In a major blow to the shortened ANDRA championship season, Sydney Dragway has cancelled this weekend’s Nitro Champs due to a forecast of rain. Following on from the cancellation of the Santo’s Super 3 Extreme event at Willowbank less than a month ago, the decision leaves just the Fuchs Winternationals in June left for the season. Sydney Dragway released the following statement: “Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen Regretfully Sydney Dragway finds itself in a position of having to make the difficult decision to cancel this week’s Nitro Champs. The weather forecast for the remainder of the week indicates more rain with Saturday expecting as high as 90% likelihood of 10-20mm of rain. This leaves us with no alternative but to cancel the event. The venue is already under pressure from the weather with the grounds and car parks saturated and with more rain immanent this week the venue would not be user friendly. To all our competitors who have entered the Nitro Champs we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this has caused. We will contact you later today via email with further details as to entry fees paid. We understand that this is an extremely shortened season and would like to wish everyone great success at the Winternationals.” Email Address Phone Number {fcomment}

Rapisarda Autosport International has confirmed NHRA star Tommy Johnson Jr. will drive the team’s fourth entry in Top Fuel at the Nitro Champs this weekend at Sydney Dragway.

New South Wales’ Fire and Rescue heroes will be well represented at the Nitro Champs, with an officially endorsed dragster and its owner/driver Simon Van Ballekom set to be a part of O’Rourke Motorsports event campaign this weekend at Sydney Dragway.

Rookie Top Alcohol driver Mark Hinchelwood is confident the Sainty Blind Obsession Funny Car is on the verge of a breakout pass with the team yet to run the full quarter mile distance.

Joe Khoury has paid tribute to his Trivett Harley Destroyer for the remarkable consistency he has enjoyed recently in Modified Bike.

Shane Weston had to be taken to Royal Perth Hospital following a serious crash last night at Perth Motorplex.

Swan Hill Drag Racing Club Vice President Lucas Woodburn shares an update on the progress of the brand new race track under construction at the exisiting motorsport facility at Chisholm Reserve in Swan Hill, Victoria.

Queensland’s Jake Donnelly has become one of the youngest drivers in Australia to start licensing in a Nitro Funny Car, going through the stages at Willowbank Raceway yesterday.

Turbo teddies may be the in thing right now but there is still plenty of new black belts coming out for the blower fans.

The partnership between Mariani Family Motorsports and Make-A-Wish Australia continues to grow from strength to strength as they prepare for a big day out at the Nitro Champs in Sydney May 2-3.

It was a weekend to forget for a number of racers involved in some spectacular accidents across the US racing scene last weekend – fortunatley no one was seriously hurt in any of these accidents.

Kiwi Rod Harvey and his 2JZ beast of a Celica became the third quickest Sport Compact car in the world last weekend with a flying 6.06 at 239mph pass in testing at Willowbank Raceway.

Former 2012 New South Wales Junior Dragster champion David Roberts will finally make his senior debut in the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway May 2-3.

After starting on a high by winning round one of the Australian Top Fuel Motorcycle Championship earlier this year, multiple Australian champion and current national record holder Chris Matheson has come back to Earth with a thud.

Willowbank Raceway will this weekend host not one but three events, with a Friday night test ‘n’ tune (Friday 24 April), the latest round of the JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series (Saturday 25 April) and the postponed running of the hotly-anticipated Nostalgia Drags (Sunday 26 April).

Craig Glassby, the owner of Australia’s quickest Top Alcohol Funny Car, will have some added support on board when the team heads east for the Winternationals.

Queensland-based racer Paul Messineo will take the wheel of The Bandit rather than his more familiar Dark Horse Mustang as than Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro funny Car show heads north to Mackay’s Palmyra Dragway, May 16.

Rapisarda Autosport International will make Top Fuel history at the Sydney Dragway Nitro champs on May 2-3 when they become the first Australian team to ever field four cars in the elite category.

With 2 wins from the first 2 championship events of the season, Gary Phillips and his Lucas Oils team head to Sydney Dragway on May 2 & 3 for the Nitro Champs, looking to continue the strong form that has seen them catapult to the top of the Top Alcohol championship standings.

Grant O’Rourke will be flying solo for the husband and wife drag racing team O’Rourke Motorsport at the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway (May 2-3), with Debbie O’Rourke sidelined due to damage sustained to her Top Alcohol funnycar at last month’s Pro Series 1000.

It’s the car that is creating plenty of buzz in the Top Fuel paddock and for the very first time Mark Sheehan’s brand new Morgan Lucas Racing-built dragster, complete with canopy over the cockpit, will be racing on Australia’s east coast.

Richie Crampton has won his third NHRA national event in Las Vegas.

Local racers have dominated at Willowbank Raceway’s round of the national Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series on Saturday 11 April, with all but two of the final contenders hailing from the host state.