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.

Nationals Super Gas victory highlight of almost 50 years in drag racing for Melbourne’s Smith Family Veteran Melbourne drag racing competitor and official, Ian Smith has described his and son Warren’s win at the recent Fuchs Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway as the highlight of the family’s almost 50 years in the sport.

The Australian Nostalgia Fuel Association (ANFA) is proud to announce their first Annual Pioneer Awards to be held in conjunction with the Rocket Open Day and the Rocket Retro Drags and Nitro Fest at Sydney Dragway on 19th-20th November 2011.

John Zappia presented for the Fuchs Nationals – Round 1 of the ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer 2011/2012 Series – and let everyone know why he is the Australian National Record Holder by recording the first “five seven” in competition, and claimed top qualifier position.

Christine Steffens has started her bid to become Australia’s first licensed female Nitro Funny Car competitor today at Willowbank Raceway.

Lookout Australia the Trick & Mansweto boys have a new six second weapon heading for our shores.

The November resurrection of Adelaide International Raceway continues to build with the news that Top Doorslammer champion John Zappia will be racing.

You know something is a little strange in Australian drag racing when there is a longer break between your opening event of the season and the second round than there is in the off season.

Santo Rapisarda Racing has claimed the most prestigious event on the Australian drag racnig calendar, the Fuchs Nationals, when NHRA ace Cory McClenathan defeated Andrew Cowin in the final of Top Fuel at Sydney Dragway on September 11.

Some decisions in life are harder to make than others. Some decisions in life are harder to hear than others. But some decisions in life shouldn’t have to be made at all.

With Judgement Day nearly here racers are readying their US and Aussie Muscle cars to do battle on the Sydney Dragway quarter mile.

The finale of the 2011 Track Championship Series at Hidden Valley Drag Strip is sure to see competitors pushing their vehicles to their limits as the points chase comes down to the final round of the year.

ANDRA Pro Stock started its season with a bang at the Fuchs Australian Nationals where a Monster Energy-powered Shane Tucker enjoyed the successful debut of his Pontiac GXP.

In his forty-first year of competition, Gary Phillips has put the nightmare fortieth season behind him by winning the Australian Nationals in Top Alcohol at Sydney Dragway last weekend.

Sydney Dragway’s Fuchs Nationals presented plenty of hot action on the track, some of which has since made it online. Here are some of the best YouTube clips we found from the weekend.    

The Pro Street drag racing world will be focused on Willowbank Raceway, when the Pro Street Shootout Grand Finals hit Queensland’s premier drag strip on Saturday September 17.

  It was another event Sydney, and ANDRA, needed to have. The rain stayed (mostly) away and the racing delivered in spades. Read on for our record of events from the Fuchs Australian Nationals.  

Yes that’s right the REAL Judgement Day is on at Sydney Dragway on Saturday the 24th September… Pre 1978 Aussie and American muscle cars go head to head on the Drag Strip!

Maurice Fabietti has given the Holden Trade Club Top Doorslammer team’s Fuchs Australian Nationals campaign a pass following a first round loss at Sydney Dragway yesterday.

Fuchs Lubricants has confirmed they will be naming right sponsors for the Fuchs Triple Crown Final, November 19 at Calder Park Raceway that will see Top Fuel racing return to the iconic Melbourne venue.

Records were meant to be broken on the weekend as more track records tumbled at Hidden Valley Drag Strip.