Driver Daniel Gregorini recovered from a less-than-average showing at Nitro Up North the previous month to emerge victorious at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip.
Top Doorslammers have a reputation for wild handling – something Western Australia’s Kelvin Lyle is all too aware of heading into this weekend’s Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway (July 24/25), which will host round two of the Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) and the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series (SRESS).
The first round of the new Australian Drag Racing Championship will go down in the what-could-have-been category for John Zappia and his Dananni Hotshots/Tony’s Auto Wreckers Monaro Top Doorslammer.
Jim Read Racing’s Bruce Read is familiar with changes in the structure of the sport. He watched his father Jim create the Winfield Top Fuel Series with Kevin Prendergast and Dennis Syrmis in the late eighties, which went on to great heights in the nineties.
Daniel Gregorini placed his name into the record books and claimed the opening Australian Drag Racing Championship round honours with an exciting Top End Nationals victory at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip this evening.
Daniel Gregorini will begin his chase for his first Australian Top Doorslammer Championship at this weekend’s Top End Nationals in Darwin.
Drag racing legend John Zappia has thrown his support behind the Australian Drag Racing Championship, which will feature at this weekend’s Top End Nationals at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip and next weekend’s Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway.
Darwin racer Bronte Henning will make his competitive Top Doorslammer debut at the upcoming Top End Nationals at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip later this month (July 16-17).
Just getting to the starting line of any drag racing event is much tougher than people think, let alone to try and qualify for an NHRA Pro Stock field.
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