Zappia can clinch Top Doorslammer title in Adelaide
Aussie drag racing legend and Top Doorslammer champion John Zappia could add lucky number #7 to his six consecutive titles since 2008 this weekend at the Fuchs Spring Nationals in Adelaide.
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Aussie drag racing legend and Top Doorslammer champion John Zappia could add lucky number #7 to his six consecutive titles since 2008 this weekend at the Fuchs Spring Nationals in Adelaide.
Rob Cassar will make his competitive return at the Fuchs Spring Nationals this week after recovering from a high-speed fall at Sydney Dragway earlier this year.
There has been some angst with the recent announcement from ANDRA about the combining of Super Street and Super Sedan at the national level of competition. It is important to note that this will only effect National Championship events and unlikely to have any bearing on regular local track run events.
The highly anticipated Mariani Family Motorsport Supporting Make-A-Wish Australia, Black Tie Ball has been announced. To be held on Thursday, 30th October, the night before the start of the Australian Drag Racing Nationals at Sydney Dragway, the brand new floating Dockside Pavilion in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, will host what is destined to be the industry’s social event of the year.
The debut of Pro Stock at Benaraby Raceway sees a small four car field heading to central Queensland in the first time ANDRA has run rounds of its professional series simultaneously across two tracks.
South Aussie Mario Barbon is hoping it will be third time lucky when the Fuchs Spring Nationals take centre stage at Adelaide International Raceway next weekend.
Roma’s Laurie Fitzgerald heads to this weekend’s grand finale of the 2014 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series – to be held on Saturday 27 September at Ironbark Raceway – as a two-time champion in the box seat to clinch a third Series title.
Australian Steve Harker has continued his run towards a Top Alcohol championship in the USA, taking out the bracket at Texas Motorplex over the weekend.
The “Superman” RX3 piloted by Nick Tsoltoudis so named for habitually carrying the front wheels across the finish line looked like it had been affected by Kryptonite recently.
Auzmet Architectural Pro Stock driver Shane Tucker experienced a rare mistake, and it ended his AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals last weekend at the Texas Motorplex before he could get started.
Group Three dial-your-own racing in Australia will get one of its biggest shake ups in years for the coming season with the introduction of Top Sportsman eliminator among the new rules introduced for the 2015 season.
The Brisbane Jamboree has always been one of the premier Sport Compact events in the world, but suffice to say has been a little lacklustre over the past few years, however organiser Ray Box delivered a revamped show stopper this year that had the eyes of the world on Willowbank Raceway.
Last weekend saw some outright craziness from those Outlaw 10.5 pilots at Sydney Dragway, check out some of this footage.
Tony Wood’s first foray into nitro-fuelled motorcycles has so far proved fruitful, clocking a personal best time of 7.34sec. towards the end of last season at Perth Motorplex.
GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster driver Richie Crampton knows the 2014 championship is still within reach despite a first-round loss at the Pep Boys NHRA Carolina Nationals on Sunday.
The Pep Boys NHRA Carolina Nationals was postponed due to rain and deteriorating track conditions at zMAX Dragway. The decision was made to complete racing at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex.
Perfect weather, perfect track conditions and a perfect performance from Craig Geddes headlined Round 9 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at Mildura Sunset Strip.
The Sunraysia Region lived up to its name today as beautiful weather, excellent track conditions and a good crowd were on hand for qualifying in Round 9 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.
The launch of the Mariani Family Motorsport Supporting Make-A-Wish Australia program was a huge success last night.
Reigning Super Gas Australian Champion, Matt Forbes is confident his 12 month winning streak will continue at this weekend’s ninth round of the ANDRA Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at Mildura’s Sunset Strip.
Former Australian Modified champion Ken Stewart will be heading into this weekend’s Aeroflow Sportsman round at Mildura with a new Spitzer built dragster.
As the single US-based racer at November’s Night of Fire Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car event, Tommy Johnson Jr. will have more than a dozen Australian racers trying to uphold local pride and defeat the US superstar when they get to the Sydney Dragway startline on November 29.
Last season’s WA Rookie Driver of the Year Rhiannon Allison is set to become one of the quickest racers in Australia, being named as the pilot of one of the jet dragsters coming to Perth Motorplex this season.
Shane Tucker knows he has the horsepower to run against the best teams on the NHRA circuit, and the pride of Australia’s Gold Coast hopes to prove that fact on the dragstrip this weekend when he unleashes his Auzmet Architectural Camaro at the seventh annual NHRA Carolina Nationals.
Rodney Hansen will make his first appearance at Mildura Sunset Strip next week as the Queenslander looks to build on his Fuchs Winternationals victory with an Australian Supercharged Outlaws Championship.
Rick Neilsen is just one of a host of Queenslanders, not to mention another Winternationals winner, making the trek south to Mildura as part of a start studded field for Round 9 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship this weekend.
Just a week after PAC Performance reset the rotary world record for speed at 223mph during the Jamboree, those pesky Puerto Ricans have stolen it back again and then some, resetting the record three times during a Sport Compact event at Maple Grove Raceway in the USA.
Calder Park’s Street Outlaws ran on another Sunday afternoon for their thrid round of qualifying. Cars were lined up onto the highway and there were an impressive number of spectators watching as the battle for bragging rights continues to grow.
Mark Sheehan recently got his final fitting for a new Top Fuel car he is having built at Morgan Lucas Racing in Brownsburg, Indiana and Drag News was there to get a sneak peak at this mean-looking ride.
With only six total professional passes at Lucas Oil Raceway in his career, Pro Stock driver Shane Tucker had a solid weekend at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals despite a first-round loss.
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