
Jamboree only getting hotter after sizzling testing times – report
Testing ahead of the tomorrow’s event has been hectic when the world’s fastest compacts battle for Jamboree glory.
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Testing ahead of the tomorrow’s event has been hectic when the world’s fastest compacts battle for Jamboree glory.
After careful consideration, the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) Board in consultation with the venues have made the decision to move the ANDRA Drag Racing Grand Finals from Calder Park in Melbourne to the Australian Nationals on October 31 – November 2 in Sydney.
Round six of the Atura Blacktown NSW Championships at Sydney Dragway was washed away just after eliminations had commenced. It was the third time this season Mother Nature had intervened prematurely ending a round of the series, so Drag News has put together ten points of interest from round six.
Cruising the pits at Indianapolis Raceway Park, it is difficult not to run into Australians. For the world’s second biggest drag racing market, the world’s biggest drag race has a strong attraction.
As the ANDRA Drag Racing season reaches the pointy end, Australian Competition Eliminator Championship hopeful Craig Geddes finds himself joint first in the standings despite a switch in vehicles and no 2014 Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship event wins.
Drag News Australia is proud to announce we will be bringing you updates from the biggest drag racing event in the world – the US Nationals.
Continuing their support for the fastest little engines on four wheels, Factory Xtreme will once again be presented by Precision Turbo and Engine at next weekend’s Brisbane Jamboree.
Sydney drag racer Paul Mouhayet has been one of the stars of a so far remarkable weekend in St Louis as part of the Street Car Supernationals, briefly holding the title as the world’s fastest doorslammer.
Calder Park promoter and Competition Eliminator competitor Peter Pisalidis is looking forward to round nine of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at Mildura Sunset Strip on September 13-14, not just to race but to “take a load off”.
When the Brisbane Jamboree hits Willowbank Raceway on Saturday August 30, it will be hosting none other than the UK’s world record-breaking John Bradshaw amongst its Sport Compact ranks.
Roger Moorhouse will be entering Super Sedan for the first time in the coming West Australian drag racing season, with the acquisition of an Holden LH Torana with a massive 10.1 litre big block Chevrolet motor underneath the hood.
It was announced today that Rob Tucker Racing and DecoGlaze, Australia’s leading supplier of glass splashbacks, have entered a single race agreement that will include associate sponsorship signage on the NHRA Pro Stock Camaro to be driven by Shane Tucker at the upcoming 60th Anniversary US Nationals in Indianapolis.
The return of old school was on again at Willowbank Raceway’s Nostalgia Drags where classic muscle mixed with wild winged wonders for some throwback racing.
The Board of Sydney Dragway has appointed Luke Smith to the position of general manager.
Calder Park Street Outlaws rules are pretty simple, drive your street legal machine to the track and race. A beautiful Sunday attracted a large number of keen Street Outlaws joining the regular street car enthuisasts.
It remains one of the most amazing vehicles seen on a drag strip in Australia and yet one that very few ever got to see in the flesh. Mark Sheehan’s nitro altered was mean beyond words.
Close friends and fierce competitors Dave Gauldie and Simon Isherwood are separated by just a single point in the battle for the Willowbank Raceway Super Gas Queensland Drag Racing Championship – which continues this Saturday August 16.
Mariani Family Motorsport are excited to announce that Make-A-Wish Australia have joined the team for the upcoming Australian Nationals to be held at Sydney Dragway from October 31 – November 2.
The Nostalgia Drags are on at Willowbank Raceway today, with racing from Top Eliminator, Quick Eliminator, Gas, Hot Rod, Vintage Gas, US Muscle, Aussie Muscle, Retro Bikes and Nostalgia Super Stock. Follow our live updates.
Rapisarda Autosport International is set to join forces with NHRA driver Dom Lagana for the upcoming 60th Chevrolet Performance US Nationals at Indianapolis.
Rapisarda Autosport International are set to return to the USA to compete in Top Fuel, with their entry appearing for the US Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Vince Belladonna secured his first WA Supercharged Outlaws championship last season and with the new season starting fresh in October he is hesitant to make any changes to a proven car.
Rob Tucking Racing has launched a new website ahead of their return stateside for the US Nationals.
Fuchs Lubricants continues one of biggest supporters of Australian motorsport but for the German-based lubricants manufacturer, the involvement with motorsport all started with one sponsorship property, Kenny Stewart. The relationship with driver of Modified Dragster continues into its twentieth year in 2014.
The 20 year old grandson of the late Roly Leahy will fulfil a long-held dream for his grandfather this weekend at Willowbank Raceway when he competes in Roly’s ‘Forever Young’ Front-Engined Dragster as part of Sunday’s Nostalgia Drags event (10 August).
The JP Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series rolled into Benaraby Raceway for round three of the short track series.
While most drag racing records have been the domain of internal combustion engines, plenty of barriers remain to be broken for a new crop of electric vehicles which are becoming quarter mile pioneers of their own.
Karen Hay, New Zealand’s quickest and fastest female displayed her 1927 Ford Model T roadster powered by a twin turbocharged 482 cubic inch big block Chev engine at the recent CRC Speedshow in Greenlane, Auckland on the 19th & 20th of July.
Around 2500 enthusiasts headed to Willowbank Raceway at the weekend for the 12th running of Mopar Sunday.
The long process started by the Swan Hill Drag Racing Club to build a quarter mile drag strip in the North West Victorian city now looks a certainty with today’s announcement that the State Government will inject $2 million into the project.
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