The industry is a-buzz with the news that certain Top Doorslammer driver has updated his kit.

The finale of the 2010 Northern Territory drag racing season is set to play out at Hidden Valley Drag Strip on Saturday 3 July with entrants received in all competition drag racing classes.

Willowbank Raceway will host its first complete eighth mile race event on Saturday July 3, with the third round of the Nitro Magazine South Queensland Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series set to hit the Ipswich facility.

2009/2010 Champions Congratulations to all of the winners at the recent SCDRA presentation night.

John Zappia was crowned 2009/2010 ANDRA Top Doorslammer Champion last weekend, after he successfully defended his back to back title by winning the final of the Castrol EDGE Winternationals against point’s leader Robin Judd, with a 5.817 @ 246.93 mph and reset the National Record with a blistering 5.805 @ 246.08 in his semi-final win against Ben Bray.

Iluka’s Maurice Brennan will reflect on the 2009/10 Australian Drag Racing season as his best yet, officially carving a deep notch in motorsport history as the World’s Quickest Commodore.

“It’s fantastic to be running in Competition Bike” said team owner Dave Wolf. “Even better that we have the ongoing support of our long time sponsors Motul Products, RK Chains and Ferodo Brake Pads through Link International. We’ve been racing together for over 10 years and these products have never let us down”.

Alex Buxton made a successful debut in Competion Bike at the Winternationals by setting the AA/CBI mph national record.

New livery for the S&S Motorsports Team did not help Katherine Sichter qualify for what turned out to be Australia’s quickest ever Top Alcohol field at the Castrol Edge Winternationals.

   If there was a New Zealand equivalent to Victor Bray, Chris Tynan would have to be it.

The Winternationals began with both transporters leaving JRR headquarters on the Tuesday 8th June. Grant Foster (aka Fozzy) and I drove up in one transporter and Andrew Johnstone (aka pin head) and one of our crew guys Mitch drove up in the B double.

Drag Racing legend Gary Phillips and his Lucas Oil Products team has claimed their 14th Australian Top Alcohol Championship in the ANDRA Pro Series, making a total of 15 Australian titles in Gary’s illustrious career.

After a staggering all conquering Round Win in Round 5 at the Sydney Nitro Champs inApril/May 2010, Matheson has wrapped up the Australian ANDRA Pro-Series Top Bike Championship, with a dominating performance at the Winternationals held on 10th – 13thJune, over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend.

After three rounds, over six months, in three separate States, the Shannons Tri State Top Fuel Shootout winner has been crowned.  Perth’s Martin Stamatis in his Billview Dragster grabbed the title, along with a $25,000 cheque courtesy of Shannons Insurance.

The Fuchs Lamattina Top Fuel Racing Team were not able to tap into the true potential of the car as was seen in last year’s domination at the recent Castrol EDGE Winternationals.

Brisbane’s Kelly Corbett has walked away from this year’s Castrol EDGE Winternationals with a swag of wins including the prestigious John Storm Memorial Trophy.

The level of competition in Australian Drag Racing was graphically demonstrated last weekend at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway In a fantastic four days of racing 31 new ANDRA National Records were smashed in 21 classes.

Australia’s new national Top Fuel Champion is Perth’s Martin Stamatis, who claimed the title last weekend at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway.

Narre Warren North’s Nino Cavallo has completed a rare feat by winning a third straight Rocket All Stars ANDRA Australian Drag Racing.

In one of the closest season finishes for Top Fuel in 2010, Martin Stamatis has won the Australian Top Fuel Championship, and Phil Read has finished runner-up at this year’s season ending Winternationals held at Willowbank Raceway June 10-13.

Junior drag racer Caleb Oberg has become the youngest ever Australian Drag Racing Champion at the Castrol Edge Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway. At 12 years and 2 months, the Ipswich East State School Year 7 student took the mantle of the sport’s youngest champion away from Kelly Corbett who was 13 years and 5 months when she won the Junior Dragster title back in 1998.

