual at the precise moment of detonation.
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