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Aeroflow Performance Products is pleased to welcome the Fowler Family Racing to the Aeroflow Drag Racing team.

Willowbank Raceway will host the 9th annual ‘Mopar Sunday’ show this Sunday, July 31. Mopar enthusiasts will have the chance to either watch or take part in a range of events including drag racing, a dyno shootout, show and shine and a swap meet.

It has been six weeks since Sydney Dragway has seen any serious horsepower action with track works taking longer than planned. But the end result was a billiard table smooth surface that greeted over 140 racers last weekend for the first test and tune of the new season.

The 2011 Winternationals ended with an anti-climax with rain again disrupting racing during the event, in an unprecedented year of natural disasters and heavy rain in the east coast of Australia. The ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer Series qualifying was completely washed out forcing the original qualifying order to be used, and the heavens opened up again on Willowbank International Raceway just prior to the finals – forcing another cancellation.

Weather did its best to derail the final round of the ANDRA Pro Series for the season at the Castrol EDGE Winternationals but Queensland local Shane Tucker and his team did a great job to get the Monster Energy-powered Monaro amongst the action in a crazy weekend of racing.

The Castrol EDGE Winternationals and the Australian Championships final round at Willowbank Raceway have concluded with the event being a total washout! ANDRA is extremely disappointed that such an important component of our events calendar has concluded in such a way. Notwithstanding that, ANDRA has already commenced planning a new “National Events Template” which will ensure that new risk mitigation strategies will be in place to prevent a re-occurrence of last weekend’s outcomes.

Matheson had top qualified a month earlier, only to see the meeting postponed due to rain.

Newly crowned Australian Top Fuel Champion, Darren Morgan put in a stunning performance at the re-running of the Castrol EDGE Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway, only to be cruelly robbed of a chance to win the coveted Title.

Sydney Dragway has released a statement addressing concerns about the 2011 FUCHS Australian Nationals.

In their ongoing efforts to support the Australian motorsport industry and improve safety within a sport they’ve been involved with for more than 25 years, comes the announcement today that Australia’s biggest independent oil manufacturer – Hi-Tec Oils – will return to Sydney Dragway to join the venues new management team in securing a stronger future for the popular western Sydney facility.

Aaron Tremayne was the big winner at the Castrol EDGE Winternationals, taking his fourth straight ANDRA Pro Series Pro Stock Championship at Willowbank today, despite being knocked out in the semi-finals and finals not taking place due to a freak shower.

The Castrol EDGE Winternationals has resumed in spectacular fashion today at Willowbank Raceway with today’s focus on Sportsman testing and racing before tomorrow the big guns of the ANDRA Pro Series hit the track.

For Steve Read, this weekend’s goal for the Castrol EDGE Winternationals re-run is simple –‘We’re here to spoil the day for some of the bigger teams and put on a great show’.

The Board of the Australian National Drag Racing Association Ltd announced today that ANDRA Deputy CEO Greg Humphreys will assume the responsibilities of Acting Chief Executive Officer.

Significant work has been undertaken on the Sydney Dragway racing surface over the past month with the aim to improve the racing surface.

Whilst most of the on-track action at the resumption of the Castrol EDGE Winternationals this weekend July 15-17 will be focused on cutting edge technology, a celebration of the sport’s history will be taking place off track.
Darren Morgan and the AEG Powertools/Hungry Jack’s Mildura Top Fuel team are poised for a strong continuation of the postponed Castrol EDGE Winternationals this weekend at Willowbank Raceway in Queensland.

It’s almost FRYday and the smell of burning rubber is going to be the cologne of choice when the gates open at Hidden Valley Drag Strip this Friday from 6pm.

The penultimate round of the Queensland Street Car One-Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series has been run and won at Benaraby Raceway near Gladstone, with a good crowd turning out for the event.

Dave Newcombe has become the first Pro Stock driver in Australia to record a time in the six second bracket during testing this morning for this weekend’s Castrol EDGE Winternationals resumption at Willowbank Raceway.
Dave Newcombe has run the first Pro Stock six second run albeit unofficial in testing today, 6.994, 194.80MPH

The chase for the first Pro Stock six second pass heated up today in a test session at Willowbank Raceway.
This coming weekend 15-17 July at Willowbank Raceway in Queensland the Winternationals re-run not only signals the end of the 2010/2011 ANDRA Championship season, but also the end of one of Drag Racing’s most successful partnerships – Jim Read Racing and Auto One.
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ANDRA Pro Series Pro Stock has developed a reputation as being one of the tightest categories on the drag racing scene and spectators at the Castrol EDGE Winternationals re-run over the weekend of July 15-17 at Willowbank Raceway will see exactly why.

Have you got a vintage car or bike just sitting in the shed? Do you only take it out once a month for the odd cruise or car show? Make sure that this month you get your pride and joy out to the Top End Nostalgias at Hidden Valley Drag Strip on Saturday 30 July!
The Castrol EDGE Winternationals Top Doorslammer field is set to explode when the categories’ heavy hitters return to Willowbank Raceway for the event’s continuation July 15-17.

Two well-known drag racers returned to Hidden Valley Drag Strip on Saturday night, and they returned in fine form, taking out the top qualifying position and the win for the Outlaws bracket.

It was an inconspicuous debut during a test session back at the Willowbank Top Fuel Championship event, but the cackle emanating from the pipes once fired signaled the appearance of a rare breed, Stewart Prior’s Fuel Altered.

The team from Dragnews Australia will be providing LIVE coverage of the 2011 Winternationals re-run from Willowbank Raceway Friday through Sunday, July 15-17.
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