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PremiAir Nulon Racing has a huge three days of action coming up at Sydney Dragway, with two rounds of the NDRC Top Fuel Championship to be held this weekend as part of the Nitro Champs.
Lisa and Daniel Gregorini are fourth and fifth in the NDRC Top Doorslammer chase as the championship heads to Sydney Dragway for Australia’s biggest nitro-fuelled event, the Nitro Champs, across May 17-19.
Fresh from an exciting new personal best ET of 3.783 at the last round, Hydraulink Jim Read Racing is riding a wave of confidence heading into this weekend’s Nitro Champs double header at their home-track of Sydney Dragway.
The Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway this Friday, Saturday and Sunday will offer nothing short of an absolute nitro extravaganza.
As we eagerly await the resumption of the weather-delayed NDRC Nitro Champs, we’re revving up the excitement with a thrilling photo gallery that looks back at NDRC Riverbend Nationals. The event drew a massive crowd to Dragway At The Bend, so relive the action-packed moments in this horsepower-filled collection.
Turbos be gone. Jeremy Callaghan has ditched the twin turbo combo in favour of a blower bolted to a new Noonan bullet in his Camaro. Look out Top Doorslammer.
XPRO Nitro Funny Cars will welcome a fresh new face next weekend, with third-gen racer Josh Leahy to join the nitro party at Sydney Dragway for what is shaping up as Australia’s largest nitro-fuelled drag racing event: the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs.
Peter Xiberras’ Supercars team might be competing on the other side of the country during the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs, but with two Top Fuel championship rounds to be held in two days at the Sydney Dragway event, there was never any question about where the two-time Top Fuel champion would be across May 17-19.
NDRC lead commentator Wade Aunger has released this fantastic insightful interview with Maurice Fabietti, owner of the AC Delco Slammer Drag Racing team and his driver Ronnie Palumbo about just what it takes to manhandle a Top Doorslammer on a quarter mile blast, not just physically, but mentally.
With three finals appearances in the last 12 months but no wins, NDRC Pro Stock championship contender Rick Chilton is hopeful he can shed the bridesmaid tag and race through to a Gold Christmas Tree at Sydney Dragway’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs.
Australia’s biggest nitro-fuelled event will deliver a show “well worth the wait” when the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs is held across new dates of May 17-19.
At next weekend’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs – shaping up to be one of the biggest nitro-fuelled drag racing events in Australia across May 3-5 – two rounds of Top Fuel, the XPRO Nitro Funny Cars, Top Doorslammers, Pro Stock and FuelTech Pro Mod will be joined by two championship rounds for the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.
Mildura comes alive with horsepower every Easter when multiple motorsports take over the regional Victorian city for the Easter Powersports Festival, and drag racing features with Atlantic Oils Sunset Strip hosting their premier event of the year, the Atlantic Oils Easter Supercharged Shootout.
Self-dubbed as the ‘Rapa-Slayer,’ two-time champ Phil Lamattina is heading into the upcoming Top Fuel double header at the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs with plenty of swagger and some healthy confidence as he looks to continue his recent event-winning momentum.
In the penultimate round of Perth Motorplex’s local nitro series, Nitro Max, there was some international influence with NHRA star Tommy Johnson Jr in the house running the Speed Torque funny car, the event also hosted the final round of the local Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle Summer Slam Series.
The National Drag Racing Championship is taking the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs (May 3-5) to new heights in 2024, in what is shaping up to be Australia’s biggest nitro fuelled drag racing event.
Craig Burns may not have originally planned to take on FuelTech Pro Mod, but that hasn’t stopped him leading the way as the bracket heads into its penultimate round of the NDRC season at the upcoming Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs (May 3-5).
Top Doorslammer newcomer Jack Danaher is counting down the days to the upcoming Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, which is set to host an intense line-up of nitro-fuelled drag racing action across May 3-5.
XPRO Nitro Funny Car co-points leader Justin Walshe is torn heading into the upcoming Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs, stating he wishes he could be on the hill watching at what he expects to be “the best show the sport has ever had” at Sydney Dragway.
The NSW Championship Series rolls on with round two, and while it is still early days in the season some championship contenders are already emerging.
Willowbank has issued the following statement regarding the future of this year’s Winternationals and the finishing off of track upgrades.
There are moments in sport, and then there are moments in sport, and the final in Top Fuel at The Bend was one of those in what has been heralded by many and the greatest Top Fuel show in Australian history.
One of the greatest Top Doorslammer events of all time saw John Zappia defeat Russell Taylor in the final round of a record-filled Riverbend Nationals at The Bend Motorsport Park.
The Riverbend Nationals was truly a ground-breaking event at Dragway at The Bend at the weekend (April 5-7), bringing no end of incredible racing from the entire line-up.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing may have raced through for a B-Final victory and a new Personal Best ET at the weekend’s Riverbend Nationals at Dragway at The Bend, but according to the team, Top Fuel was the clear winner at what was another packed-out event at the state-of-the-art South Australian facility.
A new quickest and fastest Top Fuel ET and MPH record for Australia and outside the US and the fourth Top Fuel winner from as many events were the order of the day for the third and final day of the Riverbend Nationals as part of the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) at Dragway at the Bend this weekend.
Day two of the Riverbend Nationals has seen Top Fuel headline an action-packed program for a bumper crowd at Dragway at The Bend today with plenty more action to come for race day tomorrow.
Josh Leahy has licensed in the XPro by Aeroflow Nitro Funny Car and will make his debut at the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway from 3-5 May 2024.
The performances of day one of the Riverbend Nationals have forecast a huge weekend of racing ahead at Dragway at The Bend, with qualifying for the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship – hosting its Western Conference final this weekend – and some impressive testing runs from Top Fuel, Top Doorslammer, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle competitors well and truly whetting the appetite of race fans today.
The construction of a brand-new drag racing facility in his home state was just the motivation long time Pro Stock racer Gerry Parente needed to pull the covers off his stunning Camaro once again and head to the black top.
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