Super Gas champ Matt Forbes to tackle USA
Two-time ANDRA Super Gas Champion Matt Forbes is set to take on the best drag racing competitors in the world when he makes his American debut in October.
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Two-time ANDRA Super Gas Champion Matt Forbes is set to take on the best drag racing competitors in the world when he makes his American debut in October.

ANDRA today has announced the departure of its CEO Malcolm Bulley after three years with the organisation. Malcom’s last day will be Friday September 4th.

ANDRA would like to confirm that the Spring Nationals scheduled at AIR will not proceed in 2015.

The weather gods tried hard to ruin round three of the APSA Pro Street Shootout series at Benaraby Raceway, but the persistence of officials paid off finally drying the racing surface by the afternoon allowing the Pro Street guys and girls to do what they do best – big burnouts and wheelstands

In exciting news for fans of RHR and for the crowds set to rock Jamboree Brisbane 2015, Rod and his team welcome their new sponsor, Yuasa. This chapter of racing with a fresh new look on Rod’s Celica is destined to be awesome, as Rod hunts down the elusive five-second pass that is just within his reach.

The popular Brisbane Jamboree – Australia’s largest automotive lifestyle event and now the longest running independently-run drag racing event in the country – will celebrate its 25th birthday when it hits Willowbank Raceway this Saturday (29 August).

Help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Drag Racing’s premier event. Meet stars of yesterday and today and check out some of the nicest cars around that will be on display along with scheduled fire ups throughout the day.

Drag racing lost another legend last week with the passing of Brian Keegan.

An incredible day of NHRA racing in Brainerd, Minnesota saw Australians Richie Crampton and Wayne Newby both competing in Top Fuel. Read on to find out about how they went.

For the first time ever, Australia’s quickest street cars are coming to Perth for the inaugural Australian Pro Street Association (APSA) round at Perth Motorplex on 31 October 2015.

Reigning NHRA Rookie of the Year Richie Crampton added an important accolade to his three-win sophomore season with a top-qualifier effort at his title sponsor’s main event, the 34th annual Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.

Great news is that Mark Hinchelwood has returned home from hospital to begin a long recovery from injuries sustained in a testing accident just over a week ago. Mark has made a candid and brutally honest statement about the incident and his actions in hope others will learn from what happened.

The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car show is heading to the one of Australia’s premier drag racing facilities, the Perth Motorplex, with a huge field of funny cars primed to entertain the West Australian fans.

This Saturday (22 August) the latest round of the Queensland Drag Racing Championships will hit Willowbank Raceway, hosting more than 100 local heroes of all ages.

Darwin’s NT Titles has seen O’Rourke Motorsport’s Grant O’Rourke retain his second place standing in the Top Doorslammer championship, courtesy of a Top Qualifying result and a semi-finals appearance.

Okay the Nostalgia racing scene in Australia is not quite the same as seen at places like Bakersfield, but we do alright for what we have and recently at Sydney’s Cruzin’ Magazine Nostalgia Drags event the revival of the fuel altered certainly has plenty on nostalgia buffs salivating.

The day unfortunately ended prematurely with the Mark Hinchelwood incident and we wish Mark our best wishes again in his recovery, but before that moment the Nostalgia Drags was delivering big on on old school action as captured in this mammoth gallery.

Check out all the action from both the pro ANDRA Top Doorslammer ranks and the local sportsman contingent across two days of great racing at Hidden Valley.

Rapisarda Autosport International will return to the NHRA Mello Yello series for the Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway, Minnesota, next weekend followed by the most prestigious meeting on the NHRA calendar, the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis from September 2-7.

Local Sportsman racing was an action packed affair at Hidden Valley this weekend as the 2015 NT Titles was hosted over Friday and Saturday nights.

John Zappia bounced back from his Round 1 disappointment to take the points in Round 2 of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series for Top Doorslammer at the 2015 NT Titles in Darwin.

Grant O’Rourke surged to the top of the qualifying charts in balmy conditions during qualifying for Round 2 of Top Doorslammer in the ANDRA Drag Racing Series at Hidden Valley Drag Strip on Friday.

Follow our updates during the NT Titles this Friday and Saturday at Hidden Valley Drag Strip, the second round of the 2015/16 ANDRA Top Doorslammer Championship.

More great track upgrade news with the Steel City Drag Club completing the last stage of the racing surface upgrade at Whyalla’s Steel City Raceway. Unlike many other race tracks in the country that have been fortunate enough to gain government funding, the club has self funded the track upgrades to come in line with ANDRA National Championship standards.

One of Queensland’s biggest drag racing teams, DBS Motorsport has added another car to the fleet with young superstar driver, Jake Donnelly, taking the wheel of the newly completed Bubble Bee Camaro.

The Hidden Valley Drag Strip will be covered with rubber again this week with Round 2 of the national ANDRA Drag Racing Series with Top Doorslammer featuring as part of the NT Titles.

The much anticipated Calder Park Raceway upgrades have commenced with stage one of works now well underway with the tearing up of the racing surface.

This weekend’s round of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway will host not only the last race for retiring fast femme Debbie O’Rourke, but also round two of racing for her husband Grant O’Rourke in the Top Doorslammer championship.

Sydney Dragway today has announced the launch of the East Coast “Thunder Down Under” Nationals to be run under the newly established Australian Professional Drag Racing Series (APDRS).

Ben Bray aims to build on the steady progress made in his new Corvette last month when the ANDRA Drag Racing Series gets underway this Friday and Saturday at Hidden Valley Drag Strip.
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