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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.
Fifty-one Junior Dragsters were on-track at the National Drag Racing Championship’s recent Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs, and with another big field expected for the upcoming NDRC Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway (June 5-8), there is absolutely no doubt that the future of Australian drag racing is looking exceptionally strong.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to announce further details of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship.
ANDRA and the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association (SDRA) are excited to announce that the 2025 Junior Nationals will form part of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship for the Langtree’s Machinery Services Junior Dragster and Junior Drag Bike brackets.
It was twenty years ago this September that John Zappia stormed into the record books with the first-ever five-second Doorslammer pass on Australian soil — a 5.967 at Sydney Dragway that lit the fuse on a new era. Fast forward to the 2025 Nitro Champs, and Zappia was once again strapping into the Dananni Hotshots/Fuchs Monaro, ready to add another chapter.
Lisa Gregorini has continued her strong year in the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship following a runner-up result at the Nitro Champs.
The sounds of blown engines echoed across Mildura once again as the Atlantic Oils Supercharged Shootout fired up at Atlantic Oils Sunset Strip over Easter.
Two huge crowds totalling over 23,000 people and the now beautiful almost predictable unpredictability of Slammer racing saw the sixth round of the NDRC Australian Top Doorslammer rock the proverbial house at the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs over the weekend.
In front of a fantastic crowd of over 23,000 people on hand for the 2025 Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, Victoria’s Chris Hargrave and the Middy’s Electrical Pro Alcohol Funny Car team have again taken out the B-Final win.
Rob Dekert’s Unique Body Smash Repairs team celebrated an emotional victory at Nitro Champs, outduelling hot favourite Tyronne Tremayne in a standout performance that produced one of the best races seen for several seasons.
The Pro Drag Racing Championship brackets as part of the NDRC ripped and teared for championship points and to be awarded that NDRC Gold Christmas Tree at the conclusion of the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs as Australian Records fell in the process.
Fabietti Racing and Ronnie Palumbo, driver of the ACDelco Top Doorslamer Monaro, have announced they mutually agree to part ways and go in their separate directions effective after the conclusion of the Winternationals in June.
The 2025 Gulf Western Nitro Champs was a hell of an event with over 20000 spectators in attendance, all the racers delivered an amazing show. Check out our first of two huge galleries showcasing the epic event.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing has walked away from the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway with a new personal best ET of 3.712 seconds over the 1000ft distance.
More than 23,000 drag racing fans flocked to what has been Sydney’s biggest drag racing show in years at the weekend for the National Drag Racing Championship’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs.
Records fell and rivalries were renewed as final qualifying and round one of racing got underway Saturday at Sydney Dragway for the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs ahead of the final day of racing on Sunday.
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