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John Zappia lifted a rollercoaster season with a winning performance in the third round of the WA Summer Slam Series, solidifying his position at the top of the points standings.
The West Coast Summer Slam Top Doorslammer series returned to action at Perth Motorplex, with a strong 11 car field chasing points in the local series.
The 400 Thunder Aeroflow Drag Racing Series in conjunction with Heathcote Park Raceway is disappointed to confirm that the Goldfields Thunder event, scheduled to take place on 11-12 February 2023, will not be proceeding as planned.
There are plenty of regional drag racing tracks scattered around the country, most have made their 2023 schedules available. These venues have plenty of cool and niche events happening, so if you’re from the country or just looking for relaxed day at the drags, check out what these venues have on offer for next year.
At Midnight Mayhem, quick thinking, quick reactions, and all the right safety gear saved the day when the event of a seemingly normal pass quickly went sideways for Jamie Borg’s RX3 weapon in the braking area.
Midnight Mayhem was a new radial tyre event venture from the Street|20 crew who have been running a series of popular private days at Sydney Dragway for sometime now. The event distinguishes itself from other radial tyre series in that it is contested over the full quarter mile, with the exception of the Outlaw Radial class.
Willowbank Raceway has released a packed calendar of events for the 2023 season with almost 70 days of drag racing action listed plus special events including the popular CMC Rocks country music festival.
Nitro drag racing icon Graeme Cowin will be inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall Of Fame’s class of 2023.
The Bend Dragway has advised that after careful consideration, top-level drag racing at the facility will be delayed until October 2023. The construction team has done an incredible job building a world-class Dragway and the venue will begin operating minor events in late March with a grand opening scheduled for later in 2023.
Perth Motorplex will host Round 5 of the Burson Auto Parts Top Fuel Australia Championship at the 52nd annual MacTrack Westernationals event March 4-5.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) wishes to advise that Calder Park Raceway and The Bend Motorsport Park have advised they will not be ready to host their scheduled rounds of the 2022/2023 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series.
The cool weather is still lingering in the West as Perth Motorplex’s packed drag racing season rolls on with an blown alky packed show for the Blown Alcohol Allstars.
Long-time Lamattina Top Fuel Racing Crew Chief, Aaron Hambridge, has announced the Goldenstates Championship in Perth was his last event in the role. Hambridge is stepping away from permanent team responsibilities, to concentrate on his Advanced Performance Machining business, and personal life.
Everything Blue Oval gathered at Heathcote Park Raceway recently to let loose on the quarter for the annual Ford Powered Nationals. From rumbling Clevos to singing Barras, check out our gallery of Ford muscle on show.
Willowbank Raceway has provided an update to the track surface repairs that have been carried, and the return to racing.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing is pleased to announce that legendary US crew chief and tuner, Jim ‘Jim O’ Oberhofer, will be joining the team for its next two rounds of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship.
The radial racing cartel have let loose in testing ahead of tonight’s inaugural Midnight Mayhem event at Sydney Dragway.
The General certainly would not had ever thought this would be possible when the first HQ rolled off the production line now over 50 years ago.
We know how hot the battle is in the world of Nissan GT-Rs and Skylines, with the limits of their RB powerplants continually being pushed far beyond what anyone thought was possible.
The fastest sportsman racers in the country will descend on Willowbank Raceway across January 6-7 as part of an action-packed New Year Nitro show which features the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship and Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) racing for Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle, Pro Stock and Pro Mod.
It took a few attempts thanks to interference from COVID, track improvements and weather, but with persistence, the all-rotary festival event, dubbed Buznats finally took off in November at Heathcote Park Raceway.
South Coast Raceway and the Australian National Drag Racing Association regret to confirm that the South Coast Nationals event, scheduled for December 10 and 11, has been cancelled due to weather.
Racing fans attending November’s East Coast Thunder event witnessed the opening of a new chapter for Australia’s popular home grown product – Pro Slammer.
The Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship combined with the Australian Drag Racing Championship and Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series to deliver an action-packed 48th Goldenstates Championship at the Perth Motorplex
Enjoy our bonus gallery from East Coast Thunder, thanks to Drag News Magazine photo guy, Joe Maday.
When all was said and done at the 48th annual Goldenstates earlier this month the Higgins brothers were very happy indeed, with Kyle and Beau taking out the winning ANDRA Silver Christmas Trees in Super Sedan and Super Street respectively.
It’s pretty much what we all love about drag racing – creativity!
And that notion bar has been moved up yet another notch recently during the season opening event for Australia’s 400 Thunder Aeroflow Drag Racing Series, courtesy of Pro Alcohol class veteran participant Russell Mills.
Coming hot on the heels of Damien Harris’ back-to-back wins in his Atlantic Oils-sponsored RAI Top Fuel Dragster, the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship is proud to announce that Atlantic Oils have joined as naming rights sponsor of Top Fuel Slam. The good news doesn’t end there though, with Atlantic Oils also taking on naming rights of the ADRC Pro Stock Championship and sponsorship of the Supercharged Outlaws category at Sydney in January.
A national record-setting performance from John Zappia’s Dananni Hotshots/Fuchs Lubricants Monaro Top Doorslammer saw him compete in two final rounds in one weekend at Perth Motorplex as he took over the points lead for the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship.
Calder Park is back, this is not a drill! Drag Racing returned to Calder Park last Friday for the first time is several years.
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