Peter Russo will test his Australian-built Supercheap Auto Funny Car before contesting the season-ending AAA Club World Finals at Pomona, California in two weeks.

Oz Top Fuel outfit Rapisarda Racing missed the cut by one place and .01 sec. at the Big O Tires NHRA Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Which Australian Top Fuel driver will make his US debut in the NHRA Finals at Pomona?

Sydney Modified racer Brett White has taken the plunge into blown Group Two racing while looking towards Top Alcohol.

No longer a dark horse, Rob Pilkington has become the man everybody wants to beat when he races at Perth Motorplex.

What will happen when the worlds quickest Sport Compact racer turns his attention to the V8 turbo scene?

Following a devastating Nitro Champs crash totally destroying her Modified dragster, former Australian Champion Kelly Corbett has a new ride which she has debuted at Willowbank Raceway in testing.

The Australian Pro Street Association (APSA) is proud to announce new season points series will now start at Calder Park Raceway on the 18th of February 2012.

It has been sometime since my last Chairman’s Statement. We have been very busy over the past few months and although many of our efforts may not be immediately obvious I believe the work of the staff and the new Board will result in a better 2012 and a still better 2013. There is still a lot of work to do. I thank you for your continued support and trust you will continue to work with us to ensure your venue remains the “place to race”. I want to bring you up to date on some issues.

ANDRA hosted a successful Drag Racing summit, held at Sydney Dragway last weekend. Delegates from all over the country attended from various stakeholder groups to identify the prime objectives required for drag racing to secure a new and exciting future.

Four-time Australian Funny Car Champions Peter and Helen Russo will debut a brand new Australian-built nitro Funny Car at this weekend’s NHRA Big O Tires Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (27-30 October).

After posting their finest result of their season at Phoenix Firebird Speedway where the team made the cut in 12th spot, Rapisarda Racing are upbeat heading into the penultimate round of the 2011 NHRA championship at Las Vegas International Speedway this weekend.  

Drag News will be providing live highlights from the Sydney Dragway Track Championship and the rescheduled Perth Motorplex test and tunes on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend.

The Australian Super Gas Racers will run a four-round Southern Super Gas Series this drag racing season, with three dates confirmed.

Long time Super Gas competitor David Gauldie has debuted his new weapon in a bid for another Super Gas national title.

The two days of testing this weekend at Perth Motorplex have seen over 180 pre-entries across the two days.

The cancellation of Willowbank’s planned Easter super event has left some racers dismayed with some how the event was handled from the start.

The ANDRA Pro Series has suffered a blow with the cancellation of Willowbank’s planned Easter super-event which was to have contained two rounds of the championship on the one weekend.

The candidates are all locked in, the program has been set and all is in readiness for two days of action packed drag racing discussions.

Another day, another supercharged altered in Western Australia!

Can everyone keep an eye out for Craig and Vanessa Denham’s blown methanol Pro Street Holden HT Premier.

O’Connor Motorsport, headed by ANDRA Top Doorslammer pilot Murray O’Connor, has just launched their brand new website.  

