GALLERY: 57TH WINTERNATIONALS PART 3
8 August 2025
Our final epic 2025 Winternationals gallery is here! Action shots, presentations, and everything in between — all wrapped up in one last drop. Photos by Cackling Pipes
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Our final epic 2025 Winternationals gallery is here! Action shots, presentations, and everything in between — all wrapped up in one last drop. Photos by Cackling Pipes
A spectacular crash at the 2025 Sydney Jamboree hasn’t kept Maatouk Racing’s Factory Xtreme R35 GTR ‘The Don’ on the canvas for long as these rebuild shots show, thanks to ProFab Motorsport Fabrications.
Congratulations to all the winners from Round 4 of the Palmyra Drag Racing Club Inc Track Championship over the weekend, the team pushed through some sketchy North Queensland weather to complete the event.
Australian Nitro Funny Car icon Peter Russo – who is based in the US making sporadic appearances in the NHRA – has a new piece of kit, showing off a new body upgrade.
Jeff Cutajar cut his first laps in the original and once world record holding Batmobile Top Doorslammer campaigned by Peter Kapiris. The car now owned by Jason Cunliffe has finally been returned to its former glory and active duty, with a best of 6.17 during testing yesterday that was found out to be run on just 7 cylinders.
‘Aussie Dave’ Grubnic has once again proved he is the speed king tuning Brittany Force to a ground pounding 343.16mph record run just now – that’s 552kph for those playing at home.
The highly anticipated debut of Johnny Ricca’s world record holding Pro Mod Camaro on Aussie soil didn’t disappoint, smashing the quickest ET ever seen out of a door car in Australia during testing at Sydney Dragway.
The owners of Heathcote Park Raceway have released the following statement on the immediate future of the venue.
It still is fastest Pro Stock car in Australia, but the former Dodge Avenger once campaigned by Lee Bektash to the first Pro Stock 200mph pass in Australia has been reborn as Warren Allen’s Outlaw Radial Avenger.
The drag and drive scene is exploding world wide, in Australia, Allstars Drag and Drive is the latest iteration that saw entrants soak up three fantastic days of racing across two tracks carrying, or towing everything they needed from Willowbank Raceway to Warwick Dragway and back again.
While we eagerly wait for the National Drag Racing Championship to resume with s series of events that will cap off the rest of the professional National Championships, we have lock and loaded another bunch of wicked shots from the epic Winternationals.
American drag racing legend Tommy Johnson Jnr has officially thrown his hat in the ring for the upcoming Nitro Nationals, which will host what is expected to be an explosive NDRC final for the fire-breathing 11,000hp/500kph+ Top Fuel and XPRO Nitro Funny Cars at Sydney Dragway on August 23.
Evolve Facility Management (operators of Perth Motorplex), in partnership with VenuesWest, is excited to announce that the State Government has approved funding to commence a full replacement of the drag strip at Perth Motorplex.
After a season that has swung widely from complete domination to bitter disappointment, Hydraulink Jim Read Racing will be seeking to get their revenge at the upcoming NDRC Top Fuel Championship finale, the Nitro Nationals at Sydney Dragway on August 23.
It was another spectacular Winternationals held in perfect South Queensland weather, so here is all the colour, glam, and action from the 2025 edition of the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway featuring the National Drag Racing Championship.
An early exit from the 57th running of the Winternationals in Queensland has left Chris Hargrave and his Middy’s Electrical Pro Alcohol Funny Car team wanting more. A huge build up to the event saw the team excited for what was an outside run at the PDRC Championship title for the first time in their professional Pro Alcohol career.
Queensland budget racer Rob Harrington has capped off a stunning weekend to claim the 2025 Gulf Western Oils Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway over the Kings Birthday weekend.
The NDRC’s 2024/2025 Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship drew to its epic conclusion at Willowbank Raceway over the weekend, where more than 350 sportsman racers took part in what is the largest championship drag racing event outside of North America.
The Lamattina Top Fuel Racing (LTFR) team delivered a strong and emotionally charged performance at the 2025 Winternationals, with a weekend full of consistent 3.80-second runs, renewed confidence, and a packed Willowbank Raceway crowd treated to the very best of Australian NDRC drag racing.
A difficult Winternationals campaign where strong potential was thwarted by breakages sees Hydraulink Jim Read Racing looking for vengeance at the upcoming Top Fuel final.
The fourth and final day of the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals saw another packed crowd enthralled with record-breaking and head-turning performances from the best of the best of Australian NDRC drag racing at Willowbank Raceway.
A record-breaking day three of NDRC Gulf Western Oil Winternationals action in front of a full house at Willowbank Raceway has set the stage for an epic conclusion to the biggest show in Australian drag racing tomorrow (Sunday June 8).
The largest championship drag racing event outside of North America is well underway at Willowbank Raceway with day two of the four day NDRC Gulf Western Oil Winternationals completed today ahead of further action Saturday and Sunday.
A remarkable 17-car field is locked and loaded for the second last-round of the 2025 NDRC Australian Top Doorslammer Championship at Willowbank Raceway for the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals.
In recognition of Dennis Syrmis’s enormous contribution to the sport of drag racing in Australia, the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) is pleased to announce that the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship top national point scorer will be recognised with the Dennis Syrmis Award.
While rain tried to upset the Winternationals lead in Winter Warmups once again, the hard-working Willowbank track team brought the track in once the precipitation had subsided for a taste of what’s to come over a mammoth 4-days this week.
The National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) and the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals – the largest championship drag racing event held outside of North America – are set to bring no end of drag racing thrills to tens of thousands of drag racing fans across June 5-8.
With optimum weather conditions and a Top Fuel field that has been on a record-breaking roll of late, Hydraulink Jim Read Racing is expecting a show to remember at Willowbank Raceway’s Winternationals this weekend (June 5-8).
Victorian Chris Hargrave stays in the fight for the 2025 PDRC Pro Alcohol Championship title amidst a chaotic season.
As promised, here is the second part of our epic photo showcase from the an awesome 2025 Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway featuring the National Drag Racing Championship.
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