Troy Slamar and his family are planning a season chasing the national Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship this year and says it is all about having fun for the growing team.

Willowbank Raceway announced today that Fuchs Lubricants will continue as the naming rights sponsor of Australia’s largest drag racing event – the Fuchs Winternationals.

Chambers Flat drag racer Jason Cocking is set for an action-packed February with the 39 year old driver set to pack three events into just three weekends, the second of which will get underway at Willowbank Raceway this Saturday 15 February.

The Willowbank Raceway Board has today announced that Sue Syrmis has decided to step down from her position as Administration Manager with the Raceway, effective July 2014.

The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car Series continues to grow and the newest car on the track will be the ‘Bad to the Bone’ Pontiac Trans Am driven and owned by north Queenslander, Glenn Moore.

Wayne Daley’s crew chief Mick Marriott has announced that he will be looking at other opportunities going forward, leaving the Diamond T Pro Stock team which currently has no plans for appearances this season.

Jason Hedges Racing have unveiled the teams new 2014 livery for their GXP in preperation for a ANDRA Pro Stock return.

GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster driver Richie Crampton experienced the highs and lows of NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing during the Circle K NHRA Winternationals in Pomona this morning.

  Mark Mariani made his first runs in his Top Fuel dragster at Sydney Dragway today, further bolstering the ranks of Top Fuel teams in Australia. With the supervision of some of Darren Morgan’s team including crew chief Ben Patterson, Mariani made a couple of hits at the track with both getting off the line cleanly. The car is an ex-Darren Morgan ride that has been set up by the reigning champ, with the Mariani finally getting the chance to return to racing as a family. Mark’s father Mario Mariani formerly raced Top Fuel while Mark drove for Santo Rapisarda for a number of years and won the 2010 Nitro Champs. The Mariani team is the second to begin licensing this year, following Peter Xiberras making his first runs in Queensland recently as well. {fcomment}

Queensland Pro Stock racer Shane Tucker has officially made his first NHRA field, qualifying 16th for the Circle K Winternationals this weekend in Pomona, California.

The NHRA season has officially opened in Pomona, California where Australian Pro Stock driver Shane Tucker made his first competitive runs in the Auzmet Architectural Chev Cobalt.

The Australian National Drag Racing Association has moved to a new headquarters in the Adelaide suburb of Ridleyton.

A last ditch qualifying pass saw reigning Top Doorslammer champion John Zappia qualify at the Pro Showdown but a part failure eliminated the champ early.

On Sunday 23 February, the Hot Rod bracket of Willowbank Raceway’s Nostalgia Drag Racing event will play host to no less than three ‘Carpenters.’

The central Canadian province of Saskatchewan does not have a long list of participants when it comes to Pro Mod racing. But our friends at Drag Race Canada found one.

When a bunch of Australian roustabouts were invited to race at the V Four & Rotary Nationals in New Zealand, we kept our fingers crossed that they would represent Australia well and stay out of trouble.

The competitive racing season at Willowbank Raceway is now officially open following the successful running of the first round of the 2014 Street Series at the weekend.

Beaudesert’s Ian Ham – winner of the 2013 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series in the RD Williams Excavator Parts Modified Bracket – will kick off a final year of racing ahead of an extended overseas jaunt at this weekend’s 2014 Series opener at Warwick Dragway.

All the action from Sydney Dragway’s first dedicated test and tune session for the New Year, check out who brought out what for a skid. You just never know what is going to be there.

Shane Tucker has made his first hit at a drag strip in the USA, but little problems hampered the Auzmet Architectural team in testing at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.

Steve Reed was a shock non-qualifier at the opening round of the ANDRA Top Alcohol season but expects they can make a fightback in the championship.

Only one event into the season, Victor Bray will be making the major change to an auto transmission ahead of the second round of the Top Doorslammer championship.

The Pro Showdown at Perth Motorplex delivered plenty of awesome racing action across the board, read our full wrap including all the pro gossip and sportsman shenanigans.

Sydney Top Doorslammer racer Jeff Wilson has survived a violent accident relatively unscathed when he lost control of his Corvette Top Doorslammer during testing at Sydney Dragway.

Stuart Bishop earned his first Top Doorslammer win and John Cannuli won his second event in Perth as the Top Doorslammer and Top Alcohol seasons got underway in Western Australia last night.

The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro roadshow has hit Portland where 11 Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars will dual it out over three rounds. Watch the racing live via the video feed courtesy of Jesse Kelly and DragPix.net.au.

Young gun Shane Weston and privateer driver Murray O’Connor lead the Top Alcohol and Top Doorslammer fields respectively following an exciting night one of the Pro Showdown, the opening round of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series for the supercharged methanol classes.

Top Doorslammer and Top Alcohol are about to get it on for the first time this season in their opening round of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series at Perth Motorplex’s Pro Showdown this weekend.