HARGRAVE REMAINS CONTENDER IN PRO ALCOHOL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWDOWN
28 May 2025
Victorian Chris Hargrave stays in the fight for the 2025 PDRC Pro Alcohol Championship title amidst a chaotic season.
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Victorian Chris Hargrave stays in the fight for the 2025 PDRC Pro Alcohol Championship title amidst a chaotic season.
As promised, here is the second part of our epic photo showcase from the an awesome 2025 Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway featuring the National Drag Racing Championship.
Fifty-one Junior Dragsters were on-track at the National Drag Racing Championship’s recent Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs, and with another big field expected for the upcoming NDRC Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway (June 5-8), there is absolutely no doubt that the future of Australian drag racing is looking exceptionally strong.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to announce further details of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship.
ANDRA and the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association (SDRA) are excited to announce that the 2025 Junior Nationals will form part of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship for the Langtree’s Machinery Services Junior Dragster and Junior Drag Bike brackets.
It was twenty years ago this September that John Zappia stormed into the record books with the first-ever five-second Doorslammer pass on Australian soil — a 5.967 at Sydney Dragway that lit the fuse on a new era. Fast forward to the 2025 Nitro Champs, and Zappia was once again strapping into the Dananni Hotshots/Fuchs Monaro, ready to add another chapter.
Lisa Gregorini has continued her strong year in the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship following a runner-up result at the Nitro Champs.
The sounds of blown engines echoed across Mildura once again as the Atlantic Oils Supercharged Shootout fired up at Atlantic Oils Sunset Strip over Easter.
Two huge crowds totalling over 23,000 people and the now beautiful almost predictable unpredictability of Slammer racing saw the sixth round of the NDRC Australian Top Doorslammer rock the proverbial house at the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs over the weekend.
In front of a fantastic crowd of over 23,000 people on hand for the 2025 Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, Victoria’s Chris Hargrave and the Middy’s Electrical Pro Alcohol Funny Car team have again taken out the B-Final win.
Rob Dekert’s Unique Body Smash Repairs team celebrated an emotional victory at Nitro Champs, outduelling hot favourite Tyronne Tremayne in a standout performance that produced one of the best races seen for several seasons.
The Pro Drag Racing Championship brackets as part of the NDRC ripped and teared for championship points and to be awarded that NDRC Gold Christmas Tree at the conclusion of the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs as Australian Records fell in the process.
Fabietti Racing and Ronnie Palumbo, driver of the ACDelco Top Doorslamer Monaro, have announced they mutually agree to part ways and go in their separate directions effective after the conclusion of the Winternationals in June.
The 2025 Gulf Western Nitro Champs was a hell of an event with over 20000 spectators in attendance, all the racers delivered an amazing show. Check out our first of two huge galleries showcasing the epic event.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing has walked away from the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway with a new personal best ET of 3.712 seconds over the 1000ft distance.
More than 23,000 drag racing fans flocked to what has been Sydney’s biggest drag racing show in years at the weekend for the National Drag Racing Championship’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs.
Records fell and rivalries were renewed as final qualifying and round one of racing got underway Saturday at Sydney Dragway for the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs ahead of the final day of racing on Sunday.
Sunday’s final day of the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs is set to provide a show of epic proportions to a packed crowd, with Saturday’s performances headlined by Top Fuel and XPRO Nitro Funny Car well and truly setting the stage for further track and national records to fall.
Day one of what is shaping up as an epic three-day Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs roared to life at Sydney Dragway, delivering non-stop action across Group One, the Pro Drag Racing Championship, and Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship qualifying.
Russell Mills’ quest for back to back Australian Pro Alcohol championships won’t eventuate with the current PDRC Championship leader unfortunately not – but not from a lack of trying – able to secure a replacement drive for this weekend’s Nitro Champs.
Pro Stock is sizzling with a mammoth 15 car field at this weekend’s Nitro Champs, one of the biggest field seen in some time and Mario Polito Motorsports are shaping up to the game aiming to continue their forward trajectory in the class.
Local Western Sydney team Angry Lemons Racing and driver John Kabboura are ready to go for the upcoming Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, as he and his team continue to gain momentum in their Pro Stock campaign.
Lamattina Top Fuel Racing is pleased to share that team member Lex Wilson is now awake and improving every day following the serious injury he sustained prior to the Mildura Mega Easter Weekend of Power Sports.
For a sport based rigidly on the principle of straight lines, the NDRC Australian Top Doorslammer Championship sure does have some twists and turns.
In a bold move ahead of this weekend’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs, Sydney’s Nick Pelliccotti – Business owner of Guilford Sand & Soil – has joined forces with Tremaniac Racing ensuring no stone is left unturned in his pursuit of a strong performance at Round 3 of the PRDC Pro Stock Championship.
This weekend’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway is set to deliver an absolutely immense drag racing show across May 2-4, featuring the complete line-up of elite Group One brackets for the first time in the 2024/2025 National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) season.
The final 2024/2025 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship showdown delivered no end of exciting racing and on-track action at Dragway at The Bend across 25-26 April.
Bomber Racing and driver Daniel Grima are gearing up to make their debut in the Pro Stock ranks at the upcoming Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs, set to take place next week at Sydney Dragway. The team will be rolling out their new Chevrolet Camaro, marking a bold new chapter for the experienced outfit.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing could not be more excited about this weekend’s Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway (May 3-4) as the NDRC Australian Top Fuel Championship chase continues.
Wayne Price Racing is set to make a serious impact at next weekend’s Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, riding high after a standout performance at the Riverbend Nationals for round two of the Pro Alcohol NDRC/PDRC Championship.
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