
Nitro Champs event preview
The Nitro Champs marks the penultimate round of every ANDRA championship, from Pro Series Top Fuel to Rocket Allstars Racing Series Junior Dragster with racers keen to get the most from the event.
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The Nitro Champs marks the penultimate round of every ANDRA championship, from Pro Series Top Fuel to Rocket Allstars Racing Series Junior Dragster with racers keen to get the most from the event.
Perth-based Chartered Accountant, Robin Judd, will be looking to build on his Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) Pro Series Top Doorslammer championship lead at this weekend’s (Friday to Sunday, April 30-May 2) seventh annual Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, Eastern Creek.
Perth-based Allan Dobson will be looking to win his second Nitro Champs title when the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) Pro Series Top Fuel championship returns to Sydney Dragway (SD), Eastern Creek, this weekend, Friday to Sunday, April 30-May 1.
Top Fuel rookie, Mark Mariani, will be looking for his first Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) Pro Series Top Fuel championship event win when the seventh annual Nitro Champs is staged at Sydney Dragway (SD), Eastern Creek, this weekend, Friday to Sunday, April 30-May 2.
Sydney Dragway Managing Director, Tony Beuk, has announced changes to the Louie Rapisarda Top Fuel Tribute following the rained-out Summernationals event at SD in February.
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Last weekend Victorian Darren Morgan emerged from the ENZED Australian Top Fuel Championship at Willowbank raceway with a semi final performance after the AEG Powertools dragster was knocked out of eliminations by the fastest run of the year so far.
This nostalgia-style Funny Car was spotted at the Westernationals, first lurking up in the Speedway area but then moved to the pits in the dark of night. Rumour was that it was destined for somewhere outside of the Perth Motorplex however.
The Enzed Top Fuel Championships at Willowbank Raceway this weekend have seen a change in leadership for the championship in Top Fuel, with Martin Stamatis coming out five points ahead of defending champ Phil Lamattina.
Qualifying in the ENZED Top Fuel Championships at Willowbank Raceway has ensured that race day Sunday will be a sizzler for the fans with championship battles heating up across Top Fuel, Pro Stock and Morgan and Wacker Pro Stock Bike.
Qualifying in the ENZED Top Fuel Championships at Willowbank Raceway has ensured that race day Sunday will be a sizzler for the fans with championship battles heating up across Top Fuel, Pro Stock and Morgan and Wacker Pro Stock Bike.
Darren Morgan Racing (DMR) have continued their tradition of being known as the ‘Bling’ team in ANDRA Drag Racing with the Mildura based outfit unveiling a striking new look for this weekends ENZED Australian Top Fuel Championships at the Willowbank Raceway.
Sydney-based Mark Mariani will be looking to reach his first event final and consolidate a top three spot in the Australian Top Fuel Championship series at this weekend’s (Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18) Enzed Top Fuel Championship at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway, Ipswich.
AEG POWERTOOLS have signed up with the Mildura based Darren Morgan Racing (DMR) Team as the naming rights sponsor for the next two rounds of the Australian Top Fuel Championship. The exciting new partnership will include this weekends ENZED Australian Top Fuel Championships at the Willowbank Raceway and the Nitrochamps at the Western Sydney Dragway later this month.
Former multiple Australian Top Fuel drag race champion, Steve Read, will have a rather unusual lead-up to the Enzed Top Fuel Championship at Willowbank Raceway, Ipswich, April 17-18.
Next weekend’s ENZED Australian Top Fuel Championships will see 56,000 horsepower on-show as seven 8000hp flame-throwing Top Fuel dragsters take to the Willowbank Raceway quarter-mile over April 17 and 18.
Mildura’s Darren Morgan was back in the seat of his Shannon’s Top Fuel Dragster over Easter (Saturday April 3) completing a series of test passes at The Edge Hotel / Motel Easter Shootout at the Sunset Strip in Mildura.
For the first time in nine months the Jason Hedges Racing team will be making the trip north for the April 17th and 18th Top Fuel and Pro Stock event.
Victor Bray, the gourmet tomato grower with a formidable reputation as a drag racer, appears in a insightful interview with Talking Heads Peter Thompson this Monday night on ABC TV at 6:30pm.
John Zappia presented his Zappia Racing team for the local Perth Motorplex event last weekend Nitro Funny Cars, and ran the quickest doorslammer pass in Australian history with a 5.814 in Craig Pedley’s Striker Crusher Monaro.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) condemned the violent behaviour on the streets of Oakleigh as totally and absolutely unacceptable.A spokesman for ANDRA also said the Victorian Government must bear some responsibility for fuelling the frustration of motor sport fans in this state.
It is mere rumour no more. Sydney Dragway is delighted to announce the overdue return of Drag Racing’s most unpredictable creations – The Australian Nitro Funny Car Gold Cup at the venue on Sunday, July 4!
Former National Champion Gary Phillips has returned to Queensland from a semi final berth at the Westernationals, rating the weekend as a solid advance in the right direction for the Lucas Oils Studebaker Doorslammer.
Stuart Bishop was the fastest Top Doorslammer on the Perth quarter-mile at the weekend, claiming the top speed bonus points for his 247.25 miles per hour run against Robin Judd.
Stuart Bishop and his ’67 Camaro Diamond Doorslammer will take on Robin Judd in round one of the Top Doorslammer eliminations at the Perth Motorplex’s Westernationals this evening after qualifying seventh overnight.
Day 1 of the 39th annual Westernationals was filled with high drama with the record field of 352 race teams putting on a display of world car drag racing.
With 352 entries this weekend at the Perth Motorplex for the 39th Westernationals, it makes action too good to miss TODAY and TOMORROW If you cant make it out to the Kwinana Beach venue, you can watch the event as it happens via a user-pays live Video feed: Nothing beats being there, but this is the next best thing! http://www.streamingaustralia.com.au/live.aspFor $19.99 you can watch from around the world the ANDRA Pro Series action as it happens in Top Doorslammer and Top Bike and all the power and fury of this vital round of the Rocket Allstars Drag Racing Series.
Not only is Bray out for some bonus points in the ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer eliminator – but having picked up the lead in the Karcher Tri State Challenge is looking to ensure he does well to maintain the lead in the $20,000 challenge.
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