An Australian set a world record on the weekend – but it hasn’t had anywhere near the attention it deserves.

The Gulf Western Oil-supported Team Bray Racing was sure to put on a show for the fans at Sydney Dragway’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder event this weekend – with Victor Bray going all the way to the finals while Ben entertained in the semi-finals as part of Australia’s fastest side-by-side ‘Slammer pass.

The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car Series has a new superstar and supercar! The Donnelly family has today revealed the new addition to the team’s fleet, The Avenger, a new ride for former wheelstander pilot, Dan Donnelly.

In his second race of 2017, Australian Pro Stock racer Shane Tucker came into raceday No. 13 at the 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals. Although that No. 13 seed was his best qualifying position of his season, Tucker fell in the first round of eliminations.

For 50 years, the Winternationals have been the definitive Australian Drag Racing event – the largest of its type anywhere in the world outside of North America, to give you an idea of the scale – and for 30 of those years, the Winternationals have called Willowbank Raceway home.

Shane Tucker qualified his season best No. 13 this weekend at the 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway despite Mother Nature’s best effort to wash away qualifying on Friday.

Rapisarda Autosport International star Wayne Newby has taken a stranglehold on his maiden 400 Thunder Championship after scoring a holeshot win over NHRA star Richie Crampton in the final of Nitro Thunder at Sydney Dragway.

One of the most historic days of Australian Drag Racing is in the record books – now overflowing with new standards from the 2017 Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder. 

The Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder delivered a spectacular opening day, providing some of the most memorable runs in Sydney Dragway history.

           Welcome to the Drag News Magazine live blog for the 2017 Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder at Sydney Dragway. Stay tuned across the weekend as we bring you updates from around the venue.

The Tremayne brothers will be carrying a new look into Nitro Thunder this weekend at Sydney Dragway with Mega Bulk Fuels coming on board for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 season.

Victorian racer Cameron Ambesi is not about doing things by halves – and his arrival in the 400 Thunder Series is more proof of his passion for professionalism in his racing endeavours.

Lamattina Top Fuel Racing, one of Australia’s most high profile drag racing teams, has put their support behind Novita Children’s Services for the event at Sydney Dragway on 5 – 7 May.

Hidden Valley Drag Strip can now proudly claim it is the home track for a locally owned Nitro Funny Car. This Saturday night will see the car make its first pass on its home track with the new driver behind the wheel.

Top Fuel drag racer Rachelle Splatt joins the Gulf Western Team and will be attempting a full-blown racing assault on the Gulf Western Oil 50th Winternationals in June.

Dom Lagana’s return to race for Rapisarda Autosport International at the Sydney Dragway Nitro Thunder meeting on May 5-6 will cap off a frantic week for the New York-based Top Fuel star.

For most racers, racing a Top Fuel dragster seems like a dream. Winning a Top Fuel Championship would be the impossible dream.

Australian Pro Stock driver Shane Tucker debuted his brand-new Auzmet Architectural Chevrolet Camaro this weekend and had two goals he wanted to accomplish at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals: qualify and improve each run he made. Both goals were accomplished this weekend at zMAX Dragway.

It will be a busy start to May for the Gulf Western Oil-supported Team Bray Racing.

Of all the ways you don’t want to start a drag race, this one would be up there.

The Eastern Creek Performance HJ Holden was an icon of the Wild Bunch racing heydays, and now the car that famously ran down the Eastern Creek’s Christmas Tree is coming back.

Every race driver has a ‘happy hunting ground’ and for Sydney-based Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car racer Shane Olive, Brisbane’s Willowbank Raceway has been the track that he has both enjoyed and dominated in recent times.

Pro Stock favorite Shane Tucker will return to the USA to compete this weekend at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Tucker currently plans on attending 14 races in 2017 and running their own engine program all season.

Entries are now open for Nitro Up North – the biggest adventure in Australian drag racing!

One of the highlights of the Queensland Drag Racing calendar, the Cruzin Magazine Nostalgia Drags and Hot Rod Reunion, is knocking on the doors of Willowbank Raceway as hundreds of the country’s best hot rods and race cars of yesteryear prepare to fill the state’s premier motorsport facility for a family-friendly weekend of retro fun.

Today’s modern billet blown alcohol Hemi engines make plenty of horsepower, the trick is getting that power smoothly and efficiently to the track.

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Oberg Family Racing are thrashing to assemble their Supercharged Outlaw funny car in time for a debut at the 50th Winternationals.