Roma’s Laurie Fitzgerald is one racer who can’t wait to see the 2013 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series return to the new-look Ironbark Raceway come Saturday 27 April 2013.

Those kings of boost were back at Sydney Dragway but despite battling heavy intermittent showers the Sydney Jamboree was run and done eventually…almost!

After a record smashing Easter weekend at the Santos Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank, where Matheson re-wrote history with a 241.80 mph (389.13 kph), 6.04 ET, Matheson is fired up to improve his performance at the upcoming Sydney Dragway Nitro Championships in early May.

The Lancaster, New York based racer will be driving for Australian Sean Mifsud, who is currently out of action due to a broken leg he received in a braking area crash in Portland, Victoria.

Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme event at Willowbank Raceway featuring Top Fuel and Top Alcohol certainly had tongues wagging over the format being implemented. But whether you are for or against the three round format deal, the event was always going to live or die on crowd numbers, and after the vast majority of Good Friday’s massive crowd returned for Saturday then you would have to say it was an undoubted success.

Ironbark Raceway President David Somerfield is predicting big things for this April’s JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series round at the Roma drag racing facility following its re-opening last month.

After making the final on both nights of the Santos Cranes Extreme 3, Darren Morgan Racing is back in the number 1 position on the Top Fuel Championship ladder, equal with fellow Victorian Phil Lamattina on 487 points.

Round two of the CQDRA Championship and Benaraby Raceway was held in March, highlight of the event was the debut of the Piranha Racing “Time Traveller” Nostalgia Nitro funny car.

The 2013 Pro Street Shootout season launched at Willowbank Raceway in front of a solid 3000 spectators salivating for another season of tyre smoking wheelstanding passes that only Pro Street delivers.

Milwaukee Tools Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Maurice Allen says the pace of all competitors is going to have to increase with many tough teams converging on Sydney Dragway for the Nitro Champs on May 3-5.

Being educated at the “school of hard knocks” hasn’t deterred 42 year old West Australian Doorslammer racer Simon “GONZO” Travaglini quest for making his presence felt on the local scene. His spectacular last run at the Motorplex season finale certainly got everyone’s attention.

Sydney Top Bike rider Chris Porter is fully engaged in nitro warfare with drag strip rival Chris Matheson as the season reaches its mid-point at the 2013 Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway on May 3-5.

Phil Read and the ‘Black Mamba’ Top Fuel dragster will make a welcome return to racing at the upcoming Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway May 4 and 5.

Clearly not Chris Matheson Australia’s quickest and now fastest Top Fuel Motorcycle Drag Racer and his Nitro Voodoo Team.

Team Bray Racing’s Ben Bray is currently playing a waiting game as Sydney Dragway officials and Jamboree management decide the fate of this weekend’s rain-affected Sydney Jamboree.

Spectators at the 2013 Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, May 3-5, will get more nitro methane than they ever bargained for with the ANDRA Drag Racing Series championships for Top Fuel and Top Bike being combined with the return of Nitro Funny Cars to Sydney Dragway.

Phil Lamattina and archrival Darren Morgan are locked together at the top of the ANDRA points standings after last weekend’s Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway.

It is a new year and a new season at Sydney Dragway, with the NSW Track Championship season moving to a calendar year that was kicked off with over 200 racers for round one in March.

In consultation with ANDRA, Sydney Dragway and Top Fuel Australia Limited take great pleasure in announcing that Top Fuel will be at the 2013 Sydney Nitro Champs. Both organisations acknowledge the commercial challenges in meeting an outcome, yet through maintaining strong relations and listening to the fans, Top Fuel will run at the Event.

February 10th 2013 will be remembered as historical day for Top Fuel Drag Racing in Australia, when a majority of Top Fuel team owners met in Sydney to discuss a unified approach to the promotion and long term sustainability of the class.

Brisbane-based Englishman Steve Read has capped off one of the most memorable victories of his career at the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 event at Willowbank Raceway, QLD on Saturday 30th March.

The second and final day of the brand-new Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway has been punctuated by record-breaking passes, thrilling finals and a touch of emotion.

Australia witnessed its quickest ever drag racing pass on Saturday night at Willowbank Raceway when three times world champion Larry Dixon stormed to a 4.503 second time, as Queensland’s own Steve Read doubled up at the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race.

Follow DNA’s live coverage of the Extreme 3 Challenge, incorportaing two rounds of the ANDRA Pro Series Championship for Top Fuel and Top Alcohol, right here this Friday and Saturday March 29 and 30. Join our interactive coverage and chat with racers and fans alike from the first race at 4pm each day.

After a dry spell dating back to 2002 at the Queensland facility, Steve Read has walked away with the Winner’s Trophy on Day 1 of the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway, QLD.

Press Release The brand-new Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race event has gotten off to a thrilling start at Willowbank Raceway with track-locals Steve ‘the Pom’ Read (Top Fuel) and Darren Fry (Top Alcohol, debutant) taking victory in their brackets; while visiting US drag racing royalty Larry Dixon kicked off his weekend with an incredible 360 degree spin.

Queenslanders pressed their home turf advantage at the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway on Good Friday night with Steve Read and Darren Fry taking ANDRA Drag Racing Series wins as US visitor Larry Dixon got a wild introduction to drag racing in Australia.

Sydney Dragway would like to advise that the venue has worked closely with Top Fuel Australia Limited to meet their prize money requirements for the 2013 Sydney Nitro Champs.