Join the team from Dragnews Australia reporting on Doorslammer qualifying and racing from Mebourne’s Calder Park January 22nd and 23rd.

Top Doorslammers are the ultimate drag racing sedans, using replicas of production sedans and coupes with full racing chassis and large capacity supercharged V8 engine using methanol or ethanol fuel.

WA’s John McSweeney is set to make a return to racing at the wheel of a Funny Car owned by Jeffrey Clarke.

Following the success of 2010’s Eighth Mile Series, organisers are pleased to announce the series will continue in 2011 complete with a new naming rights sponsor.

Rumours have been rampant this week regarding the board of directors at Sydney Dragway.

After recently announcing a new partnership with Hungry Jacks Mildura, Top Fuel racer Darren Morgan has got his sights set on his first ANDRA Pro Series championship as a team owner.

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Instead of creating rumours, we’re going to put one to bed instead.

Come and help support the Queensland and North New South Wales flood victims and have the chance of winning a corporate package for two at the upcoming Nitro Champs event at Sydney Dragway on April 29, 30, May 1.

Brisbane drag racer Debbie Reed continues to rest following her qualifying crash in her Allstar Batteries Top Alcohol dragster during round one of the 2011 New Year Series at Willowbank Raceway.

Veteran Funny Car racer Peter Russo’s long awaited return to Australian drag racing has been delayed with the forced cancellation of this weekend’s second round of Willowbank Raceway’s New Year Series.

The  largest field of Top Doorslammers ever seen at Melbourne’s Calder Park Raceway are lining up to contest the Australian Eighth Mile Doorslammer Championships on January 22 and 23.

Northern Territory drag racer, Matt Abel, will again make the long trek south to Melbourne to compete in the True Blue event at Calder Park on Saturday and Sunday, January 22-23.

The Australian National Drag Racing Association has today launched a “Volunteer Steward Drive” in the Northern Australia division. With the eminent re-opening of the Hidden Valley Drag Strip in Darwin more officials are required for the exciting sport of Drag Racing.

Taking an innovative path to success on the drag strip has been WA racer Bobby Brown, using an engine more commonly found in street cars than high performance dragsters.

Willowbank Raceway regrets to announce the cancellation of next week’s round two of the New Year Series, scheduled for Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th of January.

The popular annual Day Of The Drags nostalgia private day at Sydney Dragway has been expanded to a open 2 day old school extravaganza.

Following hugely successful inaugural events at Mildura’s Sunraysia Raceway and Melbourne’s Calder Park in 2010, the Slamfest style of eighth mile Top Doorslammer drag racing is now set to explode across the nation this year. Five events are now confirmed with at least another three expected to be announced in the near future when negotiations with venues are completed. The Slamfest Series has been organised by Pro Modified Australia whose principals, Victor Bray, Maurice Fabietti and Peter Kapiris have been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm shown for the concept by competitors, fans and track promoters alike.  “We got together and decided if eighth mile racing was taking over in the USA we should give it a go here. As soon as we talked to Doorslammer racers they were all for it so we thought we’d start  low key with the Mildura event but it proved to be huge and set the track attendance record. Then in November over 16,000 came to our race at Calder Park in Melbourne which was fantastic. Since then it has just taken off and we’ve been flat out keeping up with the enquiries we’re receiving about running events all over the place,” commented Victor Bray. All Slamfest events will receive extensive television coverage with one hour shows on Speedweek on SBS and Inside Speed on Foxsports plus stand alone one hours self titled Doorslammer shows on FuelTV, Foxsports HD and for international distribution. An additional 30 minute Full Noise show will also appear on Foxsports. Maurice Fabietti was keen to point out the Slamfest Series is not intended to replace traditional quarter mile drag racing. “What we’re doing is providing additional opportunities for Doorslammer racers over the eighth mile distance and in a different format to normal elimination racing. We’ve been careful to arrange our calendar so there are no clashes with Pro Series rounds and in fact have geared dates so it’s as easy as possible for Doorslammer racers to compete in both series. We’re all about taking Doorslammer racing to new areas and more people, putting on a great show for the fans and creating an improved financial return for the racers themselves.” The 2011 Slamfest Series will kick off on January 22-23 with the Australian Eighth Mile Doorslammer Championships at Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne. Round 2 is set for February 5 with the South Coast Slamfest for Wishes at Portland Victoria in support of the Make a Wish Foundation. The Doorslammers then return to Mildura on April 2-3 for Round 3. The next confirmed event on the calendar is at North Queensland’s Palmyra Dragway in Mackay on June 25 before the Slammers head back to Melbourne’s Calder Park Raceway for the Grand Final in November.

After a tough opening round to the ANDRA Pro Series Pro Stock action, Mopar Pro Stock racer Lee Bektash is looking for a vastly improved performance at the 2nd round at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway.

Warwick Dragway are pleased to announce that on the 4th and 5th June 2011 they will be holding the inaugural “JUNIOR DRAGFEST”

The newest team to hit the ranks of the ANDRA Pro Series is set to make their debut January 14 – 15 at the second round of the ANDRA Pro Series at the Willowbank New Year’s Series. Prior to their time in Pro Stock, the team has spent many years in the Super Stock divisions, where they have held numerous Australian records.

Gary Phillips has claimed his third straight “top speed” and second straight “low elapsed time” from a rain ravaged third round of ANDRA Pro Series Top Alcohol last weekend, and despite the event not reaching eliminations status, the Lucas Oils Team bagged every bonus point on offer.

The ANDRA Pro Series moved to Willowbank Raceway for the first round of the New Year Series with Top Fuel and Top Alcohol but that old nemesis rain wiped out a result.

Rob Tucker Racing is proud to announce a new major corporate sponsor to the team: Monster Energy.

The ever-popular fire-throwing Nitro Funny Cars will return to Willowbank Raceway next Friday and Saturday (14/15 January) for Round Two of the New Year Series, and one racer the fans should keep their eye on is Damien Harris.

Rob Pilkington has continued his good start to the WA Top Comp Championship as he took a runner up position in the Force Equipment/Alutech Funny Car at Perth Motorplex on December 26.

The world’s quickest Commodore will return to Perth Motorplex this weekend, with the aim to bounce back from a two month stretch that Maurice Brennan will file away as character building.

New generation high-tech drag race cars will race in Victoria for the first time at Calder Park on Saturday and Sunday, January 22-23.

Rod Bailey has been one of Nitro Funny Car’s longest supporters, since his team’s debut in 1999. When the Nitro Funny Car show hits Willowbank on January 14/15 his team will be keen to put on a good show for the home crowd.