Michael Fotheringham has advised the Board that he will be standing down from the Board due to work commitments. His term as Chairman will expire at the end of July 2016.

  Warrnambool and Drag Racing District Association have been left stunned after their proposal for a permanent home for drag racing in the Victorian town was rejected by local council.

Racer and Crew Chief Aaron Hambridge and sports media personality Lachlan Wills have joined the ANDRA Drag Racing commentary team on SBS Speedweek.

We had only just brought news of Scott Keogh’s new Harley Davidson V-Rod-based Pro Stock Motorcycle in the build but the story has taken a devastating turn with a fire at Jason’s Garage in Thornton, NSW, destroying the engine the team had been preparing.

The second round of The Cruzin’ Magazine Nostalgia Drags and Hot Rod Reunion will see hundreds of Hot Rodders from around the country blow the dust out of their cars and set a course for Willowbank Raceway on 14th August, 2016 where they’ll be in for a celebration of the quickest and fastest cars of yesteryear. 

Lights Out showed and gave us a introduction into the popularity of bare bones drag racing, and now Po Tung has formulated the style of racing into Grudge Kings – and the result? Well see for yourself.

Four years for four hundredths of a second. That’s what it has taken for Gerry Sarafoglou to improve the record for Australia’s quickest LS turbo, in a quest that has truly tested his resolve.

Grudge Kings has produced astonishing performances across the board, including in the street car arena. One of the most impressive was a 9.94/140mph blast from BLWN63, a Mercedes Benz C63 AMG out of the Autowerks workshop.

John Zappia has assumed the lead of the ANDRA Top Doorslammer Championship after the second round of the series in Alice Springs.

The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car show has released its calendar for the coming 2016/17 financial year with the nitro coupes to travel to two new venues.

Paul Mouhayet is recovering following a braking area accident in his Moits Racing Ford Mustang at the weekend’s Grudge Kings event at Sydney Dragway.

Rain might have brought a temporary halt to Sydney Dragway’s week of mega-testing but when the sun came back out so did the racers, as Paul Mouhayet raised his Australian doorslammer speed record to 266.58mph.

  Following the conclusion of the inaugural 400 Thunder Drag Racing Season, the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is set to increase its commitment to Australian drag racing, with a goal to move the sport to greater heights.

There is a new drag racer from Australia making their mark Stateside with Rhiannon Allison heading to Florida to work with Larsen Motorsports in the USA.

Makoto Watanabe might not be a familiar name to Aussie drag racing fans, but come August 27 and the Just Car Insurance Brisbane Jamboree presented by Garrett, Japan’s fastest rotary pilot is one you’re not likely to forget.

  400 Thunder has announced its new series calendar, with a pair of extra events added for January at Sydney Dragway and Willowbank Raceway and a season opener at Springmount Raceway.

Drag News is saddened to hear of the passing of popular drag racing identity Harry White.

The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) will partner with Garmin Australia and their Garmin VIRB series on a new TV and live stream multimedia package for the remainder of the 2016/2017 ANDRA Championship season.

Dandy Engines head honcho Frank Marchese is known for producing some of the biggest horsepower turbo motors out there, but he is no stranger to the strip himself – though a runway would have perhaps been more suited for his Ford XW Falcon on this wild wheelstand.

Paul Mouhayet has not taken long to deliver record performances from the ‘big brother’ Moits Racing Ford Mustang recently brought to Australia after a stretch in the USA.

John Zappia has clean-swept the Top Doorslammer category at Alice Spring Inland Dragway’s Desert Nationals this weekend – top qualifying and taking the event victory this afternoon (Sunday 17 July) whilst also resetting the track speed (193.97mph) and elapsed time (3.966s) eighth-mile distance records in the process.

Alice Springs Inland Dragway has hosted a busy day of racing for round two of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series today (Sunday 17 July), with the Desert Nationals winner’s circle hosting Mark Hunt (Supercharged Outlaws), Luke Veersma (Summit Racing Equipment Junior Dragster), Gavin Chisnell (Modified), Leith Darrach (Modified Bike), Graeme Simms (Super Comp), Peter Tzokas (Super Sedan), Jacob Mills (Super Street) and Matt Forbes (Top Sportsman).

Ron Atholwood has returned to the track in a Nitro Funny Car almost 20 years since his last nitro blast.

In its fourth consecutive annual visit to the Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway, the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series has lit up the Northern Territory venue.

Nine-time Champion John Zappia has top qualified for the Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway, in what is the first ever visit to the venue by any Group One category.

Rachelle Splatt has announced her return to Australian Top Fuel Drag Racing at Meguiar’s MotorEx in Melbourne.

Rachelle Splatt is planning a return to Top Fuel drag racing.

This weekend’s Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Dragway will have plenty to entertain the fans of all things on two-wheels, including racing from Modified Bike and nitro-fuelled exhibition action from Top Fuel Motorcycle defending champion Chris Porter.