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?

A rain-delayed Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway has provided a ‘mixed bag’ for Team Bray Racing this weekend with Ben Bray making it to the semi-finals while his father Victor suffered a close encounter during qualifying.

Sixteen new Australian Nationals winners were handed their ANDRA gold Christmas tree trophies at Sydney Dragway today as near perfect conditions produced records and tight racing in spades.

Join us for live and interactive coverage of the Australian Nationals all weekend right here on Dragnews. Catch all the action and drama of the race meet as it happens.

The Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway has produced plenty of drama and excitement with the second day of qualifying completed.

Near perfect weather welcomed racers to the opening round of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at Sydney Dragway on Friday as the 48th annual Australian Nationals began in classy fashion.

This weekend will see Darren Morgan Racing take to Sydney Dragway for the Australian Nationals, with the aim of solidifying their number 1 position in the ANDRA Top Fuel Championship.

The Australian Nationals “Warm Up” test and tune had the heat switch set to maximum as the sun baked Sydney Dragway, a number of teams attempted some valuable data gathering ahead of for what is for most classes the ANDRA Championship season opener.

Dragnews is running our “Pick The Winners” competition that will give you the opportunity to win some great prizes generously donated by Rocket, Read Speed Racing and Sydney Dragway.

VPW Racer Payout program to continue for the 2012-13 season with added 50% bonus awards.

So the Grand Opening for the 2012/13 season at Perth Motorplex has been run and done! Here’s our take on how things went down.

Father and son duo Victor and Ben Bray will be looking to make history repeat at Sydney Dragway this weekend as the 2012/2013 Top Doorslammer championship chase begins with the Australian Nationals.

No less than four home-town racers are in the running for 2012 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series glory as the countdown continues to its final round, to be held at Warwick Dragway on Saturday November 10.

A good start for both a new season and his on-track efforts is what five times ANDRA Top Doorslammer champion John Zappia is chasing going into this weekend’s Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway.

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After retiring from international cricket, Mike Whitney first appeared on Sydney Weekender back in 1994, and since then has loved every minute of it.