Current Multiple Australian Top Fuel Motorcycle Champion Chris Matheson and his Nitro Voodoo Team have taken out the 2012 Australian Fuchs Winternationals, held at Ipswich in Queensland last weekend.

The never give up attitude was on full display at Willowbank Raceway today as final eliminations were completed for the rain-delayed Fuchs Winternationals.

Dragnews Australia and ANDRA bring you all the live action from this years Winternationals June 8-11 starting with Sportsman Qualifying on Friday through to the Group 1 finals on Monday.

The ANDRA Top Fuel national championship will all be decided in round one of racing on June 11 at Willowbank Raceway in Queensland when Western Australian Damien Harris takes on Victoria’s Darren Morgan.

ANDRA Top Doorslammer championship leader John Zappia made the case for a fifth straight national title on day two of the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway in Queensland, Australia’s biggest drag racing event.

  The 2012 edition of the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway has started in fine style on a perfect Winters day. Much of the sportsman qualifying was completed today with Pro Stock the only professional category to have a run.

Top Alcohol competitor Jamie Noonan is no stranger to V8 Supercars, winning multiple titles with Stone Brothers Racing as part of the mechanical brains trust behind Marcos Ambrose and Russell Ingall’s championship titles, and more recently as the power behind Brad Jones Racing, but while his exploits behind the scenes are without question, it’s his ability behind the wheel that is gaining the most attention.

Multiple Australian Top Fuel drag race champion, Steve Read, will make a return to racing at this weekend’s (Friday to Monday, June 10-13) 45th annual Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway, Ipswich, after a 12-month absence.

The running of the 45th annual Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway this weekend marks the continuation of a long standing and popular event in the Ipswich community.

After his recent win in Top Alcohol at the Pro Series 1000 in Adelaide, John Cannuli is riding high and is pumped at the prospect of a repeat performance this Queens Birthday long weekend at Willowbank Raceway for the FUCHS Winternationals.

Top Fuel drag racer and current ANDRA championship leader Damien Harris says there is a little bit of unfinished business at Willowbank Raceway this weekend for the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway.

Leading Top Doorslammer drag racer, Robin Judd, will call it quits at the end of this weekend’s 45th annual Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway, Ipswich.

The turbo revolution continues to grow with a number of new flame popping beasts about to hit the track.  

While the focus has been on testing for the Winternationals there has been much more happening on the Willowbank track front in May, kicking off with a round of the popular Street Series.

Spinozzi Racing would like to take this opportunity to welcome Cale Aronson and Tinzy Smith to Australia for their first visit down-under. Both Cale and Tinzy will be present for this weekend’s 2012 Fuchs Lubricants Winternationals.

The 2012 Winter warm ups didn’t quite live up to the hype thanks mostly to mother nature sending some small showers over the track on Saturday and then dropping almost 50mm of rain overnight on the Willowbank Raceway facility.

The late Mick Atholwood – a legend of the sport of drag racing in Australia – will be honoured at Willowbank Raceway’s Fuchs Winternationals with a special memorial trophy to be awarded to the Top Fuel winner.

Former Top Doorslammer champion Ben Bray’s driving services aren’t just in demand in the Team Bray outfit, with the 28 year old spending plenty of time this season driving the Karl Hammoud-owned Factory Xtreme Toyota.

Like his name sake Muhammad, Michael Ali has a desire to be the greatest. It’s going to be a one on one drag racing dust up come the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway on June 8-11 and the championship title will be there for the taking.

  With 150 racers entered in this years Winters Warm Up expect to see fireworks both on and off the quarter as the countdown to the Fuchs Winternationals reaches its final days.

Cory McClenathan and Rapisarda Racing occupy 16th spot after day one of qualifying for the 2012 Toyota NHRA SuperNationlals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey.

A number of teams have taken the opportunity to do some testing behind closed doors ahead of the Fuchs Winternationals but our spies, at great personal risk, have got some of the inside goss.

Victoria’s Jack Danaher is riding a wave jubilation following his second straight Supercharged Outlaws win in the Rocket Allstars Racing Series and now heads into the Winternationals with a share of the championship points lead.

The days of building your own race car and entering a top level of motorsport have been over for most disciplines for years but Queenslander Russell Pavey, the driver of the United Tools Corvette Top Doorslammer, has always done things a little differently.

The below rule change has been rescinded by ANDRA, as per ANDRA regulations ANDRA must provide 28 days notice of any rule change. Therefore the 32 car field restrictions will apply for this years Winternationals. ANDRA has approved a removal of the 32 car field restriction on Supercharged Outlaws for the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway.

Rapisarda Racing head to historic Old Bridge Township Raceway Park Englishtown, New Jersey this weekend for the Toyota NHRA SuperNationals, looking to build on a solid performance at their last outing in Topeka, Kansas.

Spinozzi Racing will make their first Pro Stock appearance at Willowbank Raceway for the upcoming Winternationals fielding the team’s Terra Civil/Hitatchi Construction Machinery Pontiac GTO.

Top Fuel drag racer Phil Lamattina knows what it is like to be an Australian champion and one of the fastest men in the country, but it is watching his son grow into a racer in his own right that is making him proudest.

At just 24 years of age Lachlan Ireland is in prime position to take his first drag racing championship, an achievement many of his older rivals have been seeking for years.

The penultimate round of the Willowbank Raceway track championship took place under clear blue skies on May 19.