Queensland’s Gary Phillips set a new track record en route to number one qualifying position in Top Alcohol on day one of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip.

A second consecutive day of private testing at Sydney Dragway has again delivered blistering performances!

Private testing at Sydney Dragway has produced some killer performances today.

 The touring Kiwi Nostalgia racers headlined the Cruzin’ Magazine Nostalgia drags in a match race billed as the Trans Tasman Challenge. 

Gary Phillips has a stranglehold on the Top Alcohol championship with just two rounds remaining and this weekend at Hidden Valley Drag Strip could see the Lucas Oils Funny Car driver wrap up his 16th title in the category.

Watching unsuspecting members of the public sucking in the nitro fumes of a Top Fuel warm up blissfully unaware they about to have their ear drums assaulted.

  Torential rain has caused extensive damage to the relatively new South Coast Raceway racing surface in Portland, while the extent of the damage will not be know until the rain subsides, the track track has made comment via their Facebook page.

Australia’s quickest current female racer Debbie O’Rourke is hoping her first trip to race at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip in the ANDRA Drag Racing Series goes off without a ‘bang’.

Drag racing will hit Australian prime time screens in a unique way this Thursday when ABC1’s new comedy drama series Upper Middle Bogan begins airing.

  The issue with users not being able to log in to Dragnews and the forum has been resolved, so feel free to log back in and resume posting on the website.

A number of technical inspections will be available in WA ahead of the start of the Perth drag racing season.

Despite being the depths of a wet and wild Perth winter – some significant changes are going on at the Perth Motorplex, including an ongoing program to expand our pit paddock area, which should make competitors participating in the vast array of events next summer, that little bit more comfortable to find the space they need.

  A few little issues with Drag News Australia at present means you can’t log in to the site. We will have this rectified hopefully by Monday.

If you were not aware of the dangers of starting a blown car you will be after viewing these two videos of a crew being run down by at Nitro Nostalgia funny car when the fire up procedure went drastically wrong.

West Australian Nitro Funny Car stalwarts Allan and Cheryl Greene have announced their retirement from the sport effective immediately.