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Race day for the Sydney round of the 2022 Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series backed up the insane performances from testing, and then some. Across the event, radial records were belted over and over from the the very first pass of the day.
Baker got his 2022/2023 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series season off to a strong start with a first-round win at the Alice Springs Inland Dragway’s Desert Nationals across July 23 and 24.
In early 2023 we will see Australia’s newest drag strip come to fruition at The Bend Motorsport Park in Tailem Bend, South Australia, and the anticipation is building quickly, not only for South Australian’s who have been without professional level drag racing for a number years, but the boost it will give drag racing in Australia as a whole.
Following a Special General Meeting, the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) wishes to announce that Mark Hunt has been named as the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Supercharged Outlaws Champion.
Following the recent sale of the IHRA in the U.S.A from IRG Sports + Entertainment (IRGSE) to race car fabricator Larry Jeffers, the Australian and New Zealand arm of the sanctioning body has been purchased locally by Australian Drag Racing League, owned by current IHRA Manager Director Maurice Allen.
Wheelstands and three second passes! Radial racing goes insane at Sydney Dragway ahead of tomorrow’s race day for the Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series.
It has been a long time coming, but the Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series is back at Sydney Dragway this weekend. But as a preview we have two days of testing ahead of the event, and here is some of the action from day one.
In exciting news, Australia’s Pro Stock racers will joined the Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) alongside Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle, running at select Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship events around the country.
This weekend Modified racer Fiona Crisp will join an exclusive list of Australian racers who have competed in the NHRA. Fiona will be driving the Randy Meyer Racing A/Fuel Top Alcohol Dragster in the Division 5 Lucas Oil Regional Series event at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kansas.
The new ANDRA Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series came to launched in the Top End at Hidden Valley Raceway, check out some imagery courtesy of Craig Radcliffe Photography.
Following a big day of Desert Nationals racing for round two of the 2022/2023 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, there was no shortage of smiling faces at Alice Springs Inland Dragway.
Day one of the Desert Nationals – round two of the 2022/2023 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series – has lit up Alice Springs Inland Dragway today with impressive qualifying performances delivered by more than 80 racers.
Tommy Turic has immediately impressed upon stepping up from Summit Racing Equipment Junior Dragster, taking out the Super Street ANDRA Christmas Tree trophy in his very first Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series event in the senior ranks.
Alice Springs’ newest Junior Dragster racer, Annalyse Mowry, is excitedly looking forward to this weekend’s Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway where she will make her racing debut.
The first ANDRA Christmas Tree trophies for the 2022/2023 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series season have been hoisted at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip this evening, following the conclusion of the season-opening Top End Nationals event.
The new 2022/2023 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series season has burst into life at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip, with the first qualifying passes of the Top End Nationals event completed.
It was Kawasaki consistency that earnt Victorian Rob Cassar an early leg up in the new Top Fuel Motorcycle ADRC championship season, with a win at Nitro Up North.
Competing in a field of superstar names within the doorslammer ranks, it can be forgiven that Geoff Gradden’s achievements could go unheralded.
Pete Kirkpatrick is hoping a recent victory at Nitro Up North combined with growing confidence in the new set-up he has on board his impressive Holden one tonner will propel him to success at this weekend’s Top End Nationals.
NT local Allan Henry is looking forward to taking on the interstate visitors at the Top End Nationals next weekend, as he seeks to secure back-to-back ANDRA Christmas Trees in Modified Bike.
At the recent Winternationals, Justin Walshe announced he would be joining the Top Fuel Funny Car ranks in the third of the Aeroflow Performance nitro machines.
From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, the 2022 Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship delivered it all for Hydraulink Jim Read Racing.
The first event of the brand new Australian Top Doorslammer Championship saw racing taking place in front of tens of thousands of spectators, as a cooperative effort with the Australian Top Fuel Championship, Supercars and Australian Superbikes delivered a motorsports festival unlike any other.
John Zappia and his Dananni Hotshots/Tony’s Auto Wreckers Monaro Top Doorslammer have continued their exploration of new driveline technology in a mixed opening round of the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship.
The Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship reached its epic conclusion at Hidden Valley combining with a mega-motorsport event with the Supercars to showcase the sport.
Daniel and Lisa Gregorini didn’t start the new Australian Top Doorslammer Championship in the way they would like following a tough opening event at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip.
The new 2022/2023 Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) seasons for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle got off to a cracking start recently at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip and plans are already well advanced for what is sure to be a thrilling round two in Alice Springs in September.
Aeroflow Performance Products, the leader in aftermarket performance products, has signed a multi-year agreement to become the naming rights partner for the 400 Thunder Drag Racing Series.
The racing Gods delivered pristine racing conditions for the 54th running of the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway with a cracking four days of action. With COVID interference now behind the sport, it has been three years since the Winternationals could run without constraints, the 400 Thunder racers stepped up, eager to put on a show, and make up for the past two years of virtual racing isolation, and spectators turned up in great numbers.
Lamattina Top Fuel Racing’s final round of the inaugural Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship concluded with Darwin’s Nitro Up North event at Hidden Valley Dragstrip.
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