400 Thunder returns to action with Super Thunder
6 April 2022
Final preparations are underway at Willowbank Raceway with only two days to go until the Gulf Western Oil Super Thunder on April 8-9.
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Final preparations are underway at Willowbank Raceway with only two days to go until the Gulf Western Oil Super Thunder on April 8-9.
At this weekend’s EGT ANDRA Grand Finals, 13 national titles will come to an epic conclusion across the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series (SRESS) and the Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC).
After a successful testing program at Sydney Dragway the Aeroflow performance products funny car team will make the first public outing at Willowbank raceways Super Thunder event on April 9th in the Top Fuel Funny Car category.
This weekend’s ANDRA Grand Finals at the Perth Motorplex will bring to a close both the 2021/2022 Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) and Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series (SRESS) over two big days (April 8-9).
PremiAir Racing will be hunting success on both the East and the West Coasts this weekend, with the team’s Supercars outfit heading to the Beaurepaires Melbourne 400 while the Top Fuel dragster competes in the third round of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship in Perth.
Multiple-time Top Fuel Motorcycle champion Chris Matheson is hopeful he will be able to not only “pinch all the jewellery” at this weekend’s Electrical Training Group Drag Racing Grand Final at the Perth Motorplex, but also set a new record in the process.
Rapisarda Autosport International will race at Perth Motorplex for the first time since February 2015 at round three of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship, April 8-9, with drivers Wayne Newby and Damien Harris.
Amidst a long list of exciting championship battles set to go down at the EGT ANDRA Grand Finals at the Perth Motorplex (April 8-9), the Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) Top Doorslammer finale is one of the most hotly anticipated.
The wildest nitro show on earth meets Australia’s favourite horsepower party! Round five of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship slams into the Summernats festival vibe when fire breathing monsters meet the smoke storm tornado of burnout mayhem at Heathcote Park Raceway May 21-22.
Next weekend’s EGT ANDRA Grand Finals at the Perth Motorplex will bring to a close the 2021/2022 Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) and Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series (SRESS) over two big days (April 8-9).
With no more COVID interruptions the boys at Street Machine finally got back on the road with a Drag Challenge event in Victoria. The Street Machine Drag Challenge Weekend takes in Heathcote Park Raceway twice and Mildura’s Sunset Strip over 3 days of hectic travel for racers.
Top Fuel on the eighth mile for the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship was a smash hit for Mildura’s Sunset Strip, capped off with home town legend Phil Lamattina taking the win. Now check out our mega gallery.
Willowbank pulled off a event double header last weekend with round two of the Queensland Drag Racing Championships, and the first round of a three round Eighth Mile Championship Series being run as a tribute to the late John ‘Stomper’ Winterburn.
The weekend’s Twilight Nationals – the penultimate round of the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series – saw no less than three new national records set, all on two wheels.
Popular former Junior Dragster racer Daniel Carranza, well known for his ‘Batdan’ dragster has been very busy licensing a Super Comp dragster in the U.S. in recent days.
Last year’s Sydney Jamboree went down arguably as the best ever, now the 2022 Garrett Sydney Jamboree is bumping into stage and set to launch this weekend at Sydney Dragway aiming for a new PB.
With the Twilight Nationals at Mildura’s Sunset Strip now successfully run and won, the stage is officially set for what is sure to be an epic final battle for championship glory at the upcoming ANDRA Grand Finals event in Perth.
Day one of the 2022 Twilight Nationals at Mildura’s Sunset Strip has hosted three action-packed qualifying rounds in hot conditions on Friday for what is the penultimate round of the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, with one more round to be held Saturday ahead of what is expected to be a thrilling evening of racing.
The annual Day of the Drags event at Sydney Dragway is a cool and relaxed nostalgia skewed event, and great chance to see some classics on the black top.
Super Stock competitor Louis Svingos will be hunting for his maiden ANDRA Christmas Tree Trophy at this weekend’s Twilight Nationals.
Round two of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship headed to the regional city of Mildura with six ground-pounding Top Fuel Dragsters to take on a brand-new challenge – racing their 11,000hp machines over the eighth mile – the first time the shorter distance has been used in championship history.
The Burson Top Fuel Championship round at Mildura’s Sunset Strip was one for the locals – both the capacity crowd that filled the venue, as well as the giant smile of round winner and local gun, Phil Lamattina.
The first appearance of Top Fuel dragsters at Mildura in regional Victoria was a story of speed but no success for Phil Read and the Hydraulink team.
Following his MacTrack Westernationals victory, Top Sportsman racer Alby Bakranich is third in the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series title standings for his bracket and leading the points in the local WA Drag Racing Championship.
A thrilling side-by-side Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship B-Final between PremiAir Hire Racing’s Peter Xiberras and Damien Harris had a packed crowd at Mildura’s Sunset Strip on tenterhooks Sunday evening, with a review of the footage and data required to decide the winner.
Mildura hometown hero Phil Lamattina conquered all on Sunday night, taking out round two of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Champion. The final was a cracker against Wayne Newby, with the Carrot King going to the stripe by the barest of margins, 3.19 to 3.20.
The atmosphere was electric at Mildura’s Sunset Strip, with many of the big crowd experiencing Top Fuel for the first time. Conditions though were challenging for crew chiefs, and there will be some late night head scratching to come up with a tuning combination to battle the unique Mildura track on race day at round two of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship.
A runner-up result at the Westernationals has set up a classic championship fight for John Zappia and the Dananni Hotshots/Tony’s Auto Wreckers Monaro Top Doorslammer.
The BROMOD Camaro now has a sister, with Stew Walsh wetting the appetite of followers after showing off his latest Camaro creation – dubbed Robyn’s Kitchen.
Daniel Gregorini has a first Top Doorslammer national championship in his sights after winning the Westernationals at Perth Motorplex on Sunday.
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