REPORT: Atura Championship crowns its champions
The 2016 Atura Championship Series that decides Sydney Dragway’s Track Champions has come to close after seven events over the course of the year.
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The 2016 Atura Championship Series that decides Sydney Dragway’s Track Champions has come to close after seven events over the course of the year.
A few R32 GTRs have been making news on this site with some world record breaking performances – enter Australia’s quickest and fastest street R35.
Chris Manks pumped out six second passes with ease at the East Coast Nationals claiming the IHRA A/MA record.
It was a weekend of great saves, here we have another one from Russell Ladbrook in his AA/FC at the WA Championships.
Rob Taylor is not one to stay down, despite nursing some injuries from the crash that saw the demise of his ’68 Camaro Top Doorslammer, Taylor has given everyone a glimpse of what is install next.
Four new ANDRA 1000ft National Record were set at the Rowe Memorial Super Stock Classis at Calder Park Raceway last weekend.
The Perth Motorplex hosted the first round of the new Summer Slam series for the growing number of Western Australian Top Doorslammer teams in Perth, and the WA Drag Racing Championship event this weekend saw eight teams compete for the coveted title.
Ross Bulloch or “Hurk The Turk” as he was more affectionally known as, a stalwart of Australian drag racing, passed away today after a battle with cancer.
Perth Motorplex has welcomed two new sponsors to the fold, the first since VenuesWest took over as interim operator on 1 July 2016.
The Donnelly family racing team has been a crowd favourite since joining the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car series and Sydney race goers are in for a treat, a double dose of Donnelly in the nitro funny car ranks!
Australia’s newest drag strip will have its much-anticipated maiden run this weekend as Swan Hill Drag Racing Club hosts Race for Pride.
The second round of the Perth Motorplex track championship took place on November 19, with the WA Drag Racing Championships.
Save of the day at the Andrew Rowe Memorial, ANDRA Summit Sportsman Series event at Calder Park yesterday went to Top Sportsman racer Victor Fernandez.
Over 170 enthusiastic racers descended on Sydney Dragway to round out the 2016 ATURA Blacktown NSW Championship season in style on 19th November, with round seven of the Championship bringing the season to a climactic finish.
Tom Dimitropoulos (Gillman, SA) has taken out the Rowe Memorial Super Stock Classic at Calder Park Raceway.
Alex Cirtoski has shared his crazy in-car footage from his low seven second Birrong Automotive Skyline at the Melbourne Jamboree – must watch.
The quickest street Nissan GTR battle is a ferocious one right now, with a new World Record holder crowned at the Melbourne Jamboree, before disaster struck.
The East Coast Thunder event was the swan song for Michelle Davies’ 10.5 Torana and what better way for it to go out – though it almost did not happen.
It’s another race against time for 2013 Super Stock Champion Darren Parker (Hoppers Crossing, Victoria) to be ready for the premier Super Stock race of the year at Calder Park Raceway this weekend.
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Jess Turner (Epping, Victoria) will celebrate completing her Bachelor in Accounting this past Tuesday by crunching numbers of a different kind and racing in the Rowe Memorial Super Stock Classic at Calder Park Raceway Saturday November 19.
The first round of a new State-based Top Doorslammer series will take place this Saturday at Perth Motorplex.
American Top Fuel Bike rider Korry Hogan has walked away from what looked like a horrific accident at the Man Cup Motorcycle event at South Georgia Motorsport Park.
Jim Read (NSW) is synonymous with Top Fuel and Australian Drag Racing.
Introducing the ANDRA Drag Racing Podcast – The Most Powerful Podcast for the Most Powerful Motorsport on the Planet!
Ryan Van Dyk (Diggers Rest, Victoria) will debut a new engine combination in his Dragster Ace Supercharged Outlaw Dragster at the Rowe Memorial Super Stock Classic.
Santo Rapisarda Jr. was denied the ideal 23rd birthday present when Texan Steve Torrence beat Wayne Newby in a first round thriller in the Auto Club NHRA finals at Pomona Raceway.
RAI star Wayne Newby will face off against Texan Steve Torrence in first round of racing at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Pomona Raceway, Newby qualified 11th in the 19 car field.
The “Mad Professor” Rob Taylor suffered a major accident at Calder Park yesterday during the Melbourne Jamboree when his Camaro Top Doorslammer lost traction and collided with both concrete walls.
News out of Pomona, California today that this will be the last event for the Morgan Lucas Racing Top Fuel team and its Australian driver Richie Crampton.
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