Two of four qualifiers have been completed in searing temperatures for Round 5 of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series presented by Mildura Rural City Council.

The co-designer of the iconic Christmas Tree trophy, John ‘Stomper’ Winterburn has given the thumbs up to an updated version to be presented at this weekend’s 400 Thunder event, the Home Group WA Nitro Slam.

Mariani Motorsports is pleased to announce that Mark “The Shark” Mariani will be appearing with his 8,000 horsepower Top Fuel Dragster alongside Make-A-Wish® Australia at the Caltex Star Mart at North Ryde in Sydney this Friday 4th December.

Much travelled Tasmanian and part time Victorian Modified Bike racer Shane Walker will be hoping to repeat his winning form from Portland this weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series presented by Mildura Rural City Council on Friday and Saturday.

Sydney smash repairer Mark Belleri had to make the most of his trade following a wild ride recently but is ready to come back to Western Australia for the Home Group WA Nitro Slam this Friday and Saturday, part of the 400 Thunder Series.

Mark Drew might have won the recent East Coast Nationals at Sydney Dragway but it came at a price, with the rider of the Perth Harley Davidson Top Bike sending his motor into flames.

Mark Sheehan has made life hard on himself with two nitro cars to drive and wife Sharon’s 300kmh dragster to oversee all in one week at Perth Motorplex.

The 2015 Australian Pro Street Association (APSA) season for the over-powered under-tyred brigade with the running of the APSA Shootout Grand Final at Sydney Dragway – and as usual there was no shortage of spectacular action.

Darren Saliba (Angle Vale, SA) is confident his team have worked the bugs out of the system when he visits Mildura Sunset Strip to contest Top Sportsman in Round 5 of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series presented by Mildura Rural City Council this weekend (Dec 4-5).

  The last time Modified racer Shane ‘Pooh’ Wynd (Ringwood) was in Mildura, he was rushed to hospital with a blocked bowel taking him out of contention for race day.

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Fresh from winning his first ever ANDRA Christmas Tree in Portland, Jason Keily (West Melbourne, Victoria) will try for two Supercharged Outlaws wins in a row at Round 5 of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series presented by Mildura Rural City Council this weekend (December 4-5).

The Australian National Drag Racing Association Ltd (ANDRA) is pleased to announce the Mildura Rural City Council has committed $7000 to the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association ahead of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series to be held at Mildura Sunset Strip December 4-5.

Ex-pat West Aussie Grant O’Rourke will take on 14 other Pro Slammer competitors at the Perth Motorplex’s Nitro Slam event this weekend.

Brendan Edyvane (Moores Pocket, QLD) has upset the Top Sportsman apple cart in the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series presented by Southern Downs Regional Council at Warwick Dragway.

Qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series presented by the Southern Downs Regional Council, the first ever National Championship drag racing event to be held at Warwick Dragway, has been completed with four ladies and four men topping the eight categories on show.

Eight Queensland Drag Racing Champions have been found amid scorching Saturday temperatures at Willowbank Raceway, following a frenetic day of eliminations-style racing for the final round of the QDRC for 2015.

Queensland’s Greg Leahy will be in attendance along with the rest of the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car brigade for the 2015 season finale – the Aeroflow Triple Challenge event on December 12.

Aaron Hambridge is a name that needs no introduction as one of the country’s best drag racing tuners of nitro-powered dragsters, but now Hambridge is taking his talent to funny cars.

  400 Thunder will run a six round Sportsman Championship Series, with two rounds allocated in the current season at each of Australia’s premier drag racing venues: Perth Motorplex, Sydney Dragway and Willowbank Raceway.

WA Modified Bike racer Mick Day recently won his first event at Perth Motorplex, but it came with an unplanned engine overhaul.

New Zealand’s Morice McMillin has driven some fast cars during his drag racing career but last Sunday the affable Kiwi had his first taste of nitro whilst completing licencing passes at Sydney Dragway and for him and his crew, the Aeroflow Triple Challenge can’t come soon enough.

Jess Turner Motorsport (Epping, Victoria) will make the jump from Group Three Modified racing to Group Two Competition Eliminator at Round 5 of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series in Mildura next week (Decemeber 4-5). 

  Summit Racing Equipment Junior Dragster racer Daniel ‘BatDan’ Carranza (South Morang, Victoria) has come a long way since making his debut at the 43rd Westernationals in 2014.

Round 4 of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series comes to Warwick Dragway this weekend (November 28-29) marking the first time the eighth-mile drag strip has hosted a National Championship event.

Parkhurst Modified Bike racer Ace Edwards hasn’t twisted the throttle a great deal of late. But when your last two events include a Winternationals win and a runner up several months later in Sydney at the East Coast Nationals, you still come to Warwick Dragway this weekend as one of the favourites.

The home of the largest championship drag racing event held outside of North America – Willowbank Raceway – will move all of its activities to International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) sanctioning from 1 December 2015.

Perth Motorplex will move to full International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) sanctioning from 1 December 2015, with no more ANDRA sanctioned events to take place at the venue.