Queensland drag racing veteran Victor Bray has taken victory against local hero and reigning champion John Zappia in a breakthrough appearance for the Perth Motorplex’s Goldenstates event at the weekend.

A sterling driving job at the 2012 Australian Nationals by Roy Romeo in the family’s Super Gas Commodore resulted in him leading both the Southern Super Gas Series and the ANDRA Aeroflow Championship and taking home the coveted gold Christmas tree.

Old sparring partners Victor Bray and John Zappia matched up again at Perth Motorplex on Saturday night with Bray emerging as the upset winner in round two of the ANDRA Top Doorslammer championship.

Three times Australian Top Fuel Motorcycle Champion, Chris Matheson and his Nitro Voodoo Team stamped their intentions for the new ANDRA Pro-Series, Top Qualifying, winning the Meeting, setting a new MPH Personal Best and ran quicker than anyone had on a Motorcycle at Sydney Dragway in history.

John Zappia showed who was boss in qualifying here at the 41st Goldenstates at the Perth Motorplex by top qualifying his Fuchs Lubricants / Striker Crushing and Screening Monaro in a tough field of Doorslammers.

Reigning ANDRA Top Doorslammer champion John Zappia went from a non-qualifying performance in the opening round of the series in Sydney to top qualifier in Perth following day one of the 41st annual Goldenstates.

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The 41st annual Goldenstates take place at Perth Motorplex this Friday and Saturday, featuring round two of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series for Top Doorslammer and Top Alcohol.

Australian National Top Doorslammer Champion John Zappia is competing at his home track for the 41st Annual Goldenstates at Perth Motorplex this weekend for round two of the ANDRA Top Doorslammer Championship, and is hoping to turn around his luck at the event.

Double duty is no foreign concept to John Cannuli, a fierce competitor in both ANDRA Top Doorslammer and Top Alcohol.

The Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway was good event that could have been great for ANDRA Top Alcohol competitor Wayne Price, as his team continues to develop into the ‘dark horse’ of the ANDRA Top Alcohol bracket.

A number of new records were set at the Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway last month.

When Peter Kapiris was taken to hospital following his clutch explosion at the Australian Nationals, his thoughts were pre-occupied with getting his Top Doorslammer back together and being able to make race day.

Less than two weeks after an action-packed outing at Sydney Dragway, Team Bray Racing’s Victor and Ben Bray are set to head across the country for the Perth Motorplex’s 41st annual Goldenstates this Friday and Saturday.

Nineteen Top Doorslammers and nine Top Alcohol Funny Cars and Dragsters are ready to do combat next weekend as the ANDRA championship moves on to the west coast for the 41st annual Goldenstates at Perth Motorplex.

Rapisarda Racing scored a superb come from behind first round win over mega budget Al-Anabi Team in first round then fell to privateer Bob Vandergriff in the quarter- finals at the final round of the NHRA championship season at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California.

This weekend sees 3 huge events on the Sydney Calendar, The Annual Rocket Open Day on Saturday from 8am to 3pm, The Australian Nostalgia Fuel Association Annual Pioneer Awards on the Saturday evening from 5pm and thehe Cruzin Magazine Nostalgia Drag Racing Event at Sydney Dragway on Sunday from 9am, racing from 1pm.

Since taking the win at the season ending Winternationals, the off season was productive but time consuming and before Reed knew it, the Nationals were fast approaching and time had run out to do some much needed testing prior to last weekend at Sydney Dragway.

Rapisarda Racing and Cory McClenathan have booked an appointment with Al-Anabi ace Shawn Langdon in first round of racing following a superb pass of  3.86/ 487 km/h to qualify in 16 th spot after four gruelling rounds at the final event on the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle championship season at Pomona, California.

RAPISARDA RACING have nailed a provisional tenth spot for the last round of the NHRA season at Pomona Raceway in California with a slick 3.89/503 km/h pass and significantly also head such nitro luminaries as title aspirant Steve Torrence, Al-Anabi ace Shawn Langdon and second generation star Brandon Bernstein.

The success of last weekend’s Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway was slightly tainted by the news that Drag Racing Manager, Ray Treasure would be leaving the helm.

The QLD tyre and retreading team of Greg and Kim Clayton, reaped the rewards for all the hard work put in over the past four seasons , claiming their first Gold Christmas Tree and taking maximum points for the first round in the Aero Flow Sportsman,  Australian drag racing championship.

Sydney Dragway was the place to be last weekend with the running of the 2012 ANDRA Drag Racing Nationals. Coming off a win in the 1st round of the championship, Darren Morgan Racing was in town to solidify their number 1 position in the point standings.

Rain- the curse of drag racing, washed out the opening day of Top Fuel qualifying at the final round of the NHRA Full Throttle championship in Pomona California. Team Rapisarda was in the staging lines when light rain began to fall.

Santo Rapisarda Racing’s 2012 NHRA Full Throttle campaign wraps up this weekend at the season closing Automobile Club of Southern California Nationals in Pomona.

As the final preparations are made for this weekend’s final round of the 2012 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series at Warwick Dragway (November 10), series organisers have confirmed they will be back to do it all again in 2013.

Drag News Australia brings you all the colour and action from the final day of a epic Australian Nationals.

The Australian Nationals saw the LTFR team take its FUCHS dragster to the final for the second consecutive ANDRA championship round and although the team made some valuable gains in the performance of the car, the runner-up result was not what the team were looking for.

Dragnews was recently sent some information about a racer that is about to take delivery of a pro mod spec car that will grace our strips with its presence soon. Can you guess who this beast belongs to?