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.

Day two of round one of Willowbank Racweay’s New Year Series has been abandoned due to wet weather.

Round one of Willowbank Raceway’s New Year Series has gotten off to a steamy start with sunny skies welcoming the Top Fuel and Top Alcohol racers to day one at the Ipswich facility this afternoon.

Last night fifty-one year old Debbie Reed of Brendale suffered a high-speed crash during qualifying for the Top Alcohol category at Willowbank Raceway’s New Year Series (round one).

Heading into the Willowbank Pro Series round with just three points separating them from the series lead, team Newby are looking for some solid track performances this weekend.

Robin Judd is hopeful a new partnership will help him regain the (Australian National Drag Racing Association) ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer championship lead at Willowbank Raceway, Ipswich, on January 14-15. 

 Welcome to Drag News Australia’s event coverage of the first round of the New Years Series at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway.

The Jet Dragsters returned to Sydney Dragway for the first time in over 6 years, but the weather gods rained on their parade.

Fresh from their United States drag racing excursion, Mark Mariani and the Rapisarda Racing Top Fuel team will be ones to watch this weekend as they seek to convert the lessons learned in the States into a New Year Series event win at Willowbank Raceway.

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Forty years, 33 ‘Gold Christmas Trees’, 15 National Championships, countless records and a lot of hard work from the whole family – these are the elements that make up the remarkable career of Hillcrest professional drag racer Gary Phillips.

Mark Mariani will start a journey this weekend (January 2-3) at Willowbank Raceway (Ipswich) that will see him race against the best Top Fuel drag racers in Australia and America over the next four months. 

More than 150 drag racers from around the country will ring in the New Year with high-octane action this Sunday and Monday at Willowbank Raceway for round one of the New Year Series.

Not really a rumour but a racer update. At last Saturday’s test and tune in Sydney the Saratoga ran 6.74 followed by a 6.71  

Self-confessed ‘Nitro Funny Car Tragic’ Ron Atholwood will be making his comeback to the quarter-mile after a decade away for Willowbank Raceway’s New Year Series on January 14 and 15.

Drag racing fans will enjoy a late Christmas present with an action packed episode of SBS Speedweek covering the Slamfest 2 event at Calder Park Raceway in November set to be broadcast this Sunday December 26.  

The Mildura Franchisee of well loved QSR brand – Hungry Jack’s – has signed on as naming rights partner of leading Top Fuel team Darren Morgan Racing.

Lamattina Top Fuel Racing have moved forward again for season 2010, announcing that world class print technology company Roland DG have stepped on board as an associated sponsor.

Motor racing legend Bob Jane, today (Wednesday, December 22) unveiled Calder Park Raceway’s 2011 drag racing program. 

New Pro Stock team PRE/Goldfingers Racing is hoping that Round Two of Willowbank Raceway’s New Year Series will be the scene of their racing debut after ‘new car blues’ saw them fail to qualify for the season-opening Nationals in September.

Speedflow Products Pty Ltd, Australia’s leader in production of performance hose fittings is pleased to announce the release of its comprehensive 2011 product catalogue.

The Boxing Day Nitro Funny Car event is coming up at Perth Motorplex in just a few days.

Robin Judd says startline tactics used against him at the Goldenstates event in Perth recently were ‘controversial’.

To win a Nationals is the aspiration of many drag racers but to win two in a row is an elite feat not many will ever achieve.

In December 2010, Rodney Rehayem suffered a serious accident behind the wheel of the world-record breaking PAC Performance RX3 at a Sydney Dragway test and tune.

Mark Belleri may only be in his first full season of ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer drag racing, but he isn’t letting that get in the way of taking on the big guns.

On behalf of the members of the Pro Stock Owners Association (PSOA) we would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our members, fans and sponsors a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

High-octane racing is what it will all be about at Willowbank Raceway this New Years, with round one of the New Year Series set to kick off on January 2 and 3.