The 2013 drag racing season hasn’t even started at Hidden Valley Drag Strip but there are already big moves afoot. This would have to be one of the largest buying and selling sprees to be seen in the Top End with several high calibre cars set to debut when the season kicks off in late March.

Damien Harris will return to the ANDRA Drag Racing Series at Perth Motorplex in round four of the Australian Top Fuel championship, putting his team back together for a ‘last hurrah’.

  To highlight the year just past, Dragnews is pleased to announce its Track Snaps photo competition. Are you really the gun photographer you think you are?

The quickest Slammers in Australia were at Heathcote Victoria last weekend for Round One of the eighth mile Slamfest Series, and produced some wild rides that entertained the crowd. Australian Top Doorslammer Champion John Zappia was keen to snatch the win and the local track record, and after some great racing almost pulled it off.

It is often said that the family that plays together, stays together. This is certainly an adage the Oberg family has taken to heart with mum and dad overseeing their sons competing in the sport of drag racing.

A first spy pic of Steve Ham’s new look Top Alcohol Funny Car has been revealed.

In cooling weather, Team Bray Racing’s Victor Bray has enjoyed a semi-final appearance at Heathcote Park Raceway’s round one of the 2013 Slamfest Series against eventual winner Peter Kapiris.

Drive and determination to be competitive in the unforgiving Top Doorslammer class has pushed West Australian Marty Dack through the hard knocks to now be considered a genuine threat in the bracket.

Two ANDRA championship drag racing events will feature double header rounds this season with final approval being given from drag racing’s governing body for events at Perth Motorplex and Willowbank Raceway to use the trial format.

More than 24,000 horsepower will be on show at Heathcote Park Raceway this Saturday (19 January) when eight Top Doorslammers lead the way for round one of the 2013 Slamfest series.

  Former national Top Fuel champion Phil Lamattina and Top Alcohol veteran Steve Reed – winner of the 2012 FUCHS Winternationals Top Alcohol trophy – have thrown their support behind Willowbank Raceway’s revolutionary new Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race event.

Lamattina Top Fuel Racing (LTFR) has added another sponsor to the ranks, with clothing brand ‘60foot’ joining the team for the final round of the ‘western swing’ held at the Perth Motorplex, February 1 and 2.

  John Zappia presented the Fuchs Lubricants / Striker Crushing Monaro at the Perth Motorplex “Night of Fire” last weekend after the Christmas and New Year break, and delighted the local crowd with some quick runs.

      Donald Freind has found himself again in a commanding position in the WA Supercharged Outlaws championship, holding on to the points lead at the mid point of the season in one of the toughest domestic competitions in Australia.

The newly renamed Rapisarda Autosport International is rapidly growing with the Australian-based team bringing on two NHRA stars for the new year – with possible Australian appearances.

Since its inception in 1988 the Summernats has become an icon for revheads nationwide, Summernats still remains unchallenged on the top echelon of car festivals and this year’s event again proved extremely successful with huge crowds flocking to the Canberra venue of EPIC to witness the best of the best street machines that grace our country.

Queensland’s Jodanna Pullen is set to take the next step in her motorsport career this March when she graduates to the Sportsman drag racing category of Super Stock thanks to the purchase of a powerful new race car.

The ANDRA championship rounds of Top Doorslammer, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle for Calder Park in February have been cancelled, due to the recent change in ownership of the history-steeped Melbourne venue.

Victor and Ben Bray will be looking to repeat their 2012 Slamfest Series success when they take to the track at Heathcote Park Raceway this Saturday (19 January) for round one of the 2013 tour.

Racers continue to dream of running quicker and faster, stepping up through the drag racing ranks breaking elapsed time barriers, for many though it remains in the realm of fantasy. However when Australian Super Street National Champion Rob Harrington decided it was time to chase that need for speed, dreams quickly became a reality.  

Backed by the success of a finals appearance at all three events this season, Wanneroo Stonemason Al Puglia heads into this weekend’s Night of Fire at the top of the leader board for the Perth Motorplex Super-Comp Track Championship.

Coming through our files lately was this picture of a classic Aussie ute destined for Supercharged Outlaws duty in Western Australia.

The Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship completed a historic weekend at Fuchs South Coast Raceway in Portland on Sunday with Victorian Craig Geddes’ win in Super Comp sitting atop the list of highlights.

Team Bray Racing’s Victor Bray has enjoyed the honour of completing the very first solo burnout on the new burnout pad of Australia’s largest modified car festival – Summernats.

Speedflow announce the release of a press in adapter for RB20 Cam covers.

Team Bray Racing will get their 2013 off to a high-octane start when the popular Summernats festival hits Canberra’s Exhibition Park for the 26th time across 3-6 January 2013.

  The Final preparations are done, with more than 220 Drag Racing Teams Set to rip and roar down the Perth Motorplex Quarter Mile – headlined with those insane, unpredictable, Nitro Breathing Funny Cars.