Top Fuel racer Wayne Newby delivered the perfect end to a sensational night of racing at Sydney Dragway, racing to the quickest time of the weekend en-route to overcoming Peter Xiberras in the Top Fuel final.

Day one of East Coast Thunder is in the books with a tight Sydney Dragway track producing some stout numbers.

Drag racing is full of records and some are more arcane than others. But we’ve been hitting search engines hard to try and find out if Russell Mills’ 5.521 run in qualifying for Pro Alcohol at East Coast Thunder was a world record for front engine dragsters.

Fabietti Racing and driver Mark Belleri are proud to announce a new partnership with leading global automotive parts brand ACDelco ahead of the 2017 Australian 400 Thunder Drag Racing Series.

Scott MacLean has completed a marathon week of testing ahead of the East Coast Thunder event today at Sydney Dragway.

A mad thrash in the workshop over the past few weeks by Robert and Jason Maggs with their crew, will see Maggs Racing ready, strong and bursting to hit the track for the East Coast Thunder event at Sydney on November 4 & 5.

The hype continues to build for East Coast Thunder with the nationally broadcast Today Show on the Nine Network confirming that the weather report will be broadcast from Sydney Dragway on Wednesday 2nd November 2016.

Top Fuel Australia (TFA) is looking forward to the opening round of the 400 Thunder season this Friday and Saturday at Sydney Dragway for East Coast Thunder.

Shane Tucker staged his Auzmet Architectural Chevrolet Camaro during eliminations for the last time in 2016 this past weekend at the 16th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals. Although he had an early exit in the first round, Tucker is full steam ahead towards the off season and preparing for 2017.

The Queensland Drag Racing Championship has crowned the winners of the 2016 Willowbank track championship series following the final round on Oct 29.

It was a brutal five tracks in five days and over 1500km in between for this year’s Street Machine Drag Challenge. As usual there was a fair bit of drama on and off the track with mechanical mayhem, and unfortunate traffic accidents.

The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car tour has made a stunning debut at Victoria’s Calder Park Raceway with 10 outlaw nitro funny cars putting on a stunning show for the crowd with side-by-side passes throughout the night.

The NHRA Toyota Nationals at Las Vegas has certainly provided some funny car thrills and spills on the weekend – it’s almost like the old days.

It is with great sadness we report the passing of popular Queensland Modified Bike racer Wayne Smith.

Matt Forbes might have found himself out in round of the NHRA Toyota Nationals in Las Vegas but the Victorian sportsman racer is still smiling.

Auzmet Architectural Pro Stock driver Shane Tucker would like nothing more than to play a role in how the championship plays out by taking out some of the top contenders in the class during eliminations tomorrow at Las Vegas.

Rod Bailey’s Chemical Warfare might have missed the quickest Funny Car field in NHRA history but there is no shame for Bailey or driver Anthony Begley who are living the dream in the USA.

Peter Russo and wife Helen have been living out their Nitro Funny Car dreams on US soil for a long time but arguably one of the greatest highlights of their career came early this morning Australian time when the Victorians qualified into the quickest NHRA Nitro Funny Car field in history with a personal best of 4.04/302mph.

Three-time NHRA champ, Larry Dixon,will return to Australia to race for Rapisarda Autosport International at the East Coast Thunder meet at Sydney Dragway on November 4-5.

Two new Modified Eliminator National Records were set at Round 3 of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series at Mildura Sunset Strip.

As Sydney Dragway prepares for the East Coast Thunder on 4th and 5th November, the 400 Thunder Professional Drag Racing Series have announced an expanded television package for season 2016-17.

Australia’s quickest man on two wheels, Chris Matheson and his team have been testing his Nitro Voodoo Top Fuel Motorcycle in readiness for the first round of the 400 Thunder season opener for the class.

Auzmet Architectural Pro Stock driver Shane Tucker will be heading to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to compete in his fifth race of the season. Tucker has yet to race in Sin City and is looking forward to rolling the dice at the 16th annual Las Vegas NHRA Nationals.

Inattentive drivers (from the public that is, not the owners) have caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage to two Street Machine Drag Week contenders.

Rod Bailey’s Chemical Warfare Nitro Funny Car has made its first passes in the USA in the lead up to competing in the NHRA at Las Vegas this weekend.

Darwin’s Scott Maclean is preparing for a strong return to national drag racing in both a brand new Top Doorslammer and his Top Alcohol Funny Car.

Mark Zauch (Virginia, SA) has won his first ever ANDRA Christmas Tree at Round 3 of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series in Mildura with a win over Justin Russell in the Supercharged Outlaws final.

Qualifying for round three of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series – being presented this weekend by the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association and Mildura Gateway Tavern – is now complete ahead of racing on Sunday.