
VIDEO: NITRO GOES BOOM
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.

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.

One of the newest players in the Australian Outlaw Radial game, Andrew Zada has romped his Procharged Camaro to a new radial tyre record in testing.

After a solid weekend of testing, Brandon Gosbell is ready to “Rocket” to the Top Step for the 400 Thunder Winternationals Final.

With the 2023 Winternationals now one week away, the now Top Fuel Funny Car driver and seasoned Pro Alcohol Altered campaigner Justin Walshe reflects on the year that was and looks forward to a united future in drag racing.

The recent Nitro Champs gave some Pro Alcohol racers a chance to gain valuable track time and data in a non-championship race setting ahead of the Winternationals, however for Brett White the event panned out as anything but casual in the Fineline Motorsports funny car.

Rising out of the ashes of his Nitro Phoenix Top Fuel Harley team comes Damian Muscat’s reborn – and now banging on four cylinders – Nitro Phoenix Fully Blown Top Fuel Motorcycle team.

A piece of Puerto Rican import racing history, the iconic “El Humilde” Toyota A86 owned by Carlos Ruiz is heading to the Nader family in Sydney.

For Australian Pro Stock racer Shane Tucker his return to the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series has been a tough battle. Tucker, who has the full season backing of UrPay, an Australian-owned payment processing company that is moving into the US market, on his Chevrolet Camaro has competed in every national event this season, but he broke through this weekend at the Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Nationals.

While he won’t be taking home another Australian championship this season, John Zappia has successfully moved his Dananni Hotshots / Fuchs Lubricants Monaro to the next generation of transmission technology, with near best-ever numbers recorded at the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway.

Australia’s quickest and fastest man on two wheels, Chris “NitroVoodoo” Matheson, has called time on his illustrious career. Matheson was the man to beat in Top Fuel Motorcycle racing for the last decade, as he and his NitroVoodoo team crossed Australia in their quest to rewrite history in the sport.
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