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In just one year, Rob Marjan’s RB-powered GT-R Pro Mod has become the fastest and quickest RB engine car globally, as well as the quickest import car in Australia, marking a remarkable achievement in its debut season.
After a successful inaugural season, the second running of Dragway at The Bend’s Summit Racing Equipment Track Championship will launch into action later this month with the first of five championship rounds to be held on August 31.
The Queensland Drag Racing Championship is rapidly rolling on for 2024 with round two held recently on another perfect Winter’s day at Willowbank Raceway.
The revival of old school Pro Stock racing has been long talked about by many a racer and fan reminiscing about past golden eras in the class. This Saturday (Aug 10) at Willowbank Raceway’s Nostalgia Drags the first steps will be taken in a plan to bring back some aspects of those glory days of high revving aspirated small block sedans going heads up.
Alice Springs Inland Dragway is looking forward to a brilliant weekend of Desert Nationals racing to open the new 2024/2025 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship season across August 24-25, with perfect weather forecast and the track surface well and truly delivering at recent events.
The hotly-contested NSW Track Championship season has reached its halfway point with the running of round four in very brisk Winter conditions at Sydney Dragway.
After a long hiatus due to Willowbank Raceway track works, the Queensland Drag Racing Championships made a triumphant return for an all new season or sportsman racing to crown new track champions for 2024.
The Brothers Leagues Club Ipswich will showcase local drag racing legend Steve ‘The Pom’ Read’s Top Fuel Dragster at their Annual Mental Health Charity Football Round this weekend.
After a few teasers over the the past few weeks the Pac Performance team have unveiled their two brand-new pro cars that we will be racing in the Factory Xtreme class – the new Pac Performance RX9 & Sadek Racing Camaro.
The RPM Race Parts team have unveiled they will be going blown with their new Jerry Bickel built Camaro hosting a Pro Line Racing MH7 Hemi destined for Pro Mod or Top Doorslammer.
Members from the Melbourne Drag Racing Club (MDRC) recently celebrated the club’s 50th anniversary. The origins of the MDRC began when members of the Scuderia Auto Club, which was involved in all forms of motorsport, wanted to form a club which would solely concentrate on drag racing.
After 6 years of working with the Aeroflow Nitro Funny Cars team, driver of King Kong and the Rocket Industries Nitro Funny Car is moving on to pursue his own business opportunities it has been announced.
Long term Willowbank Raceway stalwart Harry Rowsell has officially retired from his position as the Operations Manager at Willowbank Raceway. Following the retirement of, Willowbank Raceway has announced the appointment of Andrew Casos as the new Operations Manager at the venue.
As we gear up for the rescheduled Round 4 of the 2024 NSW Championship at Sydney Dragway this weekend, let’s take a moment to recap the action from Round 3 of hard-fought local sportsman series.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) would like to announce a great new initiative to assist venues to make important risk management improvements to their facility.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to release the 2024/2025 season calendar for the recently announced ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship.
The Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship saw its Eastern Conference come to an exciting close at Willowbank Raceway at the weekend, where the chase was well and truly on for not only the conference victories, but also prestigious Gulf Western Oil Winternationals event wins.
Part three covers covers Extreme Bike, Performance Bike, Supercharged Outlaws, SuperComp and the Competition and Super Stock EC winners, plus also details of Super Gas’s Eastern Conference results.
Peter Xiberras and PremiAir Nulon Racing have taken their Top Fuel dragster to a B-Final win in front of full house for the Winternationals.
The event held at the newly upgraded Willowbank Raceway marked the final round of the 2023/2024 NDRC Top Fuel Championship, with Xiberras moving from fourth in the points to third place by the end of the four-day event this weekend.
The Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship saw its Eastern Conference come to an exciting close at Willowbank Raceway at the weekend, where the chase was well and truly on for not only the conference victories, but also prestigious Gulf Western Oil Winternationals event wins.
Part two covers covers Modified Bike, Real Street, Junior Dragster and Junior Drag Bike. Part two will be released on Wednesday, followed by Part Three on Friday, covering all of the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship Eastern Conference brackets.
The Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway got off to a great start for the Hydraulink Jim Read Racing team during Friday’s Top Fuel testing, but from there, lady luck well and truly shunned the team at what was the final round of the 2023/2024 Top Fuel Championship.
The Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship saw its Eastern Conference come to an exciting close at Willowbank Raceway at the weekend, where the chase was well and truly on for not only the conference victories, but also prestigious Gulf Western Oil Winternationals event wins.
Part one covers Modified Bike, Real Street, Junior Dragster and Junior Drag Bike.
Four days of history-making Australian drag racing has come to a thrilling conclusion today as the inaugural National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) champions were crowned alongside event winners and Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship Eastern Conference victors at the season-ending Gulf Western Oil Winternationals.
PremiAir Nulon Racing heads to the final day of the 2023/2024 NDRC Top Fuel Australian Championship as the second quickest entry following the conclusion of qualifying today at Willowbank Raceway.
There was no shortage of incredible National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) action on track today for what was the penultimate day of the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway – the season finale for the inaugural NDRC championship and also the Eastern Conference final for the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.
It might be the ‘Winters’, but the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) intensity is heating up at Willowbank Raceway as day two of the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals comes to a close.
A full day of Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship qualifying has provided the perfect start to the four-day (6 – 9 June) Gulf Western Oil Winternationals – the largest championship drag racing event held outside of the US – at Willowbank Raceway today.
One of the most intense championship battles of the NDRC season to date has been the one unfolding in Top Doorslammer, with 11-time champ John Zappia and breakthrough rookie Russell Taylor trading wins and the lead throughout.
A snapshot of all the horsepower action from this year’s Nitro Champs, and penultimate round of the inaugural National Drag Racing Championship series.
Day 2 of the Winter Warm Ups kept the build up to this week’s Gulf Western Oil Winternationals ticking along with more strong performances.
With a brand-new racing surface, a perfect weather forecast, and a bumper crowd expected, Hydraulink Jim Read Racing cannot wait to head to Willowbank Raceway in sunny Queensland for the season-ending Winternationals this weekend.
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