The Dragnews Australia team brings you all the session hi-lights of the first day of qualifying at the Fuchs Australian Nationals from Sydney Dragway.

With the start of a brand new ANDRA Pro Series Season commencing this weekend at Sydney Dragway for the Fuchs Australian Nationals, it also signals the start of the biggest season of Television coverage in Australian Drag Racing history – once again via the ONE Network, with support from Network TEN.

With the 2010/2011 Rocket Allstar Racing Series commencing at the Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway on September 11-12-13, Rocket would like to wish all the competitors the best of luck for the 2010 / 2010 RARS season.

This weekend’s Fuchs Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway is expected to produce the most intense and exciting round of the ANDRA Pro series in recent memory. With heavily oversubscribed fields across all Group One categories qualifying will be intense, brutal and dramatic if last weekend’s test session at the Eastern Creek venue is any indication. In Top Fuel eleven Nitro missiles will make up the largest field ever assembled for a Pro Series round with all teams focussed on grabbing a berth in the in the eight-car field.

Robin Judd is looking to kick-start his quest to win the 2010-2011 (Australian National Drag Racing Association) ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer championship series by winning back-to-back Fuchs Australian Nationals titles at Sydney Dragway (SD), September 10-12.

A new season is upon Williowbank Raceway’s very popular Street Series, a great initiative that introduces many races to DYO racing without having to make the step into the higher levels of performance and competition.

Geoff Gradden’s new Saratoga Supercharged Outlaws car debuted at Sydney Dragway on the weekend at a private test session

On the back of re-signing Major Associate sponsors, Auto One and Enzed at the start of the year for the 2010/11 season, ANDRA Pro Series Drag Racing has announced the renewals of their remaining sponsorship partners.

On September 3 both the SFI Foundation and Impact Racing Products posted the following release in regards to the ongoing litigation proceedings between the two parties;

Top Fuel drivers at this weekend’s Fuchs Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway (SD) will race for the Louie Rapisarda Top Fuel Tribute trophy and a large cash bonus.

With the prestigious 2010 ANDRA Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway fast approaching Mildura based Top Fuel Team, Darren Morgan Racing (DMR) has made an exciting announcement confirming that KENNARDS HIRE has come on board as a major associate sponsor of the AEG POWERTOOLS Top Fuel dragster for the 2010/11 season.

McDonald’s launches 3 minute drive thru service promise with Top Fuel champion drag racing driver Phil Read.

Could it be that a certain Pro Stock driver with “Hollywood good looks” is entertaining the thought of a shot at the Pro Street Shootout at Willowbank in a few weeks?   

Western Australian Top Doorslammer driver Robin Judd will have a new look for his Studebaker at the Australian Nationals.

Signs indicating that “only customers in cars or on motorbikes will be served” at McDonald’s Wetherill Park (Sydney) store will be tested when an attempt will be made to drive a Top Fuel Dragster through the store’s ‘drive thru’ next Monday morning.

The 2010/11 ANDRA Pro Series drag racing season kicks off next weekend with the Fuchs Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway bringing a short off-season to a close.

Who owns this beautiful new 57 Chev Doorslammer that is likely to be seen at the upcoming Australian nats?

Following a difficult two seasons since the Global Financial Crisis began, The Top Fuel Promotions Team has reluctantly decided to sit out the Fuchs Australian Nationals, to be run at Sydney Dragway in September.

One of the most hotly anticipated cars in the paddock has been the new Chrysler Saratoga Top Doorslammer of Victorian Peter Kapiris and the Murray Anderson-built machine made its debut appearance today in testing at Willowbank.

The possibility of ANDRA championship drag racing returning to Victoria’s Calder Park Raceway has become a prospect with sources indicating government funding may be received in return for the track being upgraded to ANDRA safety specifications.

Tremaniac Racing has proven that they didn’t make their investment in Australian Pro Stock Drag Racing just to make up the numbers on the entry list yet rather to make the numbers on the read out boards and the record books.

The Team Milwaukee Pro Stock Bike Team of Victorian Maurice Allen is ready to roll this season with new backing from Milwaukee Tools on board.

Three time back-to-back Australian Top Doorslammer Champion John Zappia has secured new Naming Rights Sponsors for the new 2010/2011 ANDRA Pro Series, ready for the opening Round at the Fuchs Nationals in Sydney.

Former Super Stock racer Arthur Kolaroff will debut his GXP Pro Stocker at the Australian Nationals.

Multiple Australian championship-winning Rapisarda Racing will compete against the world’s best Top Fuel drag race teams at the final two (National Hot Rod Association) NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events later this year.  

The end of the 2009/2010 ANDRA Pro Stock season was nothing short of breathtaking with the Castrol EDGE Winternationals being the culmination of the season.

Twenty years on and Willowbank’s Fast Fours & Rotaries Jamboree is now the biggest Sport Compact event in the world.

Pino Priolo has recently landed his brand new 1937 Chev Coupe Top Doorslammer, making its debut at the WA Hot Rod Show.

What current doorslammer driver has given his car a fresh coat of paint from the guys at Airbrushworld for the coming season?

Richard Caval will be debuting the ex Bektash/Sideris Avenger with a brand new 400 Hemi under the hood.