ROUND 4 SPRINGS INTO ACTION AT DRAGWAY AT THE BEND
3 October 2025
The SPRY Spring Nationals at Dragway at The Bend is well underway, with day one at Dragway at The Bend now complete.
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The SPRY Spring Nationals at Dragway at The Bend is well underway, with day one at Dragway at The Bend now complete.
The ACDelco Top Doorslammer team is thrilled to announce the addition of Brodie Zappia as their new driver. Brodie, a 20-year-old racing prodigy from Perth, brings a wealth of experience and a track record of success to the team.
The 2025 Pro Stock Championship has been decided ahead of the season’s final race, with John Barbagallo confirming he will not compete at the Spring Nationals at The Bend. His withdrawal removes the last remaining mathematical challenge to Rob Dekert, who now secures his second consecutive championship, cementing his place among the greats of Australian Pro Stock.
Top Sportsman racer Sam Cardinale is heading to this weekend’s SPRY Spring Nationals at Dragway at The Bend – round four of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship – with plenty of recent success behind him.
This weekend’s SPRY Spring Nationals will see more than 170 ANDRA Sportsman racers take to Dragway at The Bend for round four of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Series.
Race fans can expect a Top Fuel show for the ages at Dragway at The Bend’s Spring Nationals across October 3-5, with Hydraulink Jim Read Racing ready to bring the goods while championing an important message and sporting a bold new look.
The next generation of ANDRA drag racing stars were in full flight at the Nitro Golf Centre Junior Nationals last weekends they chased valuable ANDRA Regional Sportsman Series championship points and ANDRA Christmas Trees.
The National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) has today released its 2026 Championship calendar, confirming a packed national program for both Professional and Aeroflow Sportsman categories and a shift to a calendar year format.
Fresh from back-to-back victory at the weekend’s Sunset Nationals – round three of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Series – Zayne Condello is hoping to continue the winning feeling into this weekend’s Nitro Golf Centre Junior Nationals (September 26-28).
IHRA Australia has announced the sanctioning body has been sold, with ownership returning to the new operators of IHRA USA. Full statement from IHRA Australia reads;
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to announce that Maxima Racing Oils Australia has signed on in support of Top Sportsman as part of the ANDRA Racer Support Program.
ANDRA Christmas Trees glittered in Mildura Sunday (21st September) as the winners of round three of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Sportsman Series claimed Sunset Nationals victory in their respective brackets.
ANDRA is proud to announce that Speedflow Products has joined the new ANDRA Championship Racer Support Program, rewarding racers in the 2025/2026 ANDRA Sportsman Series.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to announce that the Shinko Motorcycle Tyres brand has signed up in support of Competition Bike racers as part of the ANDRA Racer Support Program.
A full day of Sunset Nationals qualifying action has drew to a close at the Atlantic Oils Sunset Strip in Mildura ahead of racing on Sunday for round three of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Sportsman Series.
The 2025 Tires 660 Drag Radial Series shifted far North in the tricky heat and humidity at Palmyra Dragway for Karnage In The Kanefields. Despite the challenging conditions, the radial warriors still delivered PBs and wild wheelstanding action that only short-track radial racing provides.
ANDRA is proud to announce that Powerplus Racing Fuels has decided to further extend its support ANDRA racers.
After a very strong start to the 2025/2026 ANDRA Sportsman Series, Neil Mellett is hoping to continue that momentum when he takes on the Sunset Nationals at the Atlantic Oils Sunset Strip this weekend (September 20-21).
A big two weeks at the Atlantic Oils Sunset Strip is coming up for Junior Dragster racer Paige Harvey, with the 15-year-old signed up for both this weekend’s Sunset Nationals (September 20-21) and next weekend’s Nitro Golf Centre Junior Nationals (September 26-28).
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) Board is pleased to welcome Craig Baker to its ranks, filling a casual vacancy.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to welcome Atlantic Oils to the ANDRA Racer Support Program, backing the Super Sedan bracket as part of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Sportsman Series.
If there’s a drag strip in Australia that feels like it belongs in a Mad Max film, it’s Alice Springs Dragway. Set against the backdrop of the rugged MacDonnell Ranges and surrounded by open desert, it’s a quarter mile that gets the job done — built tough, prepped well, and right in the heart of the outback.
PAC Performance reclaim Australian and World Rotary powered benchmarks after an epic private test session.
For decades, Australian drag racing has had a rhythm. You win your titles under cold skies at the Winternationals, and call it a season by June. But not this year.
Round two of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Sportsman Series, the Desert Nationals, has delivered no end of midweek thrills at the Alice Springs Inland Dragway (Wednesday September 3).
Darwin turned on the heat off the track, Top Doorslammer and Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car turned up the heat on the track, combine this with the ANDRA Sportsman Series and a packed Hidden Valley Raceway, Nitro Up North once again delivered spectacularly. Check out all the hot hot hot action in our monster gallery.
The Sunraysia Drag Racing Association (SDRA) is thrilled to announce that the 2025 Junior Nationals will proudly be presented as the 2025 Nitro Golf Centre Junior Nationals, thanks to a new partnership with Mildura’s own Nitro Golf Centre.
Round two of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Sportsman Series, the Desert Nationals, will bring plenty of epic mid-week drag racing action to Alice Springs Inland Dragway on Wednesday September 3.
Across two huge days at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip, the NDRC Top Doorslammers provided an absolutely epic display of drag racing thrills for a packed crowd at LMCT+ Nitro Up North – the final event of their 2024/2025 championship season.
As the 2025/2026 ANDRA Sportsman Series gets underway with Nitro Up North this evening, ANDRA is pleased to announce that the penultimate round of the ANDRA Sportsman Series will be run at Sydney Dragway on Saturday 24th January, 2026 – finalising the season calendar (see below for the full dates listing).
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