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Two brand new Factory Xtreme builds have dropped with Sydney Jamboree coming up in just over a week’s time.
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Two brand new Factory Xtreme builds have dropped with Sydney Jamboree coming up in just over a week’s time.

The penultimate round of the Burson Auto Part Australian Top Fuel Championship and Australian Drag Racing Championship for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle is on this weekend at Sydney Dragway’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs. With just the Grand Final to go after this event in Darwin, it is make or break for the championship contenders this weekend to stay in the hunt.

Daniel Gregorini has been crowned the 2022/23 Summer Slam champion after a dramatic finish to the season that didn’t even involve any racing.

Long time Sydney Super Stock racer John Kabboura has made the leap into the naturally aspirated drag racing deep end, while realising a dream with a move into Pro Stock.

Two-time and reigning Australian Top Fuel Champion Peter Xiberras is hoping this weekend’s Nitro Champs will see the team unlock a new level of performance as they try and chase down a third straight national title.

Hydraulink Jim Read Racing says this weekend’s Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway (May 5-6) is make or break for the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship.

The following update has been released by Willowbank Raceway on more plans for the venue upgrade later this year.

Craig Burns and Leonard Azzopardi are amongst a keen line-up of racers who are counting down the hours until this weekend’s Nitro Champs event at Sydney Dragway.

You know Jamboree is close when the import boys start banging out huge runs like Paul Testa’s 7.33 at 183MPH, from his mighty Galant in testing at Sydney Dragway.

The intensity at next weekend’s Nitro Champs is expected to reach boiling point as the championship pressure mounts for the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship and also the Australian Drag Racing Championship for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle at what will be the penultimate rounds of their seasons.

Mother Nature had the final say on the WA drag racing season, washing out the final event on the calendar after qualifying, the new season will start after a Winter break.

There’s a new team in town and they’re ready to bring fun mixed with old-school nostalgia back to the quarter mile. However, their connection to Drag Racing runs a lot deeper than everyone thinks.

The end of the Western Australian drag racing season for John Zappia didn’t quite turn out how the veteran Top Doorslammer driver wanted, but there were positives to take away from the rainy finish.

Showers couldn’t dampened the enthusiasm or show the for this year’s Atlantic Oil Supercharged Shootout at Mildura’s Sunset Strip.

John Willard’s ‘Aussie Outlaw’ Anglia and the ‘Double Trouble’ altered of Paul and Dearne Stephen have been locked and loaded in shipping containers for the long voyage on the high seas to England.

It’s race day at the JAX Tyres & Auto Super Thunder event for the 400 Thunder Aeroflow Drag Racing Series at Willowbank Raceway. Here are the results from today’s racing.

Day 1 gallery from the JAX Tyres & Auto Super Thunder event for the 400 Thunder Aeroflow Drag Racing Series thanks to Drag Photos.

The JAX Tyres & Auto Super Thunder event for the 400 Thunder Aeroflow Drag Racing Series is underway at Willowbank Raceway with qualifying.

The brand new Rocket Industries Mustang Top Fuel Funny Car for 400 Thunder Aeroflow Drag Racing Series championship leader Brandon Gosbell has been unveiled.

The jewel on Sunset Strip Dragway’s drag racing calendar is their Supercharged Shootout event, that is once again proudly presented by Atlantic Oils. The blown horsepower extravaganza is a feature of Mildura’s immensely popular Easter Powersports weekend, where the regional city embraces and celebrates motorsport across the whole Easter weekend.

Top Fuel Funny Car Championship leader Brandon Gosbell is wasting no time solidifying his championship lead, and will be debuting a brand-new Rocket Industries Ford Mustang at the Jax Tyres and Auto Super Thunder at Willowbank Raceway on April 14 & 15.

The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) will soon be recruiting for new independent board members, following the departure of Grant Hamon and Grant Wilson from the board.

The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to welcome Amanda Geddes to the team.

Let there be light. The installation of the track’s light towers plus more feature in this latest update from The Bend Dragway’s construction.

Victor Bray has joined the Australian motorsport elite today, (Mar 30 2023), being inducted into the Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame during a public ceremony held in conjunction with the first day of the Australian F1 Grand Prix.

Some precipitation delayed the start for round two of the Speed Adict Clothing NSW Championship at Sydney Dragway, but once the wet stuff was dried up, the even was race to completion.

Another packed gallery showing the sights and colour at the 52nd MacTrack Westernationals coming to you from the Perth Motorplex.

The inaugural Nitro Max East vs West Showdown at the Perth Motorplex pitted the BME Nitro Max group of the West against the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars of the East. While all the teams were competing for individual glory, what really mattered was the Gold Rocket Trophy for the winning team.

Shane Page is hoping to maintain his status as the only person to have ever won the Garrett Advancing Motion Street Drags Pro Class category in Rare Spares Rockynats history with a third-straight victory in Rockhampton this Easter (April 7-9).

The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars are on their way back to Perth Motorplex this weekend to take on the best of the West in the BME Nitro Max series. Leading the charge for the Aeroflow stables will be Josh Leahy in the Bandit Pontiac Trans Am.
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