
OXLEYS HAVE SPRING NATIONALS IN THEIR SIGHTS
Father and son Ray and Mitch Oxley are ready to mount their Spring Nationals Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series campaign at the brand-new Dragway at The Bend this weekend (October 21 and 22).
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Father and son Ray and Mitch Oxley are ready to mount their Spring Nationals Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series campaign at the brand-new Dragway at The Bend this weekend (October 21 and 22).

Statement from The Shell V-Power Motorsport Park at The Bend;
“Dragway at The Bend General Manager Steve Bettes has tendered his resignation effective from December 11. Steve has been instrumental in opening this new venue and will expertly deliver the Grand Opening Spring Nationals this weekend before departing late this year.

The off-season is normally a time for refreshing a combination or adding some new parts, but for Daniel and Lisa Gregorini’s Scratch & Match Motorsport Top Doorslammer team it has been an epic effort to be ready in time for a brand new series.

As part of Dragway at The Bend’s grand opening Spring Nationals this weekend (October 21-22), the opening rounds of the 2023/2024 Top Fuel Motorcycle and Pro Stock Motorcycle Championships will launch into action.

As the new 2023/2024 Australian Top Fuel Championship season gets ready to kick off this weekend, Hydraulink Jim Read Racing is pulling out all the stops for their latest championship challenge with the support of a full suite of returning sponsors.

The Nitro Voodoo Top Fuel Motorcycle team have dominated the class for over a decade, but despite Chris Matheson’s retirement as a rider the team are still preparing for a full-on assault of the inaugural NDRC Top Fuel Motorcycle championship.

At a brand-new track, PremiAir Racing will launch a brand-new attack on the Australian Top Fuel Championship this weekend.

With the new championship season nigh, Victorian Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Glenn Wooster has unveiled his look for the new season as the White Line Fever Drag Racing team prepare to hunt for another championship.

West Australian second year Top Fuel Drag Racer Kyle Putland sports a smile as bright as the yellow crew shirts his team wear on the start line and that cheeky grin will be back big time on Saturday and Sunday October 21 and 22.

The 2023 NSW Championship Series at Sydney Dragway is heading towards its conclusion with now six rounds in the books.

The opening event at the country’s newest track will bring to a close the 26 year career of former Taswegian, now Victorian Mod Bike racer Shane Walker, and he has to borrow a bike to do it.

The largest entry list in South Australian Drag Racing history has been published ahead of the Dragway at The Bend Grand Opening Spring Nationals to be held next weekend on October 21-22.

Street Machine’s Drag Challenge has kicked off and christened Dragway At The Bend as the first event to host drag cars at the brand new facility.

After a successful first championship in 2022, the Aeroflow Performance Products Funny Car Team haven’t been resting on their laurels. With new upgrades on some cars and a completely new car on deck, the team are ready to chase the points and the wins with the newly formed NDRC Nitro Funny Car Championship.

Lamattina Top Fuel Racing will take a new structure, cutting-edge componentry and be competing at a brand-new race track for the upcoming season, but they the Top Fuel team will be supported by the longest partnership in Australian professional drag racing, FUCHS Lubricants.

Dragway at The Bend’s grand opening Spring Nationals will host the opening round of the 2023/2024 NDRC Australian Top Fuel Championship, alongside plenty of other great racing from the NDRC championship openers for Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle, and Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Queenslander Patrick Barron went all the way to the Super Sedan final at Benaraby Dragway at the weekend in what was the latest round for the NDRC’s Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.

The latest round of the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship has been run and won at Queensland’s Benaraby Dragway, with a huge day and night of racing action delivering racers with valuable Eastern Conference points while the Aeroflow Wheelstanders entertained alongside them.

Veteran U.S. Funny Car racer Tommy Johnson Jr. will return to Australia piloting a championship-winning hot rod with his eyes on the prize at Sydney Dragway for Round 1 of the NDRC Nitro Funny Car championship (Sydney Nationals, October 27-28).

It was a big night of racing in front of a cracking crowd that filled Palmyra Dragway for the return of the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car show at Nitro In The Cane

The upgrades to the Willowbank Raceway venue continue to advance in timely manner with the pouring of the new concrete racing surface.

After a long sabbatical following major upgrades to the South-East Queensland venue, Warwick Dragway roared back into life with the distinctive dak-dak engine notes the ever popular VW Nationals event brings.

Competition Bike racer Joe Khoury might have had a delayed start to his racing season, but he is more than making up for lost time now.

Drag racing’s very interesting propensity for young lady driver talents shining within major league drag racing – continues on.

The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to announce it has secured insurance terms for the new policy year.

The Sunraysia Drag Racing Association’s annual Junior Nationals at Mildura’s Sunset Strip is the largest gathering junior racers in the country and continues to grow in size and stature each year.

The 2023/24 Perth Motorplex competition drag racing season is underway with the running their old school The Nostalgias event, and we have a cool gallery for you to view.

As the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship roars into life, the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) has released a host of information for those preparing to race at its upcoming events at both ANDRA and IHRA sanctioned venues.

While the official ribbon-cutting at Dragway at The Bend is being reserved for the upcoming Spring Nationals in October, Friday hosted the brand-new venue’s first ever meeting, with the 120th Harley Davidson anniversary HogFest roaring to life.

Dragway At The Bend fired to life on Friday evening with the first public drag racing event for the brand new venue, and it was spectacular.
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