‘POMMIE’ STEVE READ RETURNS TO TOP FUEL
17 June 2023
‘Pommie’ Steve Read, one of Australian drag racing’s most experienced racers, is set to make a comeback to the Top Fuel category in late 2023.
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‘Pommie’ Steve Read, one of Australian drag racing’s most experienced racers, is set to make a comeback to the Top Fuel category in late 2023.
The 55th Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway ended an era, the event being the swan song for the 400 Thunder Aeroflow Drag Racing Series, with the national championship now unified under the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) banner.
Since Chris Matheson’s arrival on the Australian drag racing scene 14 years ago, he has kept fans on the precipice of witnessing history – one of the last major milestones in the sport – the first five second Top Fuel Bike run.
The 55th edition of the Winternationals came to a close last weekend, here are the full results from all classes, race report and gallery will follow in coming days.
When Nulon/PremiAir Racing arrives in Darwin later this week, it will be rolling into an all-out championship battle.
This weekend’s Nitro Up North event at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip will host an epic championship finale for the Australian Drag Racing Championship Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle categories, as well as the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship.
As the end of the season approaches, husband-and-wife Top Doorslammer team Daniel and Lisa Gregorini have found themselves on opposite ends of the racing fortune spectrum.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing is set for a championship showdown at this weekend’s final round of the 2022/2023 Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship – Nitro Up North at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip (June 16/17).
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.
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