Ray Treasure joins Sydney Dragway.

For a non-championship class, Nitro Funny Cars still serve up their fair share of off-season madness and things have been no different with the class getting a massive stir over the last few months, particularly out West.

At a recent private test day Pro FX front runner Joe Signorelli joined the Outlaw 10.5 movement.

We are saddened to report the passing of Queensland’s Milton Adey yesterday. Milton was South Queensland Division Director from the early seventies through to 1987, after racing for some years in a variety of cars – always Ford powered.

ANDRA Pro Series continues to deliver Australia’s Fastest Motorsport at full tilt as this weekend’s sees a continuation of coverage on ONE HD, as well as the first of FIVE dedicated shows on the TEN Network as well!

Long time Super Gas racer and Melbourne businessman Neil Hendry took over the position of ANDRA Division Director in the Victorian/Tasmanian Division earlier this week, following the resignation of Gary Kropp who held the spot since 2007.

Has there been a major management shake up at Sydney Dragway?

More than 130 racers hit Ipswich’s Willowbank Raceway at the weekend for round three of the Nitro Magazine South Queensland Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series.

Shayne Homes of Cyanide Racing recently took out not only the 2010 Castrol Edge Winternationals, but the 2009-2010 ANDRA Competition Bike Championship on one of the smallest bikes in the field, his Suzuki GSXR600 D/SB.

Pete “The Punisher” Cochrane ended his team’s season with a punishing win at the Winternationals.

The 2010 Farewell Special said goodbye to the original Hidden Valley Drag Strip with a bang on Saturday night as over 100 teams took to the track for the last time before major facility upgrades commence on the 5th July.

In a quick ownership change, the ex-Brett Stevens Racing Falcon purchased by the NT’s Matt Abel is set to go to WA racer Marty Dack.

Damian Hale MP, Senator Trish Crossin and Minister for Sport and Recreation Karl Hampton have today announced that McMahon Contractors have been awarded the tender for the Hidden Valley International Dragstrip upgrade, with construction scheduled to commence next week.

The Worlds Fastest Mazda 13B powered car is on it’s way to the 20th Annual Jamboree from Puerto Rico.

Thirty-nine year old Classic racer Jason Donnelly will be just one of an estimated 160 plus sportsman racers set to hit Willowbank Raceway this Saturday for round three of the Nitro Magazine South Queensland Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series.

 National ANDRA Pro Series competitor Matt Abel is set to debut his newly acquired Ford BA Top Doorslammer at the 2010 Farewell Special at Hidden Valley Drag Strip on Saturday night.

A WA-based Nitro Funny Car team will have a new driver next season.

Perth-based Robin Judd has unfinished business after finishing runner-up in the Australian National Drag Racing Association Pro Series Top Doorslammer championship for the second season in a row.

The tenth season of Drag Racing in Western Australia has barely finished but the secret squirrel preparations of racers for the next season are well and truly in action.

The calendar for the 2010/2011 season at Perth Motorplex has been released with every event of the season now to take place over two days.

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.