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.

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.