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.

Gary Phillips claimed a long-overdue win in his Lucas Oil Products Studebaker Top Doorslammer at last weekend’s Nitro Up North event at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin.

Scott Keogh has given us some early pics of a new addition to Australia’s Pro Stock Motorcycle ranks with a Harley Davidson V-Rod based ride.

Australian Top Sportsman champion Jason Stares has started his title defence off in the best possible way by taking victory tonight as part of the Nitro Up North event, in what was his first ever trip to Darwin.

Gary Philips and Damien Muscat have each overcome some tricky runs to take the Nitro Up North Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle event victories this weekend.

Day one of Hidden Valley Drag Strip’s Nitro Up North has hosted qualifying today (Friday July 8, 2016) for the first ever Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series event to be held in the Top End.

At the conclusion of day one of Nitro Up North, Grant O’Rourke (Top Doorslammer) and Mark Drew (Top Fuel Motorcycle) lead their respective fields in what is the first round of the 2016/2017 ANDRA Drag Racing Season.

Results from the opening round of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series and Summit Sportsman Series from Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip.

The 2016/17 ANDRA Rulebook has been released and for the first time is available free online.

We’d heard about this bizarre incident at a Calder Park street meet a while ago but this is the first time we’ve seen video. This does come with a language warning! 

WA Top Comp champion Wayne Keys recently moved on his venerable Holden Monaro to a new owner and now the question remains, just where has this five second doorslammer ended up?

This Friday and Saturday (8 and 9 July), Hidden Valley Raceway will explode with ANDRA National Championship Drag Racing for the professionals and Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman categories, and Top Doorslammer racer Grant O’Rourke is already getting into the ‘swing’ of things.

VenuesWest has commenced a tender process to appoint a sanctioning body for Perth Motorplex events. Both ANDRA and IHRA are expected to respond.

A chance encounter with the administration of the Australian National Drag Racing Association is what lead to aircraft engineer and skydive instructor Ashley Smith to become the Super Sedan drag racer he is today.