It was meant to be just another licensing pass attempt for Vaughan Greentree in the supercharged “Undertaker” Hearse at Sydney Dragway’s Day Of The Drags event – that was before all hell broke loose.

Rapisarda Autosport International and gun racer Dom Lagana have made a superb return to the NHRA Mello Yello Series finishing in eighth spot at the end of day one of qualifying at the SummitRacing.com Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

  Drag News Australia’s Mark Shields brings you all the updates from race day at the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series at Willowbank Raceway on April 11. Tweets by @ANDRA_NEWS Tweets by @dragnewsaus ​

A huge crowd packed into Adelaide International Raceway for the Saturday night Easter show and eager fans were treated to some of the very best racing ever held at the iconic South Australian venue as a part of the Aeroflow nitro funny car show.

Toward the end of 2014 Davison Family Racing announced their return to ANDRA Championship Drag Racing to contest for the Competition Eliminator title in 2015 as part of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series.

The WA Grand Final could see several first time track championship winners this Saturday night at Perth Motorplex and hoping to join that lucky group are Modified Bike racer Brett Allen and Junior Dragster driver Connor McClure.

Supercharged Outlaws competitor Jake Donnelly and his DBS Motorsports team are on the verge of some big changes as they ready their 57 Chev for Round 4 of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series at Willowbank Raceway on Saturday (April 11).

South East Queensland’s sportsman drag racers will have their first shot of national championship glory at Queensland’s premier drag racing facility Willowbank Raceway this weekend (Saturday 11 April) when the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series comes to town.

The WA Grand Final will be the stage for a number of exciting championship scenarios to play out this Saturday at Perth Motorplex.

A new dragster recently had its first hit out in Queensland with a different kind of powerplant behind the driver.

Following confirmation from the Board of ANDRA ltd. the 2015 ANDRA Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Championship will continue as scheduled.

Santo Rapisarda Jr, crew chief for current ANDRA Top Fuel championship leader Damien Harris, says the team chemistry is strong this season as Rapisarda Autosport International chases their first title in 13 years.

The opening round of the Atura Blacktown Track Championship Series at Sydney Dragway featured 250 entries and free entry for spectators, however the weather machine dropped consistent drizzle all day long to dampen the mood and try everyone’s patience.

Peter Leahy will be racing a car in tribute to his father Roly Leahy as part of the Adelaide round of the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car series.

With a poor weather forecast for the coming weekend around Brisbane, the Santo’s Super 3 Extreme Drag Race has been cancelled.

“Cyclone Nationals Conquered” screamed one of the social media updates in the aftermath of the 2015 NZ Nationals held 14th and 15th March 2015 at Meremere Dragway.

John Cannuli will be returning to the United States later this year to have another crack at Top Alcohol Funny Car racing in the NHRA.

Wayne Newby, the newest recruit to Rapisarda Autosport International, says he is growing more and more accustomed to the cockpit of a Top Fuel dragster but even he was taken aback after covering the quarter mile in 4.58 seconds at Perth Motorplex last month.

The fifth issue of Drag News Magazine is now available! Issue five of Drag News Magazine is now out. In this edition, we talk to the IHRA about their plans for Australian drag racing, Willowbank CEO Tony Manson discusses all things do with drag racing at the Ipswich institution and we find out about young Daniel Carranza, a Junior Dragster driver who is learning about life through drag racing. Plus action packed reports from the Sydney Jamboree, VPW Pro Series 1000 at Adelaide and Washpod Nitro Max in Perth. You can view the magazine in the embed below or else click here. To view the full version of the e-magazine costs US$3.99 (about AUD$4.89 this morning) but we reckon the best option is a subscription at US$34.99 (about AUD $42.83 this morning). A subscription means you’ll get 12 issues of Drag News Magazine for less than the cost of nine! Sorry about the US dollar stuff. The magazine software will prompt for payment to view all the pages. This means signing up to an account on Joomag and entering credit card or PayPal details through their secure server. Once you have a log in, you can also download the Joomag app to view the magazine on your phone or tablet. When viewing on a desktop, we recommend clicking the full screen button to get the best experience. You can zoom in by double clicking anywhere on the page and zoom out by double clicking again. *Please note* we are aware of a technical issue where a user who has subscribed or purchased an issue already may be asked to pay again for their subscription or issue. The work around is to make sure you are logged in to joomag.com first and then either click on ‘My Library’ within Joomag or simply come back to the magazine embed on this page. If you do need technical assistance send an email to luke@dragnews.com.au. {fcomment}

The newest kid on the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car block is sure to become a crowd favourite on debut. The Dukes of Hazzard-inspired ‘The General’ is set to shake up the field as Australia’s favourite nitro show is joined by jet-cars and legendary Australia rock band, Rose Tattoo in an Easter spectacular in Adelaide Saturday, April 4.

The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car Show is heading back north, with confirmation the tour will be taking a massive 11 of the 4000 horsepower flame-throwing funny cars to Mackay’s Palmyra Dragway!

Queensland drag racing legend Ben Bray will make his comeback to the drag strip this Easter Saturday (April 4) as part of the Santo’s Super 3 Extreme Drag Race Event, presented by Uplift Cranes and Titan Cranes.

Getting off to the best start of his brief career in the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, Lucas Oil/GEICO Top Fuel driver Richie Crampton is ready for bigger things during his second trip ever to the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, which will take place this weekend in Concord, North Carolain.

When the flame-throwing Top Fuel dragsters thunder down Willowbank Raceway’s quarter-mile on Easter Saturday (4 April) as part of the Santo’s Super 3 Extreme Drag Race Event presented by Uplift Cranes and Titan Cranes, it will be in pursuit of what has been called ‘Top Fuel’s highest honour’.

Scott White had that feeling of confidence prior to the first round of the 2015 ANDRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Championship at Adelaide International Raceway.

Warwick Dragway played host to the first round of the 2015 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series on March 14. The event was originally was scheduled for late February, but cyclone Marcia had something to say about that, so organiser John Winterburn made the proactive decision to move the event date.

Round two of the APSA Pro Street Shootout series at Willowbank Raceway was heating up to be another day of awesome wheels up action after some tease in testing leading up to the event. But all that brewed were the rain clouds restricting the event to just one qualifier and one round of racing as the heavens opening up numerous times and ultimately putting an end to the event.