Stay tuned as we bring you eliminations updates from Willowbank Raceway and the Castrol Edge Winternationals.     4:29pm – Martin Stamatis 4.72/287 defeats Phil Read who smoked the tyres, Stamatis wins the championship 4:26pm – Aaron Hambridge  5.56/256 defeats Wayne Newbys shut off run in Top Alcohol 4:22pm – Robin Judd shakes tyres and loses to John Zappia who runs 5.81/246 in Top Doorslammer and wins the championship 4:19pm – Aaron Tremayne 7.04/193 defeated Denis Whiting 7.12/191 in pro stock 4:17pm – Chris Matherson 6.05/201 defeated Mark Drew who crossed the centre line in top bike 4:14pm – Peter Cochrane 7.34/184 defeats Phil Howard 7.42/173 in pro stock motorcycle  4:11pm – Ben Bray wins pro FX when Archie Kajewski can not start 4:07pm – Wayne Cartledge defeats Greame Frawley who gets loose and shuts off in competition final 4:03pm – Adam Spinozzi red lights to Tom Dimitropoulos in super stock final   4:00pm – Damian Mckern defeats Matt Lisle in super compact final Shayne Homes defeats Kevin Williamson in comp bike, Homes also wins championship Bill Fletcher wins against John Loy in supercharged outlaws, loy red light Athol Jacobsen defeted Kelly Corbett in modified  Allan Woods defeted Scott o’beirne in super sedan 2:40pm Junior Dragster Final Phil Stewart defeated by Alicia Naylor 2:45pm – Shayne Homes takes the win in the Comp Bike semi finals when Peter Everett red lights with a -.016. David Shaw against Kevin Williamson and a 9.82 for Shaw is the winner with Williamson having troubles in the top end. 2:44pm – In the Modified semi finals Kelly Corbett moves through with a .042 total package against Bruce Mansfield while Athol Jacobsen takes a solo into the final to face her. 2:41pm – There was a big clean up after that last Doorslammer race. Wayne Newby only staged for the win in Top Alcohol with Dean Oakey dropping a valve in the first round. Aaron Hambridge overcame shake and a wheelstand to take a 5.73/254 win over a valiant 5.76 from Reed. In Pro FX Archie Kajewski went 7.27/190 to defeat Rod Harvey who went no where on the line, while Ben Bray defeated George Rehayem in a 6.69 to 7.57 race. 2:13pm – Robin Judd takes on Peter Kapiris. Both have a lot of shake, Judd needing to eventually pedal. It looks like Kapiris is in with a shot but then the motor goes away big time with lots of smoke in the deep end. Judd’s 6.07/242 takes the win against a 6.39/212. The championship will come down to the final race of the season. 2:09pm – John Zappia and Ben Bray face off here. The bad blood of previous starting line games is forgotten here as Bray goes straight into stage, Zappia in. Bray goes into tyre shake at 200 feet and Zappia runs away for an amazing 5.805 at 246mph, going 3.83/199 to half track. What a run to set a new standard for Australian doorslammers. 1:55pm – Martin Stamatis faces Mark Mariani. They leave evenly but Mariani seems to be mixing up the cylinders a little and then his motor expires, Stamatis looks like he pops the burst panel shortly after and both roll through the finish but with a 4.83 the win goes to Stamatis over a 5.56. 3.13 to half track for Stamatis. 1:52pm – Phil Read against Phil Lamattina, one of the greatest rivalries in drag racing. Two teams who have the resources to throw everything at a race and leave nothing on the table. Both leave with near identical .08 reaction times, read has cylinders out everywhere, Lamattina smokes the tyres, loses the belt, Read on fire but a 4.97 takes the win and the championship is alive. 1:48pm – A battle of Tremaynes takes place here. Aaron has already wrapped up the championship so this will be for some family bragging rights. A red light by Tyronne though ends it here, -.021 and a 7.07 for Aaron takes the win against a 7.09. Top Fuel out now. 1:45pm – Pro Stock semi finals take to the track. Wayne Daley out for Diamond T Toolboxes but it’s a -.003 red light to end his day with Whiting moving through to the final with a 7.09/191 pass. 1:40pm – It’s our second solo in a row with Jay Upton’s machine making an off sound on start up and the West Aussie electing to shut it down straight away. It leaves Mark Drew to fire up and take his pass. A 6.86/199 gets him through the round and into the final. The front wheel was up in a big way. Upton crew chief Doug Green says there was an electrical problem with the bike. 1:38pm – Chris Matheson on a solo in Top Bike with Chris Porter not making it out. He is off it well early again for a 6.43/161. 1:36pm – Phil Howard makes a 7.41/181 charge that knocks out a 7.61/155 from reigning champ Michael Gilbertson. Now we go into Top Bike. 1:34pm – Back to ANDRA Pro Series racing now with Pro Stock Motorcycle. A 7.40/166 by Peter Cochrane gets him through over a 7.78/167 by Glenn Wooster whose bike really laid over into second gear. 1:30pm – Jeffrey Clarke might be out of championship racing but he is still keen for a Winternationals title up against Wayne Cartledge who is just as hungry. 7.20 from Cartledge takes the win over Clarke who shakes the tyres hard and he seems to have broken something as there is no more go for the Hog’s Breath Cafe dragster. 1:28pm – Jason Maggs takes on Graeme Frawley in a big championship race in Comp. 7.06 from Frawley defeats a 7.14 and that makes him the Australian champ. Congratulations. 1:20pm – Now into Comp. Wayne Keys lines up with Phil Otto. A big shock as Otto red lights and loses his shot at the Australian title, Graeme Frawley and Jason Maggs now in the box seat. Maurice Brennan now against Craig Geddes here. 7.69 from

Final qualifying for the ANDRA Pro Series provided some of the most scintillating action yet in day three of the Castrol Edge Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway.

V8 Supercar stars drag race for the crowd while qualifying concludes for the largest drag racing event outside of the US

Stuart Bishop has cemented his place in an extremely tough Top Doorslammer eliminations field in front of his proud daughter and wife today at the Castrol EDGE Winternationals.

Regular updates are the order of the day. Check back here often for the latest news from the 2010 Winternationals.

Friday qualifying at the Winternationals saw two Pro Series qualifying sessions for the first time in a big day of action at Willowbank Raceway.

Welcome to the Drag News Australia updates from the Winternationals.