Benny Phillips is one of the many FIFO workers in Darwin, far away from his home in Victoria. But he has taken advantage of his work situation this year by bringing his Holden Torana with him to go racing at Hidden Valley Drag Strip.

Drag racers have complained about traction on drag strips for years – normally the lack of. But this little guy was left very upset by too much traction at Sydney Dragway.

Ironbark Raceway in Roma hosted round three of the short track series on Aug 6. “The series went off really well. We picked up another 23 on day entries and if it had not been for the clash with the All Bike meeting at Benaraby we would have had another over 100 entry list,” said series organiser John Winterburn.

A massive crowd enjoyed a huge day of racing at the newly completed Springmount Raceway near Cairns. 

In early 2014, Mick Mahoney had a violent crash at South Coast Raceway in Portland with his Supercharged Outlaws Ford Capri, but the painful memories are no doubt made less so when he takes a look at his new Ford Mustang now approaching race readiness.

Supercharged six just has a ring to it, wouldn’t you agree? There will be plenty of unique Australian engineering hitting the track very soon when Jeff and Matt Ramsay debut their FJ Holden ute, to be powered by a Whipple supercharged Holden 186 red motor.

Joe Gauci has been racing his trusty Cortina for near-on 30 years and now he has finally achieved his six-second goal – and it was on radials.

We have see plenty of nitrous explosions in the sedan ranks before, but thankfully they are rare for the two wheel brigade. And as this US rider can attest too after narrowly escaping a near tragedy, we don’t want to see again. 

That is the goal for Jeremy “Jet” Martin with his VB taxi after a ripping 6.13 second pass in testing recently.

There is now apparently a way to see the IHRA Australian Rulebook with the document available on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Queensland race fans will get a taste of nitro with the confirmation the Aeroflow Nitro Hot rods of Wendy and Graeme Cowin will be debuting at Willowbank Raceways Cruzin Magazine Nostalgia Drags & Hot Rod Reunion, August 14.

Nothing to say here – you just need to watch.

Lucas Oil Top Fuel driver Richie Crampton’s streak of seven consecutive final-round victories came to an end at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway, but the final-round appearance was his first of the season and could signal a surge in the final nine races of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.

Nitro Funny Cars are a hard to tame beast at the best of times, let alone when all that horsepower breaks loose.

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.