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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.
West Australian Kyle Putland joined his racing idols in the Top Fuel ranks officially at last weekend’s 48th Goldenstates Championship, with a highly commendable debut outing in the top nitro class.
Phil Lamattina battled through challenging racing conditions at the second round of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship, fighting back into third place in the championship after reaching the 48th annual Goldenstates final.
Daniel Gregorini had largely given up on the idea of going back-to-back in the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship, but a win at the 2022 Goldenstates at Perth Motorplex has fired up his ambitions once more.
A tough weekend at the 48th annual Goldenstates at the Perth Motorplex for round three of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship has ended on a high for the Hydraulink Jim Read Racing team.
The PremiAir Racing team have pulled off a massive effort at the Perth Motorplex’s Goldenstates with a complete rebuild between round two and the B-Final to take an edge-of your seat victory over Wayne Newby with a 3.982 second pass at 425.12 kilometres per hour.
Two huge days at the Goldenstates for the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship and the Australian Drag Racing Championships for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle have come to a spectacular close at the Perth Motorplex this evening.
The 48th annual Goldenstates delivered plenty of action-packed races on Saturday evening at the Perth Motorplex as the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series competitors did all they could to take home the silver ANDRA Christmas Trees despite the challenges of cold conditions.
Day one of the 48th annual Goldenstates, featuring the latest rounds of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship and the Australian Drag Racing Championships for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle, has concluded with the top qualifiers in each class celebrated ahead of racing tomorrow.
An impressive cohort of Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series racers have persevered through bitterly cold conditions at the Perth Motorplex during day one of the 48th annual Goldenstates.
The first event of what is a new direction for the now named 400 Thunder Aeroflow Drag Racing Series was East Coast Thunder at Sydney Dragway. With the debut of Top Fuel Funny Car as the nitro headliners in championship form, a solid crowd rolled into Sydney Dragway to see what they had to offer.
This weekend’s Goldenstates at the Perth Motorplex will host not only the latest round of the Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle, but also the postponed finals from Alice Springs for the ADRC Top Doorslammers.
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