One of the newest members of the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car series is ready to take it to the heavy hitters as the north Queensland local and long time drag racer, Harold Campbell debuts the Insanity Dodge Omni at Mackay’s Palmyra Dragway.

One of Australia’s most accomplished drag racing stars, Lee Bektash, has proven to be truly world-class when the Team Mopar Australia pilot dominated the ANDRA Pro Stock timecards at the 2014 Fuchs Winternationals and at the same time, became the world’s fastest naturally-aspirated small block sedan.

For West Australian drag racing star Anthony Begley, last weekend’s top fuel event at the 2014 Fuchs Winternationals was a successful one and the popular racer looks to carry that form into Mackay’s Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car event at Palmyra Raceway, June 21.

Tony O’Connor turned some heads at the Fuchs Winternationals. Those heads just happened to include ANDRA officials as they awarded him the Best Engineered Award for his Ford XD Fairmont.

The weekend’s FUCHS Winternationals hosted the competitive debut in the Super Stock bracket for FemRPM’s Jodanna Pullen.

Australia’s quickest Top Fuel Motorcycle racer Chris Matheson has again taken the Gold Christmas Tree at the 2014 Winternationals last weekend.

The Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway has seen an emotional weekend of contrasts unfold for the Team Bray Racing team, including new records, success with the new converter set-up, a breakthrough win for a member of the TBR family, and an unfortunate racing incident.

The Fuchs Winterntationals provided plenty of excitement on the track as multiple records were broken and in some instances, set, reset and then reset again!

The 2014 Fuchs Winternationals didn’t end in victory for either of the LTFR top fuel dragsters but the two-car team ended the event with some astounding performances and gained valuable points in the ANDRA Championship chase.

John Zappia has won this years prestigious FUCHS Winternationals Australian ANDRA Top Doorslammer event at Willowbank International Raceway in a dominant performance against his 15 opponents.

Damien Harris faced adversity from the moment he hit the throttle in qualifying on Friday but Rapisarda Autosport International recovered on race day to take home the ANDRA Gold Christmas Tree at the Fuchs Winternationals.

Despite a recent story circulating on social media claiming Australian Top Fuel will switch to the 1000 foot racing distance at the beginning of 2015, Drag News Australia made the enquiry to Top Fuel Australia and ANDRA who have both dismissed the claim.

It’s that time of the year again when the nation’s best travel to Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway to compete in Australia’s premier drag racing event, the Fuchs Winternationals. Join the Drag News Australia team as they present live updates of the racing starting Thursday morning June 5th through to the finals on Sunday the 8th.

The action came thick and fast at the Fuchs Winternationals on day three as the six-second show continued in Pro Stock, eight Top Doorslammers recorded five second qualifying passes and Phil Lamattina put down a 4.56 Top Fuel pass.

They said six-second Pro Stock passes were a possibility if the conditions were right at the Fuchs Winternationals and they weren’t kidding.

Competition racer Danny Tuelstrup was lucky to escape unharmed from a braking area barrel roll today at the Fuchs Winternationals.

The 47th edition of the Fuchs Winternationals kicked off at Willowbank Raceway today with qualifying in Groups Three and Four in the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

Epic Rotor vs. Piston Battle Factory Xtreme racers have world records as well as each other in their sights as they hit the Willowbank Raceway quarter mile tomorrow and Saturday in a six-round format that will showcase the fastest compacts on the planet!

When the Jason Grima Motorsports/PC Cranes Buell Pro Stock Motorcycle made its competition debut at the opening round of the 2014 ANDRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Championship it came with plenty of hype and interest.

Following non-qualification in Round 1 at Perth Motorplex earlier this year, Steven Reed faced a challenge to get back into contention for the 2014 Top Alcohol ANDRA Drag Racing Series championship.

Team Bray Racing is currently putting the final touches on their preparation for the biggest drag racing event of the year – the FUCHS Winternationals.

For current ANDRA Pro Stock Champion Jason Grima, his 2014 campaign so far hasn’t quite delivered the on track results he had hoped for. But he knows how tough Pro Stock is and how things can turn around quickly from race to race.

Just days remain until more than 400 racers hit the track at Willowbank Raceway for the largest championship drag race held outside of the US – the FUCHS Winternationals (Thursday 5 June to Sunday 8 June).

When the FUCHS Winternationals kick-off at Willowbank Raceway next weekend (June 5-8), Chris Porter (Top Fuel Motorcycle) and Luke Crowley (Pro Stock Motorcycle) will be looking to make a mark in their respective title defences, and they say Willowbank Raceway is the best place to do it.

Richie Crampton made a little bit of history overnight, becoming the 100th different driver to win an NHRA Top Fuel event and the second Australian to take a pro win. Drag News Australia listened in on his post race media conference.