Top Fuel drag racer Phil Lamattina knows what it is like to be an Australian champion and one of the fastest men in the country, but it is watching his son grow into a racer in his own right that is making him proudest.

At just 24 years of age Lachlan Ireland is in prime position to take his first drag racing championship, an achievement many of his older rivals have been seeking for years.

The penultimate round of the Willowbank Raceway track championship took place under clear blue skies on May 19.

  With the Winter Nationals just around the corner Victorian Darren Parker is getting his Jerry Haas Pontiac GXP prepared for the long haul from Melbourne to Willowbank Raceway in Queensland.

Kirsten Tucker, the sister of Pro Stock championship contender Shane Tucker, will make her professional drag racing debut at the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway on June 8-11.

The tight competition of the Pro Stock drag racing category continues to ramp up with teams calling in reinforcements ahead of the Fuchs Winternationals.

Round two of the Track Championship Series was a repeat performance for Grant Rowe as he secured his second consecutive win of the season at Hidden Valley Drag Strip on Saturday night.

Cory McClenathan’s Topeka campaign for Rapisarda Racing ended with a first round loss to number three qualifier Antron Brown.

  A STRONG pass of 3.91/309 mph has catapulted Rapisarda Racing into the 16 th spot after the final day of qualifying for the Dollar General Summernationals at Topeka, Kansas.  

Cory McClenathan and Rapisarda Racing occupies15 th spot after two runs on day one of qualifying at the Dollar General NHRA Summernationals at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kansas.

Rapisarda Racing is set to return to the NHRA Full Throttle Championship at the Dollar General Summernationals at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kansas this weekend. Tuning duties on the car again will in the hands of Santo Rapisarda Junior with noted NHRA tuner Lee Beard on hand to provide further support.  

Adam Marchant and the Marchant Family Racing Team didn’t get their Nitro Champs campaign off to the most auspicious of starts but recovered to set a new national record in the end.

Rumour has it that one of Australia’s most successful Group 3 race cars will be seen in the for sale columns in the very near future as a roller.

Many people would know Jamie Robertson as a regular on the Thursday night chat on Dragnews but now he is taking the big step from keyboard warrior to a seeing how the other half live by becoming a racer.

Claiming a new national speed record in Top Alcohol Funny Car was just the icing on the cake for Gary Phillips after his Sydney Nitro Champs campaign netted the fifteen time champion a finals berth along with quickest elapsed time (5.471) and top speed (261.07mph) bonus points for the meeting.