Matheson begins chase for seventh Top Bike national championship
There is nothing quite like the start of a new championship drag racing season to get the blood pumping for Chris Matheson.
There is nothing quite like the start of a new championship drag racing season to get the blood pumping for Chris Matheson.

Former Top Fuel champion Phil Lamattina has returned to the driver’s seat for the first time since 2015 in the Carrot Kings dragster.
Emilio Spinozzi has been making more test runs than almost anyone else in the Pro Slammer field ahead of he and brother Adamo’s sophomore season in the 400 Thunder Professional Drag Racing Series, which begins on November 1 and 2 at Sydney Dragway’s East Coast Thunder event.
A new 400 Thunder Top Fuel season is right around the corner and there are some changes and shuffling afoot among Australia’s fastest drag racing teams.
Noonan Race Engineering has a reputation for delivering the ultimate in billet performance for racers across the world, and that passion comes from the drag strip. Jamie Noonan watched his father John drive a Top Alcohol Dragster in Australia, learning the secrets of horsepower.
Pro Alcohol has turned up a ten car field for the opening event of the 400 Thunder Professional Drag Racing season next weekend, let’s take a look at who could lead the charge this season.

Driving a jet dragster is just like taking off in a commercial flight, only a whole bunch faster according to West Australian drag racer Ian Wood.

Australian drivers Jamie Noonan and Shane Tucker both made it through the first round of competition at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at Charlotte’s zMAX Dragway.

Noonan is a name associated with many Top Alcohol teams, supplying cylinder heads and engine blocks for much of the fields world over, but the company’s owner Jamie Noonan is no stranger to racing himself.

Well-known and respected Australian Top Fuel crew member Ben Patterson has signed up to be part of the PremiAir Hire Racing team.
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