SUN SETS ON EPIC SPORTSMAN SHOW IN MILDURA
18 September 2023
The Sunset Nationals have well and truly impressed in Mildura, with an action-packed day of racing ensuring plenty of happy campers at the Sunset Strip today.
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The Sunset Nationals have well and truly impressed in Mildura, with an action-packed day of racing ensuring plenty of happy campers at the Sunset Strip today.
More than 160 racers took to the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association’s Sunset Strip in Mildura on Saturday to undertake three rounds of qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series’ Sunset Nationals.
The National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) is excited to launch its new identity, celebrating this brand new era for championship drag racing and a symbol for the passionate Australian drag racing community to get behind.
Major works at Willowbank Raceway is continuing at a hectic pace. The track surface is nearly ready for the new concrete and asphalt, while other areas of the venue including tank water systems and new roadways are being worked on.
After reaching a personal racing career high of being the Decoglaze Glass Splashbacks Top Qualifier and Modified Runner-Up in Darwin, Ashley Johnson is hoping to go one better when the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series hits Mildura’s Sunset Strip this weekend.
As the Dragway at The Bend nears completion, the newly announced ambassador and Port Adelaide AFL star Charlie Dixon is taken for a tour around the facilities ahead of his participation in the Street Machine Drag Challenge in October.
Sydney Dragway’s Speed Adict Clothing NSW Championship Series returned from its Winter slumber for the run home to crown track champions.
West Australian Louise Ridgway is locked and loaded ready to tackle Modified Bike at next weekend’s Sunset Nationals at Mildura’s Sunset Strip after enjoying a breakthrough victory at the Top End Nationals in Darwin.
FuelTech has announced that they’ll join the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) as the ProMod Broadcast Partner.
In an exciting development for Australian Drag Racing, Hydraulink has inked a partnership deal with the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) series.
The Sunset Strip Nostalgia Drags always a popular one, and this year was no different with over 100 entries of the nostalgic drag racing variety taking to the Mildura 1/8th mile track.
Photos show stage one of Willowbank Raceway’s track upgrades are powering ahead thanks to the $11million Federal Government Grant provided to the venue to upgrade the track surface, lighting and general amenities.
A look at back in pictures of the inaugural Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship round at Springmount Raceway, the event was the first Eastern Conference round for the new NDRC National Sportsman Series.
Australia lost a stalwart of the drag racing scene with the passing of legendary Queensland racer Gentleman Jim Reed on August 22. The pioneer of the sport was 87. Put simply, drag racing in Australia would not have been the same without the participation and influence of Gentleman Jim.
Maurice Fabietti, Team Owner of the ACDelco Slammer Drag Racing Team has announced an emotional return to drag racing to honour the memory of highly respected team driver Sam Fenech who tragically passed away in an accident last January.
Australia’s preferred trade supplier of parts, tools and equipment, Burson Auto Parts, will not be continuing the company’s naming rights sponsorship of the Australian Top Fuel Championship.
It is with great sadness we report the passing of a pioneer in Australian drag racing, famed blown altered racing legend Jim Reed at age of 86.
Wives versus husbands, mates versus mates, the finals at Springmount Raceway’s Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship round at the weekend had no shortage of thrilling match-ups.
Those radial tyre weapons were back at Sydney Dragway to put on a show for another round of the 2023 Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series.
The first Eastern Conference event of the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship, part of the recently established National Drag Racing Championship, has delighted racers and spectators alike in picture perfect weather conditions at Springmount Raceway.
North Queensland’s drag racers are set to take on droves of travelling racers at their home-track of Springmount Raceway this weekend, as the venue hosts the first ‘Eastern Conference’ round of the new Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.
Next weekend’s Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship event at Springmount Raceway – part of the newly established National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) – is attracting racers from far and wide.
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of SA drag racing legend Len Leonard.
For the first time in five years anywhere in Australia, spectators at Springmount Raceway next weekend (August 18/19) will be treated to side-by-side wheelstanding performances from the hugely popular Aeroflow Wheelstanders.
After two and a half years at the helm, Paul Trengove will step down from his role as Perth Motorplex General Manager at the end of August 2023.
Final day of testing before the Brisbane Jamboree proper gets underway this weekend. The day was packed full of machine gunning two steps, flames and braap. Check it out with photos and video courtesy of Drag Photos and Import Media.
Flame on! Day 2 of testing for this weekend’s Brisbane Jamboree turned up the heat. Check it out with photos and video courtesy of Drag Photos and Import Media
Racers are already ripping and tearing, and it only day one of the 2023 Brisbane Jamboree. Check it out with photos and video courtesy of Drag Photos and Drag Import Media.
‘Just f’n send it’ might as well be the unofficial calling for Australia’s wildest drag racing event. Grudge Kings was back for 2023 at Sydney Dragway, where any engine denomination, and whether it’s blown, turbo, nitrous or just the most cubic inches money can buy, it will feature at this event.
Reigning Australian Top Doorslammer champion Kelvin Lyle announced his retirement from drag racing recently following a terrible crash at the season-ending Nitro up North event in Darwin. He recently updated the drag racing world on his recovery and what happened on that night with crash.
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