Jamboree has introduced a new radial-tyre class for its events. The rise of radial-tyre drag racing, particularly limited tyre radial racing, on the world stage has been a rapid one, with performances in recent times most never thought possible.

Willowbank Raceway has announced a high-prizemoney ‘sportsman shootout’ during qualifying for the Winternationals in an email to entrants today.

Top Alcohol will soon receive a dose of insanity from the “Mad Professor” Rob Taylor as he plans to start testing his new Top Alcohol Funny Car in the coming month.

Australia’s Pac Performance will be taking their turbocharged rotary Mazda 6 across to the other side of the planet to compete against Puerto Rico’s Loquito Killer RX8 at Orland Speed World Dragway in Florida in October.

The full 2016 / 2017 ANDRA Championship Drag Racing calendar has been released ahead the Central Swing through the Northern Territory to start the season.

Brad Baker was there when it counted last season at Perth Motorplex, taking out the Modified State championship, even overcoming an early-season engine failure.

Ipswich City Council has taken another important step in its plan to revitalise the Ipswich Motorsport Precinct, signing on as naming rights sponsor for the 2016 Winternationals.

Willowbank Raceway has announced the impending arrival of Top Fuel Drag Racing royalty Larry Dixon, who will pilot a vehicle under reigning 2015 Top Fuel championship-winning team Rapisarda Autosport International, at the largest championship drag racing event held outside of North America.

Multiple NHRA Top Fuel champion Larry Dixon looks set to return to Australia to compete for Rapisarda Autosport International at the Winternationals.

Last weekend there was a wild moment at Willowbank Raceway when Mick Mundey flipped his turbocharged Hayabusa end for end.

There are some very serious drag cars that are turning up to street meets around the country recently – and the Oosterwaal family’s Camaro is certainly one of them.

Sydney rider Niki Zakrzewski has headed to the USA to compete in the PDRA’s Pro Extreme Motorcycle class this weekend at Texas Motorplex.

Recently crowned WA Top Comp champion Wayne Keys says a new car may be on the team’s agenda ahead of next season, with his Holden Monaro-bodied car starting to show its age.

This R35 GT-R street beheamoth smashed the quickest numbers in Australian ever for the breed on radials last night at Sydney Dragway – 9.09 at an astonishing 171mph!

Grudge racing has hit the south with the King of the Hill event bringing the ‘lights out’ treatment to Victoria’s Calder Park.

USA drag racing superstar John Force has just unveiled the new Camaro body for his race team’s Nitro Funny Cars at the team’s workshop in Brownsburg, Indiana.

One of the most crucial parts of getting a high horsepower car or bike down a drag strip is clutch set up, so Drag News went to Michael Marriott, crew chief for the Spinozzi Racing Pro Stock team, to find the friction point.

One of the wildest looking drag racing motorcycles to ever be built in Australia has made its debut, with Blaze Hansen recently testing his turbocharged Top Bike at Willowbank Raceway.

GoPro cameras are built tough, but it’s a pretty impressive feat of electronics to launch one in a supercharger explosion and have it still working at the end!

The NT Government in conjunction with MotorSports NT are supercharging the Central Australian Drag Racing Association’s (CADRA) signature ANDRA Championship event, the Desert Nationals, with the wild and unpredictable excitement of Top Doorslammer.

It was an action packed one day event at Sydney Dragway last Saturday, for Gary Phillips and his Lucas Oils team. A recent change in the scheduling of the Nitro Champs, saw Gary compete in both the Pro Alcohol and Pro Slammer categories, and complete 8 runs in just one day, a feat not possible without the reliability of Lucas Oil Products.

Kim Fardella thought a Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Super Stock Championship was unlikely.

We’re happy to have the e-mag option back for Drag News Magazine once more – so now you can read its glorious pages in digital or print versions!

Street meets are fun events at drag racing venues around Australia – you just never know what is going to show up. At Perth Motorplex on Wednesday night it was a twin turbo Lamborghini that was turning heads.

Perth Motorplex ran a Street King competition at its Formula Tech WhoopAss Wednesday event on May 11, with $500 up for grabs for the quickest street car on the night.

Adam Murrihy’s Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series began with a first round exit in Round 4 of the Series at Warwick Dragway in November. It ended with the 2015/2016 Supercharged Outlaws Championship at AIR in April.

Kylie Tanner didn’t manage an event win during the 2015/2016 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series but it didn’t matter.