Two forty-year old Australian drag racing legacies collided last weekend as fifteen time national champion Gary Phillips celebrated four decades in the sport at the 40th Annual Westernationals at the Perth Motorplex.

Well folks despite our best endeavours and prayers the rain god was against us.  We know this leaves us with ticket and entry fee issues –  we are looking at this and will let you know via the website and email as to what will happen.

The 2010 to 2011 year has seen the Mackay and surrounding region receive considerable more rain than previous years and well above the region average. The Palmyra Drag Racing Club has been greatly affected by the flooding last year and the extended wet season this year.

More than 200 racers will head to Queensland’s premier drag racing facility this weekend for the Top Fuel Championships at Willowbank Raceway across March 25 and 26.

Fathers and sons working together is a combination that can often be one of extremes, but for father and son duo Peter and Maurice Allen, the pathway has so far been paved with success as they contest the ANDRA Pro Series Pro Stock Motorcycle championship.

  With today’s washout of the Top Doorslammer and Pro Stock ANDRA Pro Series round at Sydney Dragway, it looks like Pro Stock will be reprieved from losing a valuable round with Sydney Dragway planning to rerun Pro Stock at the next round of the tracks Track Championship series.

Perth-based Top Doorslammer pro drag racer, Robin Judd, likes racing at the Sydney Dragway.

On the eve of the Top Doorslammer and Pro Stock ANDRA Pro Series round at Sydney Dragway, the venue has been a hive of public and private testing, here is a wrap up.

The power of forty two thousand horses will be hitting Queensland’s premier drag racing facility on March 25 and 26, when six flame-throwing, 7000hp Top Fuel dragsters head to Willowbank Raceway for the Top Fuel Championships.

A taste of the quarter-mile will take up residence in Ipswich’s Riverlink Shoppping Centre next week, in the lead up to Willowbank Raceway’s Top Fuel Championships (March 25 and 26).

Rob Pilkington took a strategic approach to Western Australia’s biggest drag racing event, the 40th annual Westernationals, and it paid off with a new personal best time.

Welcome to Drag News Australia’s live and interactive commentary of the ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer and Pro Stock round from Sydney Dragway Friday March 18 and Saturday March 19th .

For the second time in the 2010/2011 ANDRA Pro Series, the Tremaniac Racing team will be hitting the track under a championship round format. Aaron Tremayne will be coming into the event the points leader, having won the only event to have been contested thus far this season, the season opener 2010 Fuchs Lubricants Australian Nationals.

The drought between Pro Stock events during the 2010/2011 ANDRA Pro Series will be bought to an end next weekend when the next round of the ANDRA Pro Series Australian Pro Stock Championship takes place at Sydney Dragway for the Aeroflow by Rocket Industries event.

The 2011 Queensland Street Car Magazine Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series has kicked into life with round one at Willowbank Raceway.

Ben Bray in the Outlaw 10.5 class was among the victors at Willowbank’s Pro Street Shootout which saw plenty of flight time clocked by racers.

Points standings from Westernats ANDRA Pro Series round held at Perth Motorplex.

Drivers from three Divisions reset thirteen ANDRA National Records at last weekend’s Westernationals event at Perth Motorplex.

Fans of two-wheeled machines will have plenty to cheer for at Willowbank Raceway’s Top Fuel Championships on March 25 and 26, with 20 percent of the entry list provided by four bike categories, led by ANDRA Pro Series brackets Top Bike and Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Western Australian Daniel Gregorini kept his stride at the 2011 ANDRA Western Nationals last weekend.

For the first time since the opening round of the 2010/2011 ANDRA Pro Series season opener, the 2010 Fuchs Lubricants Australian Nationals, the Jason Hedges Racing team will be ready to take to the Sydney Dragway racetrack come March 19 – 20.

Following the crippling theft at APM, a recovery is being created to help the Hambridge’s recover their business and customer losses.

The APM business of Aaron and Steve Hambridge was burgled Sunday night with hundreds of thousands dollars in parts and equipment stolen.

John Zappia showed why he is the three times and current Top Doorslammer Champion at the 40th Westernationals, by digging deep and getting back up to his high standard of performance after an average start to the season, and dominating the meeting.

Sleek Pro Stock and thundering Supercharged Outlaw cars will be in action this Saturday and Sunday (March 12-13) at the Calder Park Labour Day weekend drag racing event.

More than 320 racers will descend on Willowbank Raceway this month, with the Australian Pro Street Association, the ANDRA Pro Series and the Rocket All Stars Racing Series all set to head to Queensland’s premier drag racing facility.

John Zappia left Perth Motorplex a very happy man on Sunday night after winning the 40th annual Westernationals and taking the points lead in the Top Doorslammer national championship.

Territory drag racers were a force to be reckoned with over the weekend as five teams took part in Perth’s 40th annual Westernationals, and it was NT registered Top Bike rider Troy McLean that lead the charge, ending with a win on his nitro powered Harley Davidson.

Word is Brad Baker had his Mazda RX7 arrive back in Darwin on Friday after being based in New South Wales where Baker competed at Sydney Dragway. Mechanical problems hindered his chances at the 2010 Jamboree but Baker is set to take on the traditional V8’s in an ongoing friendly rivalry this season at Hidden Valley.