The Ekanoo Racing team out of Bahrain are not content with having the quickest and fastest import machine in the world, they are now chasing the outright door car record – and overnight they have achieved the speed mark at 277.99mph.

The new year has brought a new look to a number of Top Alcohol/Pro Alcohol teams.

Due to circumstances beyond its control, Swan Hill Drag Racing Club has withdrawn its Summit Sportsman Championship round that was scheduled for February 18 and 19.

Sini Sveiger launched his blown Torana into the New Year literally with this spectacular wheelstand.

American star, Dom Lagana will race for Rapisarda Autosport International at the Santo’s Summer Thunder meeting at Sydney Dragway on January 21 followed by the ANDRA Australian Nationals to be held at Calder Park Raceway on January 28-29.

Davies Racing have unveiled their striking Mustang doorslammer at Summernats 30.

A massive crowd witnessed the return of New Year’s racing at Willowbank Raceway with the running of New Year’s Thunder – a 400 Thunder Series round for Top Fuel, Pro Slammer, Top Bike and Pro Bike.

Rachelle Splatt has announced her Top Fuel comeback race meeting will be at 400 Thunder’s Santo’s Summer Thunder event at Sydney Dragway on January 21.

Drag News Australia’s results robot in chief Mark Shields will be at Willowbank Raceway today for the first 400 Thunder round of the year to provide updates from trackside.

One of the legends of WA drag racing makes a return this Saturday at the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car event, as the ‘White Knight’ Jay Upton brings his nitro Top Fuel Motorcycle back to Perth Motorplex.

The rain meant the ANDRA Summer Nationals and Adelaide International Raceway was cancelled after qualifying, but we have found some qualifying video highlights by Sporting Scribe for your viewing.

Seeing a Nitro Funny Car with the name Begley on the side of it is nothing new at Perth Motorplex.

Rapisarda Autosport International star Wayne Newby will be chasing his first win at Willowbank Raceway in Top Fuel at the New Year Thunder meeting on Saturday January 7.

Willowbank Raceway is currently hosting the latest grudge racing series headlined by American Drag Week superstar Larry Larson who has transported his now legendary Nova and S-10 truck down under for a four event program.

Never mind just calmly spinning out his iconic S10 after a chute malfunction on one of the more daunting drag strip braking areas around, it was a kangaroo that grabbed Larry Larson’s attention.

  After a labor intensive build, Mick Mahoney and Phil Read have finally hit the track with their stunning Supercharged Outlaw Mustang at the recent ANDRA Summer Nationals at Adelaide International Raceway.

Instead of trying to complete the impossible task of picking our best photos from 2016, I decided to choose photo highlights from events in my travels this season.

Steve Bezzina in performing the unnatural by running 200mph in his XW Falcon on standard suspension and leaf spring rear end – all on a mere 275 radial tyre.

Construction has begun on the eagerly awaited new motorsport complex at Tailem Bend – now named The Bend. A video has been produced showing off the the initial earthworks after the South Australian Premier recently attended the ground breaking ceremony.

  U.S. Drag Week legend has landed in Australia and checked out the Willowbank facility where he aims to reset the U.S. street car world record.

The international Boxing Day Night of Fire at Perth Motorplex will provide a big stage for second generation jet drag racer Daniel Miocevich to make his competition debut.

The release of the International Hot Rod Association’s “State of the State” document further cements the 400 Thunder Professional Drag Racing Series as a market leader in the delivery of motorsports entertainment.

Leading lubricants company Gulf Western Oil has thrown its support behind Team Bray Racing, signing on as a full naming rights sponsor of a five-car campaign for the next three years.

For the upcoming Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car event at the Perth Motorplex, the partisan local crowd will have someone to cheer for, with the West Australian-based ‘Nitro Madness’ funny car to be piloted by young hot-shoe, Nathan Coles.

The owners of Jamboree are excited to announce that they have just signed a deal to bring four of Puerto Rico’s fastest sport compacts cars to the Brisbane Jamboree in 2017.

One of Australia’s best-known drag racing names on the international stage, ‘Cowin’, will once again take part in an international tour with the Aeroflow Nitro Hotrods set to race NZ’s and USA’s best!

The Zappia Racing crew traveled to Adelaide last week and attended the ANDRA Championship Dinner before Round 3, and Zap was presented with his Top Doorslammer Championship Gold Christmas Tree for 2015/2016 – his ninth back-to-back championship.

Canberra’s Josh Leahy has been keeping the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car crowds entertained with 160km/h 400-metre wheelies in the Nitro Sherriff wheelstander and now Leahy will swap ‘wheels up’ for ‘flames up’ as he pilots The Bandit nitro beast for the very first time in Perth.