Stuart Bishop completed his best ever season in Top Doorslammer in 2014, finishing second in the ANDRA championship – but it ended with a disastrous crash at Sydney Dragway following a transmission failure.

The 2015 ANDRA Championship Drag Racing season kicks into gear this weekend featuring Round 1 of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle at Perth Motorplex.

Queensland-based driver Grant O’Rourke will be competing this weekend in Top Doorslammer as part of the Home Group WA Nitro Slam at Perth Motorplex, getting the chance to be back in front of his family and friends.

Multiple Australian Top Fuel Motorcycle champion Chris Matheson has set his sights on the 2015 championship following a tough 2014.

Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle will kick off the ANDRA season in just under a fortnight at Perth Motorplex at the Home Group WA Nitro Slam, with strong fields presenting for both categories.

Reigning Australian Top Doorslammer Champion John Zappia ran the quickest Top Doorslammer pass in the country over the weekend at the Perth Motorplex.

A new Supercharged Outlaws Funny Car has debuted in Western Australia with Simon ‘Gonzo’ Travaglini making first runs in the Formula Tech Performance X Factor Toyota Celica.

A power outage brought an early close to Perth Motorplex’s Jet Car Max in one of the most unusual events in Western Australian drag racing history.

NHRA Pro Stock driver Shane Tucker will partner with Book Racing Enterprises as its engine supplier for the 2015 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.

“Dragwell by name, drag very well by reputation” will be the motto of 19 year old Rhiannon Allison as she launches into the extreme world of jet dragsters this Sunday, December 28 at Perth Motorplex for Jet Car Max.

Carrying a brand new Dodson Motorsport scheme on his Toyota Celica, New Zealand’s Rod Harvey hired out Willowbank Raceway recently for a night test session to take a crack at the five second pass his team has been chasing.

Rotary powered race cars always seem to traverse that fine edge to disaster with massive horsepower in something not much longer than a bath tub, such was the case at the last Full Thottle Friday of Sydney Dragway’s season with two racers stepping over that edge.

The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) wishes to announce the ANDRA Championship Drag Racing event at Calder Park in Victoria featuring Top Fuel, Top Fuel Motorcycle, Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle and the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series on February 7-8, 2015 will not go ahead as planned.

Reigning Australian Top Alcohol champion Steve Ham has sacrificed the chance to defend his Australian Top Alcohol title, by taking his racing to the United States in 2015.

Rhiannon Allison is officially a licensed jet dragster driver, completing her training this week at Perth Motorplex ahead of Jet Car Max on December 28. Allison is no stranger to dragster driving, having competed in Supercharged Outlaws, but this was her first time with jet propulsion. “Thanks to the team, ANDRA and the track safety crew for all your hard work over the last few weeks,” she said via Facebook. “Big thanks to Chuck (Haynes) for being a great mentor, Gary (Miocevich) for giving me this opportunity and Mum and Dad for all your support and staying calm. Now let’s go put on a show for the West Aussies!” Allison will be taking on American Haynes and South African Pieter De Wit in just over a week’s time. Image courtesy The Shed. {fcomment}

Barry Turner will be getting the ex-V&E Rigoli Racing Datsun ute back to the track shortly with a Nissan RB26 GTR motor now sitting up front.

The second issue of Drag News Magazine is now available! The December 2014 issue of Drag News Magazine is now out featuring: – Full coverage of the Aeroflow Night of Fire including interviews with Funny Car stars Tommy Johnson Jr, Greg Leahy, Paul Shackleton, Glenn Moore and Aaron Russell. – APSA Grand Final coverage reports on all the action including interviews with Sam Fenech, Nikki Hepburn, Chris Stevermeur and Dean McMahon. – Daniel Nunziante gives the lowdown on his Outlaw Radial Ford Cortina. – Racing in memory of Coral Dyer. – ANDRA Top Fuel champion Phil Lamattina on his second championship. – ANDRA Super Gas champion Matt Forbes on how to be a better bracket racer. – Track championship reports from Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. – And more! You can view the magazine in the embed below or else click here. To view the full version of the magazine costs US$3.99 (about AUD$4.85 this morning) but we reckon the best option is a subscription at US$34.99 (about AUD $42.60 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 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. We have logged the issue with Joomag. The mobile app does not seem to have this issue however, so we recommend this option. If you do need technical assistance send an email to luke@dragnews.com.au. {fcomment}

Perth Motorplex is set to have one of, if not the, largest permanent big screens of any drag strip in the world.

The new concrete racing surface at Fuchs South Coast Raceway at Portland will be given all it can take as the Schultz family up the power in their Supa Charger Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car with the addition of a bigger fuel pump and ignition system for the January 3 event.

The Willowbank Raceway Board is pleased to announce the appointment of long-time racer and successful business operator Greg Leahy to its ranks.

When you get to the end of a long season of drag racing it is sometimes difficult to get your head around just how many crazy moments there has been, thankfully ANDRA has come to the rescue with this highlights video!

Check out this awesome teaser for the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car show on 7Mate on December 20.

Shane Weston continues to make mid five second runs come easily from the family Top Alcohol dragster as the Perth Motorplex season continues.

The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car event at FUCHS South Coast Raceway will have a local Victorian team in the line-up with the confirmation that the Melbourne-based team whom regularly race their ‘Russler’ Mustang will be piloting the ‘Back to the Future’ Plymouth Satellite.

The 2015 calendar of events for Hidden Valley Drag Strip has now been released.

Four-times Australian Top Fuel Champion Darren Morgan will be racing an Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car with the Victorian native set to make his debut in the new nitro tour at Fuchs South Coast Raceway in Portland, Victoria on January 3.

Drag racing veteran and long-time Willowbank Raceway Board member Steve Reed has announced his decision to step down from the Board after 15 years.

It is very sad to report that Joe Gatt passed away this evening, our sincerest condolences to the entire Gatt family and his many many friends. Drag racing icon, legend, royalty have all been used today to describe the one we have affectionately known as Buzzard, R.I.P