The 20th annual Jamboree lit up Willowbank Raceway at the weekend, with Rod Harvey punctuating the racing by becoming the quickest and fastest Sport Compact Car in the world with his performances in the Pro Turbo category.

Theo Woollett and his ON EDGE Nissan GTR is looking for more at this weekends Jamboree at Willowbank Raceway. After a very promising Castrol EDGE Winternationals, where he stopped the clocks during qualifying, for a personal best 8.746sec at 158.37MPH.

Aaron Lynch is likely to make a return in Top Alcohol this season, sources have said.

Lamattina Top Fuel Racing is set to unveil its 2010/11 championship contender, pulling the covers off the new Fuchs Top Fuel Dragster at the upcoming Fuchs Australian Nationals.

The quickest eight Gas Motorsport Street 289 competitors from qualifying at the 2010 Jamboree will have the opportunity to race headups with a Pro Tree in a Chicago Shootout exhibition.

Willowbank Raceway is pleased to announce a new concept in Street Series racing at the Ipswich facility – the Mid Week Masters.

Santo Rapisarda is planning to compete his Top Fuel team in the NHRA by the end of the year.

Sydney Competition Eliminator racer Matt Lisle will be heading back to the US to compete in the ADRL Extreme 10.5 and NHRA Pro Mod.

There is now officially only one Pro Street organisation in Australia, that being the Australian Pro Street Association (APSA).

Willowbank Raceway will host the 20th annual running of the world’s largest Sport Compact Drag Racing event – the Jamboree – this weekend, Saturday and Sunday August 21 and 22.

After two long years in the build Dean Cordowiner’s “EL SNIPER” Starlet is set to officially debut at jamboree 2010.

Andrew Cowin has showed the Cowin Family Racing team will be a force to be reckoned with this season in Top Fuel, carding a 4.59 pass in testing at Willowbank.

The Holden Torana is one of the favourite locals of the drag strip, with their short wheelbase but tough looks inspiring plenty of popularity.

Karl Firmin has some plans to move his Holden Commodore Super Sedan along faster this season with the offer of a new motor.

Willowbank Raceway has announced changes to the 2011 Castrol EDGE Winternationals pre-event program.

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Another new Funny Car is being readied in WA with Greg Byrne putting together this new ride.

A new season has dawned on Sydney Dragway with the running of the first round of the 2010/2011 Track Championship and what many believe could be a new era for the venue.

Mark Mariani has capped off his first full-season in the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) Pro Series ranks, finishing fourth in the 2009-2010 Australian Top Fuel championship series.

When it comes to taming the nitro horsepower of Santo Rapisarda’s stable, a young man within the family has proven to be a capable figure for the team.

Insiders say we may see one current GM badged team car jump ship to Mopar this season.

Haltech partners with PAC Performance to take on the Puerto Rican Rotaries at this year’s Jamboree.

A current blown Sydney Group 2 racer is looking to step up to Top Alcohol competition in the near future.

Mick Diblasi has a new Ford Falcon race car in the build to compete in Super Sedan at Perth Motorplex.

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.