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Day 3 of the 55th Gulf Western Oil Winternationals, and it is getting serious on track with the conclusion of qualifying for the professional and remaining sportsman sportsman classes, along with the first elimination rounds for other sportsman racers.
Day two of the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals was a beauty with clear skies and pristine track conditions. The Professional classes in the 400 Thunder Aeroflow Drag Racing Series were on track for the first time with two qualifying sessions for most.
The 55th edition of the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals is off and running under clear skies in mild conditions. Day 1 featured the first qualifying rounds for sportsman racers before they finish qualifying on Friday.
Sixty-five points is all that separates the top three contenders for the 2022/2023 Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship, which will hold its exciting finale at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip’s Nitro Up North on June 16 and 17.
Aeroflow Nitro Funny Car Team manager and Top Fuel Funny Car competitor Morice McMillin looks to reinforce Funny Car racing as the most exciting thing on four wheels at this years Winternationals event on the 8th-11th of June.
The Australian Drag Racing Championship for Top Fuel Bike has seen points leader Rob Cassar haul his nitrous Kawasaki to all corners of the country, to fight for the championship that will reach its climax in Darwin. In fact, the Ballistic Drag Racing team have clocked up over 26000kms in travel for the championship that started in Darwin twelve months ago.
A look back at that moment of unplanned nitro combustion from Adam Layton’s Top Fuel Harley at the recent Nitro Champs. Drag News photographer Joe Maday was on point as usual at the precise moment of detonation.
One of the newest players in the Australian Outlaw Radial game, Andrew Zada has romped his Procharged Camaro to a new radial tyre record in testing.
After a solid weekend of testing, Brandon Gosbell is ready to “Rocket” to the Top Step for the 400 Thunder Winternationals Final.
The Winter Warmups concluded on Sunday as a bunch of racers took to Willowbank Raceway for their last chance to test ahead of this week’s Gulf Western Oils Winternationals.
The biggest event in Australia is next weekend, and the traditional Winter Warm Ups acts as a prelude. Check out the action and some of the results from day one’s action.
With the Wet Season abating the Hidden Valley drag racing season is underway for another year, and two rounds of the HVDRA Track Championship have been completed to date.
At last year’s Winternationals, Supercharged Outlaw racer Bill Fletcher was involved in violent braking area crash that totally destroyed his dragster, since recovering from the accident, the team have had a new dragster built, and Bill will return to competitive drag racing a year on.
With the 2023 Winternationals now one week away, the now Top Fuel Funny Car driver and seasoned Pro Alcohol Altered campaigner Justin Walshe reflects on the year that was and looks forward to a united future in drag racing.
The number plate says “Tuff” and it is. But nowhere near as tough as the rider.
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