Steven Barnett’s Jamboree campaign did not start off the way he would have liked after putting his Mazda 6 into the wall on the first day of testing, but his fortunes have turned around big time.

Joe Gauci has made his first test hits, dialing in his spectacular new purpose built radial Mustang ahead of Radial Riot.

Long time Sydney racer Peter Byrne has teamed up with John Gauci for a crack at Supercharged Outlaws after Gauci purchased Rob Coote’s beautiful supercharged altered earlier in the year.

Another turbocharged Pro Mod is heading for Australian shores, with the ex-Jose Gonzalez ‘Eleanor’ Shelby GT500 Ford Mustang on its way for the world’s fastest DJ, Carl Cox.

With the Brisbane Jamboree coming up this weekend, racers have been getting an early look at the track through testing. Here’s some of the action so far!

A refreshed Pro Slammer is set to hit the track soon with Queensland’s Rob Harrington showing off his ‘Bad Influence II’ Holden Monaro for the first time.

The Ladies of Speed at the 2019 Garrett Advancing Motion Brisbane Jamboree are some of the toughest and quickest racers in the business. Racing everything from compact sedans to dragsters, 4 cylinders to V8s, and Datsun 1200s to Holden Commodores. From all over Australia these women are ready to compete across all categories on an equal battlefield with the men at the Brisbane Jamboree this weekend.

Rod and Emily Williams, the father-daughter duo from Dalby Queensland, will take to the track from the 24-25th of August and compete against each other for the first time in the Extreme bracket at the 2019 Garrett Advancing Motion Brisbane Jamboree.

Levi Addison may be new to the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series but that isn’t holding him back – with just two rounds under his belt, he is leading the Modified Bike standings and has already clinched one ANDRA Christmas Tree.

The Nissan R35 GTR has a reputation for being one of the fiercest production cars available, and the four wheel drive, six cylinder-powered beasts have been a common sight at drag racing events around the country – with the Australian record for the brand recently being reset.

Crashes are part and parcel of all motorsports, including drag racing, but this wall-slap from Danny Makdessi’s gorgeous four-door Valiant was one of the stranger ones we have seen recently.

As the radial tyre movement grows, we are seeing more and more purpose built radial race cars arriving at tracks, like this Mustang stunner out of Profab.

Leading Australian Top Fuel team Rapisarda Autosport International will race at the 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway, Indianapolis, Aug 29-Sept 2.

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