VIDEO & GALLERY: DRAG CHALLENGE LAUNCHES DRAGWAY AT THE BEND FOR CARS
11 October 2023
Street Machine’s Drag Challenge has kicked off and christened Dragway At The Bend as the first event to host drag cars at the brand new facility.
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Street Machine’s Drag Challenge has kicked off and christened Dragway At The Bend as the first event to host drag cars at the brand new facility.
After a successful first championship in 2022, the Aeroflow Performance Products Funny Car Team haven’t been resting on their laurels. With new upgrades on some cars and a completely new car on deck, the team are ready to chase the points and the wins with the newly formed NDRC Nitro Funny Car Championship.
Lamattina Top Fuel Racing will take a new structure, cutting-edge componentry and be competing at a brand-new race track for the upcoming season, but they the Top Fuel team will be supported by the longest partnership in Australian professional drag racing, FUCHS Lubricants.
Dragway at The Bend’s grand opening Spring Nationals will host the opening round of the 2023/2024 NDRC Australian Top Fuel Championship, alongside plenty of other great racing from the NDRC championship openers for Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle, and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Queenslander Patrick Barron went all the way to the Super Sedan final at Benaraby Dragway at the weekend in what was the latest round for the NDRC’s Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.
The latest round of the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship has been run and won at Queensland’s Benaraby Dragway, with a huge day and night of racing action delivering racers with valuable Eastern Conference points while the Aeroflow Wheelstanders entertained alongside them.
Veteran U.S. Funny Car racer Tommy Johnson Jr. will return to Australia piloting a championship-winning hot rod with his eyes on the prize at Sydney Dragway for Round 1 of the NDRC Nitro Funny Car championship (Sydney Nationals, October 27-28).
It was a big night of racing in front of a cracking crowd that filled Palmyra Dragway for the return of the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car show at Nitro In The Cane
The upgrades to the Willowbank Raceway venue continue to advance in timely manner with the pouring of the new concrete racing surface.
After a long sabbatical following major upgrades to the South-East Queensland venue, Warwick Dragway roared back into life with the distinctive dak-dak engine notes the ever popular VW Nationals event brings.
Competition Bike racer Joe Khoury might have had a delayed start to his racing season, but he is more than making up for lost time now.
Drag racing’s very interesting propensity for young lady driver talents shining within major league drag racing – continues on.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to announce it has secured insurance terms for the new policy year.
The Sunraysia Drag Racing Association’s annual Junior Nationals at Mildura’s Sunset Strip is the largest gathering junior racers in the country and continues to grow in size and stature each year.
The 2023/24 Perth Motorplex competition drag racing season is underway with the running their old school The Nostalgias event, and we have a cool gallery for you to view.
As the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship roars into life, the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) has released a host of information for those preparing to race at its upcoming events at both ANDRA and IHRA sanctioned venues.
While the official ribbon-cutting at Dragway at The Bend is being reserved for the upcoming Spring Nationals in October, Friday hosted the brand-new venue’s first ever meeting, with the 120th Harley Davidson anniversary HogFest roaring to life.
Dragway At The Bend fired to life on Friday evening with the first public drag racing event for the brand new venue, and it was spectacular.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) and Dragway at The Bend are pleased to announce the official signing of a sanctioning agreement between the two parties.
Aeroflow Performance Bang Shift shifters will propel you into the modern age of performance with their great looks and functionality, all at a competitive price!
The first drag cars and bikes who have have publicly tested out the brand new drag racing facility at Tailem Bend in front of the media, have given the track a huge thumbs up.
View an awesome gallery of all the action from last weekend’s Summit Sportsman Series/NDRC Western Conference event at Mildura’s Sunset Strip venue. Sportsman racing is looking very healthy at our regional venues.
The Palumbo family and the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) are pleased to announce that the Top Sportsman racers at the upcoming Sydney Nationals (October 27/28) will race in honour of drag racing icon, the late Frank Palumbo.
It has been 20 years since Terry Grieve raced his XAGT, and 16 years since he has competed in traditional competitive drag racing. Now he is on his way back, inspired by the new National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) which will bring its Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship to his home track of Benaraby Dragway on October 7.
A staple of the master plan at the Shell V-Power Motorsport Park is just days away from opening with experts performing the finishing touches on the racing surface at the near-complete Dragway at The Bend.
The Sunset Nationals have well and truly impressed in Mildura, with an action-packed day of racing ensuring plenty of happy campers at the Sunset Strip today.
More than 160 racers took to the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association’s Sunset Strip in Mildura on Saturday to undertake three rounds of qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series’ Sunset Nationals.
The National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) is excited to launch its new identity, celebrating this brand new era for championship drag racing and a symbol for the passionate Australian drag racing community to get behind.
Major works at Willowbank Raceway is continuing at a hectic pace. The track surface is nearly ready for the new concrete and asphalt, while other areas of the venue including tank water systems and new roadways are being worked on.
After reaching a personal racing career high of being the Decoglaze Glass Splashbacks Top Qualifier and Modified Runner-Up in Darwin, Ashley Johnson is hoping to go one better when the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series hits Mildura’s Sunset Strip this weekend.
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