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.

One of the biggest stars of last year’s Sydney Dragway Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car event will be replaced by one of drag racing’s most famous names, with Tommy Johnson Jr filling the boots of Ron Capps for the ‘Night of Fire’ Funny Car show at Sydney Dragway on November 29.

Ten of the fastest sport compact cars on the planet combined with good conditions, a sticky Willowbank track and an awesome crowd to put on a show for the ages as Factory Xtreme set about the business of breaking records – world records!

Richie Crampton expects the phone calls and text messages to really fire up tonight as Australia wakes to the news that it has a US Nationals Top Fuel champion.

Australian Top Fuel driver Richie Crampton has won the US Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park.

Positive news from Indianapolis Raceway Park – every Australian and Australian team who has hit the track has qualified for race day!

Australia enjoyed good times as the US Nationals moved past the halfway point with Richie Crampton and Rapisarda Autosport International in particular finding success.

GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster driver Richie Crampton drove to the final round of the Traxxas Shootout on Saturday night at the 60th running of the US Nationals.

The 60th US Nationals overcame rainy periods on Friday to turn in an interesting day of qualifying as teams around Indianapolis Raceway Park took different strategies into their runs.

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.