GALLERY & RESULTS: 2023 NSW CHAMPIONSHIP RD 5
7 September 2023
Sydney Dragway’s Speed Adict Clothing NSW Championship Series returned from its Winter slumber for the run home to crown track champions.
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Sydney Dragway’s Speed Adict Clothing NSW Championship Series returned from its Winter slumber for the run home to crown track champions.
West Australian Louise Ridgway is locked and loaded ready to tackle Modified Bike at next weekend’s Sunset Nationals at Mildura’s Sunset Strip after enjoying a breakthrough victory at the Top End Nationals in Darwin.
FuelTech has announced that they’ll join the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) as the ProMod Broadcast Partner.
In an exciting development for Australian Drag Racing, Hydraulink has inked a partnership deal with the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) series.
The Sunset Strip Nostalgia Drags always a popular one, and this year was no different with over 100 entries of the nostalgic drag racing variety taking to the Mildura 1/8th mile track.
Photos show stage one of Willowbank Raceway’s track upgrades are powering ahead thanks to the $11million Federal Government Grant provided to the venue to upgrade the track surface, lighting and general amenities.
A look at back in pictures of the inaugural Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship round at Springmount Raceway, the event was the first Eastern Conference round for the new NDRC National Sportsman Series.
Australia lost a stalwart of the drag racing scene with the passing of legendary Queensland racer Gentleman Jim Reed on August 22. The pioneer of the sport was 87. Put simply, drag racing in Australia would not have been the same without the participation and influence of Gentleman Jim.
Maurice Fabietti, Team Owner of the ACDelco Slammer Drag Racing Team has announced an emotional return to drag racing to honour the memory of highly respected team driver Sam Fenech who tragically passed away in an accident last January.
Australia’s preferred trade supplier of parts, tools and equipment, Burson Auto Parts, will not be continuing the company’s naming rights sponsorship of the Australian Top Fuel Championship.
It is with great sadness we report the passing of a pioneer in Australian drag racing, famed blown altered racing legend Jim Reed at age of 86.
Wives versus husbands, mates versus mates, the finals at Springmount Raceway’s Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship round at the weekend had no shortage of thrilling match-ups.
Those radial tyre weapons were back at Sydney Dragway to put on a show for another round of the 2023 Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series.
The first Eastern Conference event of the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship, part of the recently established National Drag Racing Championship, has delighted racers and spectators alike in picture perfect weather conditions at Springmount Raceway.
North Queensland’s drag racers are set to take on droves of travelling racers at their home-track of Springmount Raceway this weekend, as the venue hosts the first ‘Eastern Conference’ round of the new Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.
Next weekend’s Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship event at Springmount Raceway – part of the newly established National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) – is attracting racers from far and wide.
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of SA drag racing legend Len Leonard.
For the first time in five years anywhere in Australia, spectators at Springmount Raceway next weekend (August 18/19) will be treated to side-by-side wheelstanding performances from the hugely popular Aeroflow Wheelstanders.
After two and a half years at the helm, Paul Trengove will step down from his role as Perth Motorplex General Manager at the end of August 2023.
Final day of testing before the Brisbane Jamboree proper gets underway this weekend. The day was packed full of machine gunning two steps, flames and braap. Check it out with photos and video courtesy of Drag Photos and Import Media.
Flame on! Day 2 of testing for this weekend’s Brisbane Jamboree turned up the heat. Check it out with photos and video courtesy of Drag Photos and Import Media
Racers are already ripping and tearing, and it only day one of the 2023 Brisbane Jamboree. Check it out with photos and video courtesy of Drag Photos and Drag Import Media.
‘Just f’n send it’ might as well be the unofficial calling for Australia’s wildest drag racing event. Grudge Kings was back for 2023 at Sydney Dragway, where any engine denomination, and whether it’s blown, turbo, nitrous or just the most cubic inches money can buy, it will feature at this event.
Reigning Australian Top Doorslammer champion Kelvin Lyle announced his retirement from drag racing recently following a terrible crash at the season-ending Nitro up North event in Darwin. He recently updated the drag racing world on his recovery and what happened on that night with crash.
It is feeling real now, the Dragway At The Bend’s construction is nearly at the finish line. The last touches are being applied and it won’t be long until horsepower is unleashed on Australia’s newest drag strip.
For South Queensland’s dedicated sportsman racers, there has been a couple of quick-fire Queensland Drag Racing Championship rounds in July, as the Willowbank Raceway squeezes in as much racing as possible before the venue shutdowns for the track upgrades
Testing is run and done, $5000 was won in the Small Tyre Smackdown, and we are prepped for race day at the Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series at Sydney Dragway.
There were radial weapons aplenty testing under glorious conditions at Sydney Dragway ahead of this weekend’s round 3 of the Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series.
Reigning Australian Drag Racing Championship Top Doorslammer champion Kelvin Lyle has announced his retirement from drag racing following his serious accident at Hidden Valley Raceway last month.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) and the Central Australian Drag Racing Association (CADRA) regret to announce the cancellation of the Desert Nationals.
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