Jeffrey Clarke has made his name by racing a dragster in the Competition category but he has some grander plans ahead with a new Funny Car and a Pro Street Chevy Nova coming in from the US.

Meguiar’s MotorEx is Australia’s most prestigious car show, only accepting the best of the best of the country’s show cars for display. A number of drag racers also used the event to showcase their latest creations.

An industry source has given the tip that one of Australia’s most prominent Top Doorslammer teams will carry the Sidchrome name next season.

It may be many months away yet but the Perth Top Fuel round could shape up to be quite a biggy. Rumour is that there could be anywhere up to five local drivers contest the round, though four is more likely. Two will be obvious, with Martin Stamatis and Allan Dobson to be definite contenders, so who can guess the others? Add to that the regular touring teams of Read, Lamattina, Morgan, Mariani and potentially Cowin, plus the Shepherd and Sainty families who were considering the trip and it could be the biggest nitro round yet in the West.  

All South Queensland ANDRA Members, Licence holders and Stakeholders in the sport of Drag Racing are invited to attend this meeting to discuss ANDRA’s proposed transition to becoming a National Company as opposed to an Association Incorporated in South Australia.

The Santo Rapisarda team Funny Car fired its first shots in anger in 2010 with Allan Dobson in the hot seat.

Willowbank Raceway came alive last weekend with more than 450 cars at the track for the eighth annual running of Mopar Sunday.

Drag racing legend and current Australian No. 5 Top Doorslammer driver Peter Kapiris made the drive down from Melbourne last weekend to Portland’s South Coast Raceway to check out the race track and check over the progress of the current track upgrades. 

The upcoming big buck Outlaw 10.5 Shootout at Willowbank Raceway is stirring quite a bit of interest, the latest snippet is that several top line Pro Stock teams are looking at bolting on a set of 10.5 tyres to mix the competition up.

The Sport Compact Group continues to set the pace in the world of Sport Compact Drag Racing with the addition of some key new personnel to focus on the Marketing and Development of the Category.

The Steve Turner Black Widow nitro FED hit the track last weekend at a Sydney Dragway test and tune, this is Turner’s blog on the day about getting one of these beast down the quarter

As the 2009/10 National Championship comes to an end, Mackay racer Gary Brett and his team, Buddah Racing Team (BRT) are getting set to debut a new Super Sedan, as they begin to stage for the 2010/2011 racing season.

Jay Upton and his Top Fuel Promotions Team had a mixed season in 2009/10.

The daughter of a current Australian Top Fuel driver is going racing, can you guess who?

The ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer show from the Castrol EDGE Winternationals held at Queensland”s famed Willowbank Raceway airs on ONE HD tonight at 9:30pm EST (check local guides for other time zones)

APSA are proud to announce that Pro Comp Motorsport have decided to support Pro Street racing in Australia and put up $10,500 prize money to the winner of 10.5 Outlaw at the Sept 18th 2010, APSA Pro Street Shootout at Willowbank Raceway.

On the weekend of July 10th and 11th, 2010, the National Control Council of ANDRA (NCC) came together for a Strategic and Structural Planning workshop.

Today, July 22 marks the 20th anniversary of the tragic passing of Louie Rapisarda to a Top Fuel Drag Racing incident and everyone at Sydney Dragway would like to pass on their deepest wishes and thoughts to the Rapisarda family at this difficult time.

Taking out the Street Series championship in consecutive years and his third time overall Josh Fletcher in his high 11 second  LH Torana claimed the 2009 – 2010 Willowbank Raceway Street Series title.

The OFFTAP Racing team were out testing a fresh new combination in their Mazda RX7 this week at Sydney Dragway in preparation for the largest Sport Compact Drag Racing event in the southern hemisphere, the 2010 Jamboree.

Work is underway on upgrades to Hidden Valley Drag Strip in the Northern Territory.

So hands up who recognises this Western Australian Comp racer who has become a little sick of the wind in his face and has decided to go for something a bit more sleek?

The annual meeting of the Australian Nostalgia Fuel Association will take place on the new date of Sunday 29th August at the Prospect Hotel/Motel, Western Highway, Prospect.

Fuchs Lubricants has renewed their sponsorship to naming rights of the Lamattina Top Fuel Racing Dragster in 2010, with the partnership now entering into its seventh year. Both LTFR and Fuchs are excited about the upcoming Australian Top Fuel Championship season.

Mopar fans will come from far and wide for the eighth annual Mopar Sunday presented by Albion Chrysler Jeep Dodge and Leo Muller Chrysler Jeep Dodge at Willowbank Raceway this weekend.

Chris Matheson set the world of Top Bike alight with a stunning debut where he claimed the championship and reset the national ET record to an astonishing 6.05.

Modified Bike competitor Matt Haunold is going to town on his Suzuki Hayabusa during the off season with a turbocharger and extended wheelbase to see him pick up some pace.

Sydney Dragway regret to inform that the proposed Nitro Funny Car Gold Cup intended to be staged as the Feature of Round One of the Track Championship Series on Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1 will not be appearing.

The off season has seen the debut of a number of new rides at Sydney Dragway, here are some snapshots of some of the latest on track bling.