With the Mac Tools US Nationals coming up this weekend in Indianapolis, Australia’s own Rapisarda Racing has been out testing with the Tommy Johnson Jr car.

Phil Parker has been announced as a new member on the ANDRA Board. Parker is the Victoria/Tasmania Division Director and a competitor in the Top Bike category.

NHRA is this year pushing its “Nitro Generation” marketing, but Australia has its own generations of drag racers whose offspring is following on in their passion for the sport – in this case it’s someone more of the “Methanol Generation”.

Aeroflow Performance Products and the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) are proud to announce that Aeroflow will be the new naming rights sponsor for the ANDRA Sportsman Drag Racing Series.

The Quarter Mile Smile is retired from racing but Bob Shepherd may have to change that moniker as Burnout Bob took to Sydney Dragway’s burnout pad last Wednesday night with doughnuts and heli’s in an attempt to fry and shred a set of steel belts.

In his first visit to Darwin in the Northern Territory in twenty one years, former Top Doorslammer Australian champ, Gary Phillips has claimed his first official Slamfest win last Saturday. With a last minute promoters decision to make the event a quarter mile contest as opposed to the traditional Slamfest eighth mile format, the hungry Darwin crowd were keen to see full track racing, and Phillips was quick to make his mark qualifying third.

Becoming a professional driver of Top Fuel cars in the USA is a dream nearly every drag racer would have. For one Australian that dream has been lived out over two decades.

The ANDRA Drag Racing Series will see a new team entering the fray in Top Fuel this season with Peter Xiberras’s Sydney-based PremiAir outfit to make its debut with Luke Shepherd doing the driving duties.

The WA Divisional Tech Inspection Day will be held on the 9th of September at Perth Motorplex. Bookings are essential, so to reserve your spot contact WA Division Director Terry Jongen either at westernaustralia@andra.com.au or SMS to 0424 198 400.

Courtney Force has called on Drag News Australia readers to support her campaign to secure the final spot in the $US100,000 TRAXXAS shoot out to be held at the MAC Tools U.S Nationals on September 2nd.

Perth Motorplex has announced the appointment of Dean Neal as the new Drag Racing Manager. Perth Motorplex General Manager, Kevin Prendergast said, “We have great pleasure in welcoming Dean Neal to our team. The Perth Motorplex Team has worked with Dean on various projects and we have no doubt that he will bring some new and diverse skills to the venue”.

The inaugural Hidden Valley round of the national Slamfest Drag Racing Series was run on the weekend with support from the Territory Government and 7mate and event organisers had their hands full with a myriad of crashes and near misses.

Sixty year old Ian Ham knows a thing or two about drag racing – the father of Top Alcohol competitor Steven Ham, he has been around drag racing for decades and finally stepped into the drivers’ seat himself 10 years ago when he bought himself a Sean Mullins built Modified dragster for his fiftieth birthday.

Drag News and Hidden Valley Drag Strip will bring you all the action from Slamfest via our CiL interactive module. Join us for all the action on Friday August 17th from 7pm central standard time.

Notice is hereby given to the voting members of the Australian National Drag Racing Association Ltd that the 2012 Annual General Meeting will be held at South Sports Club, Queensland on Sunday 28 October 2012, commencing at 11.00am (AEST).