Photo gallery courtesy of Cackling Pipes Photography (Grant Stephens & Hayley Turns)

Emerging as a crowd favourite in West Australian drag racing circles, Maurice Brennan will realise a decade long dream this weekend as the Boomeracing outfit step up to ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorlsammer.

The 2010 Annual General Meeting for HVDRA was held on Saturday night where the previous year was recapped and votes were cast for the 2011 management committee. Outgoing President, Clive Mainland chaired the meeting and was glowing in his President’s report.

Following Steven Greentree recent foray into drag racing with the ex Mick King Hearse, son Vaughan will also soon hit the track.

The organisers of the popular grass roots Day of the Drags meeting at Sydney Dragway have a new creation, Judgement Day.

Three-times ANDRA Pro Series Top Fuel champion Phil Read will be upgrading to a new chassis in order to improve both his performances and safety, with first runs to be made this Friday, December 3 at Sydney Dragway.

Western Australian drag racing fans were treated to night of exciting nitro racing at the Perth Motorplex last Saturday night. The AEG Powertools, Darren Morgan Racing Top Fuel Dragster combined with the Fuchs Top Fuel Dragster of Phil Lamattina for the ‘Morgan v Lamattina’ Top Fuel match race and put on an awesome display of Nitro racing.

It’s time for another update on what’s happening with the upgrades to Hidden Valley and we’re not going to be disappointed.

After a long, hard review of all the entries in the Name that Pad Competition, the name of Hidden Valley’s brand new burnout arena was announced on Saturday night at the Annual General Meeting for Hidden Valley Drag Racing Association.

Perth drag racer, Robin Judd, is looking to win back-to-back Top Doorslammer events at this weekend’s 39th annual Goldenstates Title at the Perth Motorplex.

Willowbank Raceway and the Queensland Autospectacular are proud to welcome Shannons Insurance onboard as naming rights sponsor for the April 10, 2011 event, as plans continue to grow for the all-new spectacular at Queensland’s premier drag racing facility.

Which Drag News Australia photographer was crowned 4 cylinder queen at today’s Mopar rumble?

Families looking for holiday fun need look no further than Willowbank Raceway this January, with two big events set to hit the Ipswich drag strip in the New Year.

How hot did it get for Lindsay Catalano in qualifying for Supercharged Outlaws at Perth Motorplex? Watch the video and find out.

The recent visit of Australia’s Mark Mariani to the North American NHRA drag racing scene was pretty much a perfect fit.  While the U.S. economy continues its struggle forward towards a recovery, and NHRA drag racing overall wanes as a direct consequence, the fresh presence and enthusiasm brought in by some new international drag racers, including Mariani, may be exactly the injection that the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series has been looking for.

Current Top Doorslammer Champion John Zappia has presented Craig Pedley’s “Crusher” Pro Comp Monaro for local racing at the Perth Motorplex in the team’s lead up to Round 2 of the ANDRA Pro Series Championship at the Goldenstates.

Lamattina Top Fuel Racing is back on track after wining two out of three races against Darren Morgan Racing at Perth Motorplex on Saturday 20th November.

Street Sedan racers are now able to get in on the action at this weekend’s Super Sportsman event, with Willowbank Raceway management opening up the event to the popular bracket.

North Queensland Pro Stock racer John Barbagallo has had a major accident at Willowbank Raceway in testing.

Our source from the Motorplex says there could be an entry list of 22 Top Doorslammers for the Goldenstates next weekend.

  Event gallery by Cackling Pipes Photography – Grant Stephens, Paul Drady & Hayley Turns  

The Cowin name has again made Australian drag racing history as Andrew recorded the first five second nitro nostalgia pass on Australian soil at Sydney Dragway.

Perth Motorplex is hosting round two of the state championship and a Top Fuel match race between Darren Morgan and Phil Lamattina today. Drag News’ Luke Nieuwhof will update on some of the highlights as they happen.

Today the Drag News photographers will be providing some live updates from trackside at Calder Park’s Spring Horsepower Challenge.  

George Rehayem driving the PAC Performance 20B powered Mazda 6 blew away the teams own Rotary world record last night at Sydney Dragway’s Full Throttle Friday event.

The race is on for a small milestone in drag racing: being the first AA/Altered Production classed car to run a 5sec. pass.

One of Western Australia’s fastest families will be competing en mass at Perth Motorplex on Saturday, with four Adamos family members taking to the quarter mile drag strip.

This Saturday night the Western Australian drag racing fans will get a dose of nitro action as the AEG Powertools, Darren Morgan Racing (DMR) Top Fuel Dragster rolls into Perth for the ‘Morgan v Lamattina’ Top Fuel Match Race. The event will be conducted at the very fast Perth Motorplex on Saturday November 20th 2010, with the race including three passes that will be staged at regular intervals throughout the evening.