Australia has a newly licensed female Pro Stock racer, with Gina Bullians successfully ticking off all the requirements at Sydney Dragway on May 30.
The wraps are officially off the brand-new XTR Nitro Funny Car, with the striking new design set to debut at the 2026 Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway.
Nitro Champs may not have delivered the results Tremaniac Racing was chasing, but if one thing became clear across the Sydney weekend, it was that Aaron and Tyronne Tremayne have the performance to contend with the best in Pro Stock heading into the next round of the NDRC Australian Pro Stock Championship at the Winternationals.
After missing the last two race meetings, Wayne Price Racing has been quietly focused on something much bigger than immediate results — building a stronger, more consistent race car for the future.
It’s not just the drag racing world that Lisa Gregorini’s Scratch & Match Motorsport All-Girl Top Doorslammer team is influencing.
It’s outside the black top on a different quarter mile as well.
The 2026 Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs opened the Pro Stock season with fast racing, major upsets and a championship picture that looks vastly different to what people would think after round one at Sydney Dragway.
The NDRC Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway marked Round 2 of the 2026 Australian Top Doorslammer Championship and one of the biggest weekends on the national drag racing calendar.
Scratch & Match Motorsport experienced perhaps one of their wildest race weekends in history with a dramatic showing at Sydney Dragway for the Nitro Champs.
The Nitro Champs, round two of the 2026 NDRC Pro Mod Championship at Sydney Dragway, delivered everything fans have come to expect from one of the toughest and most unpredictable categories in Australian drag racing.
After a disappointing — by his own standards — opening round of the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship at Dragway at The Bend in March, reigning back-to-back national champion Russell Taylor steadied the ship by claiming victory at the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway yesterday.
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