
Tuckers launch new website
Rob Tucking Racing has launched a new website ahead of their return stateside for the US Nationals.
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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.
Having been responsible for the design, development and construction of the Perth Motorplex in 2000, Gary Miocevich has been forced to retire, as he deals with health related issues.
Graham Elliot says that his departure from Sydney Dragway is a completion of appointment that comes under amicable circumstances.
Twenty seven year old carpenter Warrick Baczynski may only be a quarter-mile rookie, but that isn’t stopping him mixing it with the top end of town as part of the JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series which will hit his home-track of Benaraby Raceway this weekend (Saturday 2 August).
Three-time Australian Champion drag racer, Graeme “The Bricklayer” Cooper will contest the world’s oldest and most prestigious drag race, the NHRA’s Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis next month.
Top Fuel Motorcycle champion Chris Matheson took the full brunt of a freak accident during eliminations from the last round of the championship at Hidden Valley Dragstrip.
When the JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series hits Benaraby Raceway on 2 August, a local brother and sister will be looking to continue their assault on the Series point scores of their respective brackets.
VP Racing Fuels has introduced three new performance Madditive productsfor use with pump fuels.
Australian Nitro Funny Car driver Peter Russo finally made the field of an NHRA event on the weekend, sneaking in to the number 16 place in Sonoma, California.
Brothers Wayne and Gary McGuinness recently spent time in the USA learning more about racing nitro motorcycles, but it is proving inspiration for some further moves.
The Calder Park Drag Racing Street Outlaws Series kicked off on Friday Night July 11th in front of an eager crowd of spectators ready to see some of the toughest street cars battle it out for top spot on their representative lists.
The Desert Nationals presented by Supercheap Auto and Shannons Insurance at Alice Springs Inland Dragway this past weekend was the site of four new 660 feet national records, the first to be set in Northern Territory.
When you’re racing over 660 feet, there is no room for error. The half-track distance is set up for close tight racing from the hit of the throttle to the finish line; it’s all over in a blink of an eye.
Conditions were cool but the action was hot during qualifying for Round 8 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at the 2014 Desert Nationals presented by Supercheap Auto and Shannons Insurance.
Steven Ham has put himself back in the title fight for the Australian Top Alcohol Championship by winning round six at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Dragstrip last weekend.
Round four of the Queensland Drag Racing Championship at Willowbank Raceway was to be a Group Three only affair. But with 30 Pro Street racers putting their hand up to do some testing runs, it made for a show guaranteed to excite with wheelstanding action.
Reigning Top Doorslammer Champion John Zappia is in the winning groove after taking out Round 7 of the ANDRA Pro Series over the weekend at Hidden Valley Drag Strip in Darwin.
David Carroll is confident his engine problems are behind him allowing the Victorian to take his place in the Modified Bike field at the Desert Nationals this weekend in Alice Springs.
When the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship comes to Alice Springs for the Desert Nationals this weekend, one of the premiere brackets on show will be the loud and fast Funny Cars, Dragsters, Altereds and Sedans of Supercharged Outlaws.
Ballarat drag racer Matt Forbes has taken the covers off a stunning new 1957 Corvette Roadster that he hopes to defend his national title with later this year.
Grant and Debbie O’Rourke are in the midst of a few days of rest and relaxation after the latest round of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series in Darwin, with both husband and wife eliminated in their first rounds of racing after qualifying eighth and seventh in the Top Doorslammer and Top Alcohol brackets respectively.
Alice Springs local Andrew Sutton doesn’t race at his home strip as much as you might think. But he can’t wait for the Desert Nationals to roll around this weekend for a rare opportunity to put the hammer down in his 1953 Chevy Corvette at Alice Springs Inland Dragway.
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