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35,000-plus race fans were treated to incredible Top Fuel performances at the bracket’s NDRC season opening Spring Nationals at the weekend, including 13 three second passes and five side-by-side ‘threes’, with six of those three second passes run at more than 500kph.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing have been proud to play an important part in the weekend’s Spring Nationals, which not only was the grand-opening for the brand-new Dragway at The Bend, but also the first Top Fuel/group one event of the new National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC).
Peter Xiberras and the PremiAir Racing Top Fuel Dragster, accompanied by new sponsors Nulon and GEARWRENCH, have raced to 3rd position in the opening round of the NDRC Top Fuel Championship with a B-Final victory over Phil Lamattina at Dragway at the Bend.
The first round of the brand-new National Drag Racing Championship was presented by Australia’s brand new world class drag racing facility, Dragway at The Bend. More than 300 racers and 30,000 spectators created an incredible atmosphere for the first major event at what proved to be an amazing venue with a super-fast racing surface. There were some incredible individual and category performances and the venue, officials, and competitors shined throughout a great occasion for drag racing in Australia.
The Spring Nationals at the brand-new Dragway at The Bend, featuring more than 300+ Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series competitors alongside group one racers for NDRC Top Fuel, Dananni Hot Shots Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle and Pro Stock Motorcycle, saw drag racing come back to South Australia in exceptional style at the weekend.
By the end of the grand-opening Spring Nationals at the brand-new Dragway at The Bend, more than 35,000 race fans delighted in an incredible weekend of racing thanks to the new National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC).
The grand-opening Spring Nationals for Dragway at The Bend, featuring the latest round of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, saw more than 350 racers put on a show for a sold-out capacity crowd of 20,532 today.
A sell-out crowd of 20,532 has revelled in the delights of the new National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) today, with a similar sized crowd expected for tomorrow’s race day Sunday (22 October).
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The final round of the 2023 Kenda 660 Tires Drag Radial Series headed to North Queensland with Willowbank Raceway out of action, along with a whole bunch of radial tyre warriors to fight out the final round of the championship.
The return of championship drag racing to South Australia through the National Drag Racing Championship and Dragway At The Bend is rejuvenating the sport, and former racers. For South Aussie John Bader it has been ten years between skids, and he is now revved up to let the horsepower rip once again.
Two huge drag racing events for the new National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) are just around the corner – this weekend’s Spring Nationals at the brand-new Dragway at The Bend (October 21/22), and next weekend’s Sydney Nationals at Sydney Dragway (October 27/28).
The upgrades to Willowbank Raceway continue at a steady pace, with the major component in pouring the concrete portion of the racing surface now complete and into its 28 day curing phase.
The opening round of the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship (ATDC) will take place this weekend at the Spring Nationals, the first major event at the brand new Dragway at The Bend.
As Lamattina Top Fuel Racing charge into the 2023 Australian Top Fuel Championship, the team will do it with the ongoing support of R&J Batteries.
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