COMPETITION Jason Maggs continued his domination in Competition at the Sydney venue with another victory backing up his Nitro Champs win. Qualifying second with a easy 6.784 (-.496) in the Corvette, Maggs never seemed to be pushed all event only needing to break into the sixes in the final. His opponent in the final was Troy Papadopoulos who was debuting his EB Falcon for the first time in Competition’s BB/GA class. With a solo in round one, Papadopoulos upset Wayne Cartledge in round two before benefiting from another solo in the semis. A valiant 7.27 (7.44) in the final pushed Maggs to run 6.84 (7.15) for the win. Tuelstrup put on a noble display in the B/DA dragster after defeating Tony Bellert in round one then the upset of the bracket as he held off Shane Baxter next up but became fodder for Magg’s hard charging Corvette in the semi. On the back of some very impressive testing numbers Shane Baxter had the CC/AA altered singing top to top qualify with a 6.91 (-.571). However it all came undone in round two after possibly lifting too early on a lackadaisical .215 reaction allowing Danny Tuelstrup’s dragster to sneak ahead for the win 7.22 (7.49) to 7.41 (7.58) Looking to avenge the non final at the Winternationals Cartledge’s 7.27 (7.62) fell fractionally of short of Papadopoulos’ 7.26 (7.62) in the race of bracket. Raymond Oxley red lit in round one against Cartledge but it was good to see the dragster back on track after a licensing accident with daughter Dee in the car last year. Nola ran a big PB in qualifying with a 6.53  (-.219) for the nitrous Pontiac, but was sent packing in round one by fellow Victorian Maggs. Bellert was into the sixes in qualifying with a 6.984 (-.426) Victorian Cameron Ambesi was competing in his first national event with his BB/DA dragster, but issue from testing continued to plague the mint looking rail and they could not front for round one. Geoff Kelly was another Victorian to be struck down by mechanical failure and unable to make the first round, but we did get a nice wheel stand from the CC/AA machine. SUPER STOCK Super Stock was excellently represented with 20 entries. Relative newcomer Jason Simpson did it in old school style with his Capri bodied G/GA stocker winning Super Stock amongst a field of mainly late model machines. Simpson qualified third with a 8.367 (-.503) and must have had the rest of the field running scared as Fred Soleiman, Mario Barbon, Omar Sedmak and Steve Norman in the final with the clean sweep all pulled cherries against Simpson in eliminations. Steven Norman debuted a new Cobalt for B/APA duties, a 7.53 (-.411) was only good enough for 11th in qualifying! But Norman powered on in eliminations defeating the tough Camaro of Tom Dimitropoulos 7.55 (7.95) to Camaro’s 8.50 (8.98) courtesy of a sleepy .303 light from Dimitropoulos. A 7.75 (7.57) drove around Les Heintz GTO’s 8.74 (8.83), before being the benefit of a Darren Parker red light in the semi, but succumb to his own cherry in the final. A red light by Sedmak in the semi finished the Pontiac for the event after qualifying with a 7.059 (-.471) and going past Nick Levitt in round one with a double cherry race and Vince Panetta’s Torana in round two. Darren Parker picked up the speed record a 182.65 for B/APA on the way to the semi final picking up the scalps of David Tucker and Clint George en route. Clint George is still a newcomer in Super Stock but after a 7.524 (-.426) in qualifying is not to be taken lightly. A 7.46 in round one is just shy of the national mark and had him defeat John Kuiper’s Commodore, if he could of repeated performance in round two he may of found his Cavalier in the semi. Harping back to his Super Sedan days, Solieman had the Torana airborne again in qualifying. An unfortunate redlight in round one tossed away a 7.48 sub A/MPA record run. Heintz had the GTO leaping off the line. Barbon qualified on the bump with a 8.490 (-.369), defeated Magner in the first round before cherry picking against Simpson. Best Engineered winner and number one qualifier by a bunch was Nick Panagiotlaris, a outstanding 8.288 (-0.692) in A/MP had the Falcon nearly two tenths up on the field. However something went array in round one against Panetta with Falcon shutting down after the launch. Another shock round one exit was Tom Dimitropoulos, following a 8.473 (-.507)second qualifier endeavor. Marino Prodan could not force the wheelstanding Charger in the field The first session of Super Stock saw the serious accident involving Grant Williams, returning to the track after a 4 year layoff, the experienced and record setting rotary driver lost control of his Probe and impacted the left hand and driver’s side wall. Though the impact at the time did not appear as brutal compared too many we see, the result ended racing for the night as Williams had to be cut free and airlifted to hospital. Fortunately the synopsis see’s Williams escape with a lot of bruising, cracked ribs, chipped vertebrae  and a decent lump of the head leaving a black eye, he was released after a short hospital stay and we wish him all the best on his recovery. COMP BIKE Scott Keogh picked up his first Comp Bike win on the Players Racing V/CB Harley, following a solo in round one when David Shaw could not stage then defeating Blair Pennington in round two, a solo in the semi had Keogh against perennial Sydney finalist Corey Scholes. Scholes had top qualified with a 8.251 (-.0699) a decade under the DD/CB record. After a bye and a single when Geoff Kempe broke in round two, Scholes ran 8.40 (8.94) to pick up the ET record defeating Kevin Gummow 7.67 (8.20) in a crackerjack race. A 8.52 (8.67) in the

Drag News will be bringing you coverage of Jamboree 2011 LIVE from Willowbank Raceway.  

The sounds of horsepower will ring out through Perth Motorplex this weekend with the first official test day of the season on October 2.

The Supercharged Outlaws category continues to grow in WA with one racer getting a new look this season.

The  final round of the Queensland Street Car Magazine 2011 Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series was held at western Queensland’s Ironbark Raceway on the weekend.

The 2011 Track Championship Series came to a thrilling end on Saturday night at Hidden Valley Drag Strip where the series came down to the final passes of the season.

Hidden Valley Drag Racing Association President, Jay Jukes is set to be strapped into a drag car for the first time in four years this Friday night at Hidden Valley Drag Strip, but this time he will be a passenger. Jukes last competed in July 2007 in a Holden Commodore, his personal best being 11.20 seconds at 128mph.