Derek Johnson walked away from this hellacious crash at the Sydney Jamboree last weekend.

Reigning AA/Funny Car record holder, Rob Pilkington has returned to the Perth Motorplex just one week after contesting the 43rd Westernationals for a rigorous test session, that has returned “outstanding” results.

Modified Bike racer Lindsay Wood says despite securing maximum points at the recent Westernationals he won’t go on to chase the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship nationally.

That was Paul Mouhayet’s apt description when the chutes failed on his Outlaw 10.5 Mustang at 230mph last weekend during the Sydney Jamboree.

As the drag racing year starts to roll on many racers have been utilising both public and private testing opportunities at Sydney Dragway to record some track time.

Sometimes the huge amount of time we spend on Facebook delivers some interesting finds, in this case a new Top Alcohol dragster on its way to Australia – so who’s the lucky owner? Going by the comments the dragster is heading to Peter Zelow, well known for his exploits in quick naturally aspirated dragsters. Post by John Bojec. Post by John Bojec. Post by John Bojec. {fcomment}

Australian Shane Tucker’s remarkable start to the NHRA season came to an end with a DNQ at Gainesville in the third event of the NHRA Mello Yello Series.

The weather, not racing, would decide the points in Round 4 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at Adelaide International Raceway.

Daniel Camilleri only needed one run to go two tenths under the National Record for DD/GA in qualifying to sit atop the Super Comp standings after two sessions in Round 4 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

The revival of ANDRA Drag Racing at Calder Park is officially underway with the running of the inaugural John Taverna Classic, the first event in a Victorian State Championship series.

Chris Matheson has a plan for 2014, but it does not involved a much rumoured moved to nitro funny cars, instead a focus again on the elusive five second zone for his Top Fuel Motorcycle.

The Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship’s fourth round of the season takes place this weekend at Adelaide International Raceway – and all the hitters are ready to rumble.

The commitment of drag racer Chris ‘The Hof’ Van’t Hof will be without question this weekend, with the Roma hotel owner set to knock-off work at around 4.00am Saturday before hopping on a plane to compete that same day at Willowbank Raceway’s round two of the QLD Drag Racing Championship.

The second major ANDRA Drag Racing Series event to be held at Calder Park Raceway since the return of championship competition to the venue has received corporate support in the form of Fiat Chrysler and Essendon Jeep.

For the sixth straight year the Day Of The Drags nostalgia event at Sydney Dragway has been rain effected, here is what did happen before the wet stuff fell again.