
Nitro warriors locked together in Top Bike
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.
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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.
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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.
Top Fuel Australia Limited, whilst not wanting to overshadow the Santos Cranes Super Extreme 3 drag race being conducted at Willowbank Raceway this weekend and the efforts of Santo Rapisarda, will be responding to Sydney Dragway’s recent press release regarding Top Fuel at the Nitro Championships at a more appropriate time.

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.

With what has been a diabolical wet season for Willowbank Raceway, the clouds did part long enough for the running of the track championship points earner on the 16th March.
For many, Easter conjures up thoughts of brightly coloured Easter eggs and chocolate, At this weekend’s Santo’s Cranes Super 3 event at Willowbank Raceway, QLD, Brisbane’s Steve Read is chasing another bright object – the win light.

Team Bray Racing’s Ben Bray is faced with a race against time as he works to be ready for this Friday and Saturday’s Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race event (29/30 March) at home-track Willowbank Raceway.

The second-most successful NHRA Top Fuel driver in history – Larry Dixon – took time out from pre-event preparations for this week’s Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway to chat with local media at the South Bank Parklands this morning.

There will be no team orders when first-time team-mates Larry Dixon and Damien Harris go head to head at the Santo Crane’s Super 3 Extreme meeting at Willowbank Raceway this weekend.

Muliple time Pro Mod World Champion Mike Janis and co-crew chief Kevin Peters are returning Down Under for the debut of fellow racer and good friend Sean Mifsud’s, Andy McCoy built 1970 Duster.
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Top Fuel and Top Alcohol both add two more championship rounds to their tally when the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race hits Willowbank Raceway in March 29 and 30.

Queensland Top Alcohol driver Steven Reed says he may sacrifice the single compulsory qualifying sessions of the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway in order to find a path to quicker times.

Roma’s Ironbark Raceway will see a return to action this month for the first time since floods extensively damaged the facility in 2012. Up to twenty Supercharged Outlaws will test the tracks new surface and provide plenty of action for race starved local fans.

Three times world Top Fuel champion Larry Dixon flies into Australia tomorrow, ready to be fitted up for the Rapisarda Autosport International dragster he will drive at the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway on March 29 and 30.
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