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.

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.

The Ballistic Drag Racing team have marked Calder Park’s Nitro Thunder event as their return to the Top Fuel Bike ranks with their nitrous snorting Kawasaki.

Another week and another violent Pro Mod crash this time back in the NHRA. At the Midwest Nationals Adam Flamholc looked like he was in a salad spinner as his Camaro unleashed into a series of high rpm tumbles.

When ANDRA championship Top Fuel drag racing returns to Melbourne on October 19 for Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams it will see a first time driver making his competition debut when John Lamattina rolls on to the track.

    The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car Series continues to gain momentum with the news that the series has secured the rights of one of Australia’s most experienced drag racing managers, Steve Bettes.

Current and Five times Australian ANDRA National Champion, John Zappia made excellent progress in his championship bid, with a finals appearance in Adelaide at Round 7 of the Top Doorslammer Championship at the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals, edging closer to leader Peter Kapiris. The Fuchs Lubricants / Striker Crushing Monaro were favourites to win after top qualifying and re-setting the track record, but unfortunately lost the final to young Benny Bray.

PAC Performance improved on their own Rotary World Record last weekend the Brisbane Jamboree only to see it snatched back away by the Puerto Ricans days later.

Luck or skill?, NHRA Top Alcohol racer Joey Severance would be leading the drag racing save of the year contest with this insane move at the NHRA Fall Nationals last weekend.

In as many weeks drag racing has seen two almost identical accidents on different continents. First it was Tim Tindle’s horrifying Pro Mod crash at the US Nationals, now English racer Graham Ellis experienced a similar terrifying accident at Santa Pod.

Rob Campisi is back with the once worlds fastest doorslammer ready to shake the world up again. The Mustang now boasts the first all billet Hemi in Australia that smashes out over 4000 ponies.

One of the most marketable racers in Australian drag racing is returning to the cockpit as former ANDRA Top Alcohol record holder and current Top Fuel tuner, Aaron Hambridge steps aboard ‘The Bandit’ for the Aeroflow Nitro Funny Car Xtravaganza at Sydney Dragway November 23.

Australian multiple Top Fuel Motorcycle Champion Chris Matheson and his Nitro Voodoo Team are in preparation to return to the Australian National Drag Racing Championship after a terrifying high speed crash earlier this year at Sydney Dragway.