Johnson Jr returns for Australian Nationals
Sydney race fans might have their last chance to see nine times NHRA event winner Tommy Johnson Jr in competition in Australia when he competes at the Australian Nationals this weekend.
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Sydney race fans might have their last chance to see nine times NHRA event winner Tommy Johnson Jr in competition in Australia when he competes at the Australian Nationals this weekend.
Sydney Dragway will be the scene of one of the most anticipated Top Doorslammer showdowns in years from November 1-3 when Peter Kapiris and John Zappia take their championship fight into the final round of the season, the Australian Nationals.

Darren Morgan along with Luke Crowley and Graeme Morell etched their names in the history books as Group One winners at the Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams meeting that saw return of ANDRA sanctioned competition at Calder Park Raceway for the first time since 2001.

One of Australia’s best motorsports facilities has undergone some recent upgrades with work undertaken in the braking area at Sydney Dragway, the home of the Australian Nationals.

The Australian National Drag Racing Association is pleased to announce the first five inductees into the ANDRA Hall of Fame.
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The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car category continues to gain momentum with Victorian father and son combination, Stephen and Aaron Russell, taking delivery of their Mustang, imported from the USA.

Following the weekend’s Super Sportsman festivities at Willowbank Raceway, the stage is now officially set for the final hit-outs of Willowbank Raceway’s Track Championship.

Darren Morgan and Luke Crowley appear to have a lock on their respective ANDRA Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle championships after victory at Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams on Saturday at Melbourne’s Calder Park Raceway.

Reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle national champion Lachlan Ireland will have no better opportunity to turn his season around than Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams this Saturday at Calder Park as he gets to race at his home track for the first time in an ANDRA championship round.

Arguably the biggest name in Australian Top Fuel racing has partnered with Australia’s biggest name in hand tools, with the Victorian-based Lamattina Top Fuel Racing cars now sporting Sidchrome signage for the remainder of the 2013 season as well as 2014.

The week of the largest nostalgia drag race is finally upon us as some of NHRA’s best nitro drivers, past and present, are set to compete in this year’s California Hot Rod Reunion at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Oct. 18-20. It is a chance for race fans of all ages to see how the world of drag racing has evolved over time.
One month ago ANDRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Scott White enjoyed one of his greatest drag racing wins since joining the professional Group One category in 1991.

Victorian Top Bike rider Graeme Morell is looking forward to the opportunity to show off his skills in front of a home town audience for the first time when he tackles Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams at Calder Park this Saturday.

Morgan Lucas will climb out of the cockpit of the GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster in 2014 to devote more time to the family business, Lucas Oil Products. In his place, Lucas has promoted longtime crewman Richie Crampton, who recently earned his Top Fuel competition license during a test session at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis.

Read Speed Racing has secured the support of SuperCharge Batteries, Australia’s leading provider of high quality vehicle, marine and deep cycle battery models, for the final two rounds of the 2013 Australian Top Fuel Drag Race Championship series.

Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams will not only be an important event as the first ANDRA Drag Racing Series round held in Melbourne since 2001, but it falls at a crucial time for the national championships of Top Fuel, Top Bike and Pro Stock Motorcycle.

After suffering a devastating flood earlier this year, the Portland drag racing community are in high spirits after it was announced that major track works are nearing completion and a return to racing will happen in November.

Buoyed by the imminent return of championship drag racing to Melbourne, the Victorian Drag Racers Club (VDRC) has donated a set of vehicle scales to the Australian National Drag Racing Association’s Victorian/Tasmanian division.

More than a hundred Pink Lady silhouettes will create a ‘Mini-Field of Women’ display at Willowbank Raceway this Saturday 12 October 2013 in a meaningful show of support for women and families affected by breast cancer.

Team Bray Entertainment’s new 1963 DEWALT Corvette burnout car is now tried and tested ahead of its upcoming official Mount Panorama debut later this week, thanks to Sydney Dragway’s Burnout Mania.

Steve Read will come into Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams on October 19 as the only Top Fuel driver with previous experience on Melbourne’s Calder Park drag strip and the two times ANDRA national champion is confident that will give him the edge he needs over the competition.

ANDRA Top Bike championship leader Chris Porter is heading into next weekend’s Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams with a near unassailable position in the points but there is still some work to do to ensure his first title is wrapped up.
VPW Australia, one of the nation’s leading motorsport aftermarket suppliers, announced today it has hired Steve Power to the position of Business Development Manager for the South Australian, West Australian and Tasmania regions.

A few of the turbo and blown warriors have headed to Sydney Dragway over the last couple of days for some midweek testing.

Long time NSW drag racer Colin Macdonald passed away unexpectedly last Saturday night, the suddenness of his passing has shocked many of the drag racing fraternity.

As momentum builds for the inaugural Outlaw Nitro Funny Car extravaganza the headline LA Hooker funny car destined for Ron Capps has undergone testing at Sydney Dragway.

Calder Park Raceway has launched into a new era of ANDRA sanctioned drag racing with the first Off Street meeting being held under the tracks new management spearheaded by Peter Pisalidis.

In what can only be described as a game changing moment, Darwin Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Scott White scored one of his biggest drag racing career wins at the recent Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals.
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