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At the recent Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway, round one of the new 2024/2025 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship, Gary Baker took out a breakthrough win in Super Sedan to claim his first ANDRA Christmas Tree trophy.
Swan Hill Dragway, while much loved since its opening in 2016, has had a troubled existence up until its controversial closure only a couple of year later. Now a new consortium is making plans to return drag racing to the Victorian/NSW border-town venue on the shores of the Murray River.
The Nostalgia Drags Mildura at Atlantic Oils Sunset Strip has grown in reputation as one of the best events of its style in Australia, attracting an army of competitors every year.
Alice Springs Inland Dragway was alive with celebration last Sunday afternoon as the first ANDRA Christmas Tree winners of the new ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship were awarded at the close of the Desert Nationals.
Day one of the Desert Nationals, the opening round of the 2024/2025 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship, has successfully come to a close at Alice Springs Inland Dragway this afternoon ahead of more exciting action scheduled for tomorrow (Sunday August 25).
The testing phase is complete, and the wait is over! Qualifying for the 2024 Brisbane Jamboree kicks off with qualifying tomorrow, paving the way for an action-packed race day on Sunday. In the meantime, checkout the action from the past three days of testing at Willowbank Raceway.
ANDRA is pleased to announce that the Modified Bike bracket of the new ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship – kicking off this weekend at Alice Springs Inland Dragway’s Desert Nationals – will be sponsored by Ballistic Performance Parts
Dean Gunson has tasted plenty of success at his local Alice Springs Inland Dragway, including taking the Desert Nationals Modified Bike win at the 2021 running of the event.
After another weather related false start that has haunted Jamboree events in Sydney for years, the racers and event team finally put the 2024 edition into the books after the March attempt was rained out. Check out all the high-horsepower craziness only the Jamboree can deliver in this huge gallery.
With 2024 Brisbane Jamboree just a few days away Tarabay Brothers Racing have unveiled their newest animal to do battle in Factory Xtreme warfare, a 2JZ beast named King Kong.
The first Nostalgia Drags after the Willowbank Raceway track works welcomed a host of drag racing classics for a trip down memory lane. The event also kicking off the new Nostalgia Pro Stock concept bracket.
Lee Povey took out the top gong at Northern Nats earlier this year and is now preparing to make his Desert Nationals debut at Alice Springs Inland Dragway across August 24 and 25.
When the Sydney Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series was cancelled the series pivoted to take their action to Benaraby Raceway. Dubbed ‘Hooked Up In The Harbour’, a host of radial racers followed to let loose at the Central Queensland venue.
In just one year, Rob Marjan’s RB-powered GT-R Pro Mod has become the fastest and quickest RB engine car globally, as well as the quickest import car in Australia, marking a remarkable achievement in its debut season.
After a successful inaugural season, the second running of Dragway at The Bend’s Summit Racing Equipment Track Championship will launch into action later this month with the first of five championship rounds to be held on August 31.
The Queensland Drag Racing Championship is rapidly rolling on for 2024 with round two held recently on another perfect Winter’s day at Willowbank Raceway.
The revival of old school Pro Stock racing has been long talked about by many a racer and fan reminiscing about past golden eras in the class. This Saturday (Aug 10) at Willowbank Raceway’s Nostalgia Drags the first steps will be taken in a plan to bring back some aspects of those glory days of high revving aspirated small block sedans going heads up.
Alice Springs Inland Dragway is looking forward to a brilliant weekend of Desert Nationals racing to open the new 2024/2025 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship season across August 24-25, with perfect weather forecast and the track surface well and truly delivering at recent events.
The hotly-contested NSW Track Championship season has reached its halfway point with the running of round four in very brisk Winter conditions at Sydney Dragway.
After a long hiatus due to Willowbank Raceway track works, the Queensland Drag Racing Championships made a triumphant return for an all new season or sportsman racing to crown new track champions for 2024.
The Brothers Leagues Club Ipswich will showcase local drag racing legend Steve ‘The Pom’ Read’s Top Fuel Dragster at their Annual Mental Health Charity Football Round this weekend.
After a few teasers over the the past few weeks the Pac Performance team have unveiled their two brand-new pro cars that we will be racing in the Factory Xtreme class – the new Pac Performance RX9 & Sadek Racing Camaro.
The RPM Race Parts team have unveiled they will be going blown with their new Jerry Bickel built Camaro hosting a Pro Line Racing MH7 Hemi destined for Pro Mod or Top Doorslammer.
Members from the Melbourne Drag Racing Club (MDRC) recently celebrated the club’s 50th anniversary. The origins of the MDRC began when members of the Scuderia Auto Club, which was involved in all forms of motorsport, wanted to form a club which would solely concentrate on drag racing.
After 6 years of working with the Aeroflow Nitro Funny Cars team, driver of King Kong and the Rocket Industries Nitro Funny Car is moving on to pursue his own business opportunities it has been announced.
Long term Willowbank Raceway stalwart Harry Rowsell has officially retired from his position as the Operations Manager at Willowbank Raceway. Following the retirement of, Willowbank Raceway has announced the appointment of Andrew Casos as the new Operations Manager at the venue.
As we gear up for the rescheduled Round 4 of the 2024 NSW Championship at Sydney Dragway this weekend, let’s take a moment to recap the action from Round 3 of hard-fought local sportsman series.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) would like to announce a great new initiative to assist venues to make important risk management improvements to their facility.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to release the 2024/2025 season calendar for the recently announced ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship.
The Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship saw its Eastern Conference come to an exciting close at Willowbank Raceway at the weekend, where the chase was well and truly on for not only the conference victories, but also prestigious Gulf Western Oil Winternationals event wins.
Part three covers covers Extreme Bike, Performance Bike, Supercharged Outlaws, SuperComp and the Competition and Super Stock EC winners, plus also details of Super Gas’s Eastern Conference results.
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