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Celebrating its 50th year, the annual Goldenstates returned with NDRC series rounds for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle for the 2024 edition at the Perth Motorplex.
Two worlds will collide on March 22, 2025 for the first ever double header for Sydney International Speedway (SIS) and Sydney Dragway.
Perth Motorplex’s post-Christmas flame and thunder shows went off again this year in front of a great holiday crowd. Jet dragsters thundered down the quarter and the supercharged action from the Blown Alcohol Allstars delivered five second racing all night long.
Steve Read and Tim McCarthy have reached a mutual agreement that will see Steve take full ownership of the Top Fuel Dragster program. As part of this transition, the team formerly known as Read McCarthy Racing will now be known as Steve Read Racing. Tim McCarthy will dedicate his focus to a full-season campaign with his Valvoline Funny Car, driven by Chris Stipanovich.
The local Perth Top Doorslammer series heats up as Summer Slam delivers Lisa Gregorini’s first home town win, plus Top Fuel Motorcycle and all the Perth Motorplex sportsman classes continue their Track Championship fights.
It has been a long wait to kick start the 2024 edition of the Queensland Drag Racing Championships following extensive upgrades to Willowbank Raceway, but the short-sharp series ran to completion in December encompassing six rounds all up.
Dragway At The Bend hosted the first NDRC Season 2 Championship stop for Top Fuel Motorcycle at the Drag Bike Nationals all bike event, and event that went on to create drag bike history.
The 2024 NSW Track Championship fight is over with all the champions crowned at the Grand Finals. The event was held over two days alongside the PDRC professional series that forms part of the NDRC Championship, unfortunately rain washed out Friday and messed around with the schedule on Saturday, but everyone forged ahead and completed the event in the late evening.
The second NDRC season launched in thunderous style at Dragway At The Bend for the Spring Nationals with a nitro double-header featuring Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car combined with Top Doorslammer to start their chase for the title, as the venue showed its teeth as a record eater.
PremiAir Racing will head to its first competitive outing of the 2024/2025 NDRC Top Fuel season in less than four weeks buoyed by yet another successful test session completed at its home track of Willowbank Raceway last weekend – the venue for the upcoming New Year Nitro event across January 10-11.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to announce that quarter-mile drag racing is returning to the menu at Swan Hill, with not-for-profit Skid City Inc. officially signing on to revitalise the Swan Hill Dragway facility.
For a few heart-pounding seconds, the Dananni Hotshots/FUCHS Monaro looked unstoppable in the A Final of the Summer Slam on Saturday, December 7th at Perth Motorplex.
Lisa Gregorini’s remarkable start to the 2024/25 season has continued with her first home track win at Perth Motorplex on Saturday night.
Lisa defeated WA Top Doorslammer veteran John Zappia in a thrilling final round with a 5.742 pass from her supercharged Camaro. The victory was her second in two months, following her breakthrough triumph at the Springnationals at The Bend Motorsports Park in October, and gave Lisa the lead in the WA Top Doorslammer Championship.
Much more favourable weather conditions greeted the ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship racers on day two of the South Coast Nationals today at South Coast Raceway. The seaside track came alive on Sunday, 8 December, for a full day of racing to see who would take home ANDRA Christmas Trees.
Early morning showers couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm at the South Coast Nationals, with qualifying for round four of the ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship now complete ahead of a full day of racing on Sunday. Racers lined up after a rain-delayed start to qualifying sessions and quickly got to work to set the stage for racing at South Coast Raceway (Sunday, 8 December).
Unleash the KRAKEN! Simon O’Carroll is extinguishing the candles for now to be blown with this stunning Camaro while still on the radial small tyre. O’Carroll will be chasing 3 second ETs at the Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series in Outlaw 275.
At the 2023 South Coast Nationals at South Coast Raceway, Gary Vogelsang broke through for what he describes as the highlight of his drag racing career so far: his first ANDRA Christmas Tree.
John and Brodie Zappia, racing under the banner of Zappia Racing, recently competed in the 50th Goldenstates, NDRC Top Doorslammer Championship – Round 2, at the Perth Motorplex. This event marked a significant milestone for the team as they welcomed Summit Racing Equipment as a major sponsor for both race cars.
South Australia’s Peter and Brock Furlanetto were on track at the Perth Motorplex at the weekend for the Burson Auto Parts 50th annual Goldenstates and are now travelling back across the country to Victoria’s South Coast Raceway for next weekend’s South Coast Nationals.
The 50th annual Goldenstates saw NDRC Top Doorslammer and NDRC Top Fuel Motorcycle championship racing delight an enthusiastic crowd at the Perth Motorplex at the weekend, as these competitors did battle in the second round of their respective 2024/2025 championship chases.
Day two of the Burson Auto Parts 50th annual Goldenstates has been run and won, with ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship fans enjoying a tremendous day and night of sportsman racing in the West at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday, 23 November.
An action-packed day and night of qualifying and racing action for the ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship lies ahead at the Perth Motorplex today (Saturday, November 23) for day two of the Burson Auto Parts 50th annual Goldenstates.
The first day of the Burson Auto Parts 50th Goldenstates Championship is run and done, with defending NDRC Top Doorslammer Australian Champion Russell Taylor leading the way for the Top Doorslammers, and the return of a familiar name in Ian Ashelford leading the charge for Top Fuel Motorcycle.
The annual Burson Auto Parts Goldenstates has been the battleground for some of the hardest Top Doorslammer racing in Australia. The second round of the NDRC Australian Top Doorslammer Championship rolls into Perth Motorplex this Friday and Saturday for the event’s historic 50th running and there are predictions of one of the quickest events yet for the class.
Charlotte Liefting, a 17-year-old from Oxley Island, NSW, is preparing to take the long trek across the country for one of the biggest events of her season—the 50th Anniversary Goldenstates Drag Racing Championships. The prestigious event will take place at the Perth Motorplex in Western Australia on November 22-23, where Charlotte will compete in the Junior Dragster class.
The 50th annual Burson Auto Parts Goldenstates is a title every drag racer wants to win and none more so than Western Australia’s Daniel and Lisa Gregorini, who will both be seeking victory in the second round of the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship.
Neil Gannaway broke through for his first ANDRA Christmas Tree at last year’s Goldenstates, and now his daughter and third-generation racer, 21 year old Rachel Gannaway, will do her best to follow in his footsteps at this weekend’s 50th running of the prestigious event.
Slaughter Motorsport is thrilled to announce their expanded partnership with Valenhold, who will become the team’s naming rights sponsor for the upcoming racing season on their newly unveiled Valenhold Racing Slaughter Motorsport Toyota Mk3 Supra.
Top Doorslammer racer Lisa Gregorini made headlines both in Australia and overseas at the NDRC season-opening Aeroflow Spring Nationals at Dragway at the Bend when she broke through for what is believed to be the first victory by an all-female drag racing team in professional drag racing history.
When Kasey McClure lines up for the 50th Goldenstates at the Perth Motorplex this coming Friday and Saturday, she will have the chance to take a truly impressive fourth consecutive victory at the prestigious event.
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