Rockhampton’s Michael Cameron will lead the RD Williams Excavator Parts Modified bracket racers to Benaraby Raceway this weekend for the grand finale of the 2013 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series.

The Season Finale ended on a high on Saturday night with the competition drag racing season coming to a close for 2013.

The Management Committee of Willowbank Raceway is pleased to announce the appointment of noted events and sports management identity Tony Manson to the role of Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1st 2013.

  Ben Bray, Aaron Tremayne and Scott White mastered potent conditions at the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals on Saturday as the ANDRA Drag Racing Series rocked Adelaide International Raceway.

Stuart Bishop, Aaron Tremayne and Luke Crowley ruled an abbreviated first day of the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals at Adelaide International Raceway where track records fell but cold conditions eventually had the final say.

  The challenge to increase crowd numbers and the scarcity of a national sponsor has seen the need for drag racing  to evolve and adapt in order to address these and other issues. The case of dwindling Top Fuel fields recently saw a rule proposal for the 2014 season that would see the integration of Top Fuel and Fuel Funny Car into a homogenous bracket to be known as Nitro Eliminator.

ANDRA has released its historic 2014 calendar for both the ANDRA Drag Racing Series and the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

Yes that’s right the REAL Judgement Day is on at Sydney Dragway on Saturday the 21st September… Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars along with Pre 1978 Aussie and American muscle cars go head to head on the Drag Strip! Action gets under way at 10:00am til we take a short lunch break around midday while we sort out the competitors in readiness for the battle on the track … and then there will be plenty of time for some good old fashion grudge racing until we finish on the track at around 6:00pm. There will be a Show ‘n’ Shine section. If you have a cool ride and just want to show it off for the day you just pay the normal spectator admission at the gate. Then drive right in to the special Show ‘n’ Shine section up on the East Bank overlooking all of the action on track.

The nation’s premier import and lifestyle event will burst into life this weekend at Willowbank Raceway with more than 280 entrants already signed up to take part.

  Gladstone will play host to the final round of the 2013 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series later this month when an estimated 100 plus racers head to Benaraby Raceway for the fourth and final round of the Series on Saturday 28 September.

Current and Five time Australian ANDRA National Champion, John Zappia heads to Adelaide for Round 7 of the Top Doorslammer Championship at the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals to be held over 20th – 21st September, and is quietly confident the Fuchs Lubricants / Striker Crushing Monaro will perform well over the reduced 1,000 foot event.

      Rising star Jess Turner could be on her way to a top ten finish in the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship in her first full season of Modified – and all before she has even finished high school. The 18 year old Victorian driver currently sits eighth in the standings and with this weekend’s Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals at Adelaide International Raceway is poised to make a move even further up the ranks.

Murray O’Connor has enjoyed one of his best seasons yet in the ANDRA Top Doorslammer series and he hopes his privateer outfit can continue to be a rival to bigger, more well-funded teams.

Victorian Jack Danaher is fulfilling a dream after he swapped out of his Supercharged Outlaw Dragster in favour of an ex Pro Mod Corvette.

The GAS Motorsport Mustang steered by Zoran Gajic narrowly eclipsed Rob Campisi’s quickest Australian turbo powered elapsed time mark of 5.958 with a 5.954 second run last weekend during the SuperNats at Sydney Dragway.

Team Bray Racing’s Victor and Ben Bray will be on track at Adelaide International Raceway later this month for the Spring Nationals -the first ANDRA Top Doorslammer National Championship Round ever held at the venue (21-22 September 2013).

ANDRA Top Fuel racer, Phil Lamattina, will turn his attention to the new Outlaw Nitro Funny Car class as he gets behind the wheel of a former NHRA Championship winning nitro funny car.

Steering a 3500 horsepower, supercharged Top Doorslammer down a narrow strip of bitumen and accelerating to 400kmh in just six seconds might be the second most intense thing Queensland drag racer Stuart Bishop has ever done in Adelaide.

A raft of rule changes have been approved by the ANDRA Board, set to be implemented for the 2014 season of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series and the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

John Zappia is used to late season charges to earn his five Top Doorslammer titles but says for this season it is points leader Peter Kapiris’ championship to lose with just two events remaining.

Drag Racing is renowned for its variety and innovation and Blaze Hansen’s turbo Hayabusa powered dragster certainly fits that brief. The pocket rocket race car recently became a world beater in becoming the quickest of its breed.

It was the biggest WOW factor moment of the 2013 Winternationals, when David Johnstone launched his nitrous assisted HB Torana off the flight deck, now check out the video!

Without a doubt one of the most horrific crashes ever witnessed, Tim Tindle lost control of his Camaro during his round one match up at the US Nationals.

ANDRA have released a statement on the cancellation of the Mildura Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship round in October.

A stalwart for the roots-style supercharger, Daniel Gregorini has made the switch to the screws with a PSI now on his Camaro Top Doorslammer.

In less than three weeks (21 and 22 September 2013) Queensland’s premier drag racing facility Willowbank Raceway will play host once again to the annual Brisbane Jamboree – Australia’s premier import car and lifestyle event.

ANDRA has released the specifications for a removable roll cage design for street cars running down to 8.00 seconds. This is great news for many racers whose cars are at odds with being able to comply with race car regulations while trying to remain street legal.

Peter Kapiris is in prime position to earn a second ANDRA Top Doorslammer championship and the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals at Adelaide International Raceway from September 20 to 21 could be the point where it is wrapped up.

The rebuilding of Victoria’s regional Bairnsdale Raceway has commenced as Bairnsdale Drag Racing Affiliation President Mike Trahar explains.