Claiming a new national speed record in Top Alcohol Funny Car was just the icing on the cake for Gary Phillips after his Sydney Nitro Champs campaign netted the fifteen time champion a finals berth along with quickest elapsed time (5.471) and top speed (261.07mph) bonus points for the meeting.

The super-competitive drag racing division of Pro Stock will be even more cut throat at the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway with 26 cars entered for the event.

A national record setting run and a runner up at the Nitro Champs in Sydney has left John Zappia in prime position to take a fifth Top Doorslammer title – but Victorian Peter Kapiris still stands in the way.

Chris Matheson is setting out to push the boundaries of what is achievable on a drag racing motorcycle at the Fuchs Winternationals with his nitro-fuelled machine being tuned for a five second pass at Willowbank Raceway.

Darren Morgan and the AEG Powertools Top Fuel team put in a strong showing to finish second at the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway in the fifth round of the ANDRA championship, but lost precious position in one of the most thrilling Top Fuel title chases in years.

The Western Australian drag racing season has wrapped up with plaudits all round among racers and administrators.

Following completion of the ANDRA Divisional Elections for 2012, the make-up of the six Divisional Councils has been confirmed.

Steve Reed was able to farewell his Allstar Batteries Camaro Funny Car in good fashion in Sydney last weekend with personal best times ahead of the debut of a Pontiac Firebird at the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway in June.

The Rocket Allstars Racing Series reaches its final round at the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway. Teams from all over Australia will attend to pitch themselves at the best competition the nation can offer.

Victor Bray says he has no time for a slump in performances heading into the Fuchs Winternationals in one month’s time at Willowbank Raceway.

Jason Grima has a realistic shot at a top five finish in the ANDRA Pro Series following a semi finals appearance at the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway.

Top Alcohol racer Steven Ham realised a childhood dream in Sydney last weekend, claiming the first ANDRA gold christmas tree trophy in his Pro Series career. Ham defeated 14-times Top Alcohol champion Gary Phillips in the close 5.52sec to 5.54sec final.

  No less than 463 racers from all over Australia and New Zealand have already thrown their hats in the ring for the 45th Fuchs Winternationals at Queensland’s premier drag racing facility, Willowbank Raceway, across June 8-11, 2012.

A total of 20 national drag racing records were set at the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway over the weekend, including the oldest record on the Australian National Drag Racing Association books.

It is with immense sadness that Dragnews reports the passing of nostalgia drag racer Mark Stewart as a result of a truck accident today.

With just one round of the 2011/2012 ANDRA drag racing season remaining, a number of titles will go down to the wire at the Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway, June 8-11.

In what many are calling the best event held at Sydney Dragway, ANDRA Pro Series eliminations day featured some of the best personal performances and amazing drag races Australian drag racing has produced.

dragnews.com.au and ANDRA.com.au again bring you live blogging from the ANDRA Pro Series, with the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway taking place this weekend. Nitro Champs

Former Australian Top Fuel Lamattina is determined to go ‘one better’ at the Sydney Dragway Nitro Champs this week after his runner-up result in Adelaide just a few weeks ago.

Robin Judd is looking for his first major event win for the season when he competes at this weekend’s ninth annual Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, Eastern Creek from Friday to Sunday, May 4-6.

Six-times Australian Top Doorslammer champion Victor Bray and two-times champion son Ben have been spending as much time in front of a computer monitor as on the spanners in the lead up to the Nitro Champs, as the team searches for the answer to making their two Sidchrome cars click this weekend.

Gavin Spann could be the spanner in the works for reigning champion Chris Matheson this weekend at Sydney Dragway with a duel of nitro motorcycles in the works.

It’s been like a Pro Stock boot camp this week for Sydney racer Jason Grima with a week of testing and focused checks of his PC Group Ford Mustang.

On the eve of the Nitro Champs there has been a flurry of testing at Sydney Dragway, here is a wrap from recent test sessions.

Five years of international co-operation will culminate this weekend when American Brandon Huhtala takes to the wheel of Victorian racer James Xuereb’s Don Ness built Cutlass at the Nitro Champs in Sydney.

Following a crash in the final of the Pro Series 1000 at Adelaide just over two weeks ago in his JBS Tools dragster, Wayne Newby made the decision to bring a new car into action much earlier than planned.  

  For Steven Ham and the East Coast Lubes/Mobil 1 funny car, the Adelaide Pro Series 1000 proved to be an extremely successful event.

Daniel Schultz will make his debut in competition at this weekend’s Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, hoping to steer the potent Santo Rapisarda-owned Titan Cranes Top Fuel dragster to some round wins.