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The final rounds of the 2021/2022 Australian Drag Racing Championship and the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series delivered no shortage of excitement at the Perth Motorplex across April 8/9 at the season-ending EGT ANDRA Grand Finals event.
The Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship and the ANDRA Grand Finals combined for one of Australian drag racing’s strongest events in recent memory at Perth Motorplex.
Once again weather played havoc for the start of day two of the Gulf Western Oil Super Thunder event, and continued off and on for the rest of the afternoon, before the skies cleared and a full action-packed schedule of racing followed.
The first season of the new Australian Drag Racing Championship has come to a crowd-pleasing conclusion at the Perth Motorplex, with Daniel Gregorini and Greg Durack claiming the Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle Championships respectively.
There was no shortage of wide grins at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday evening with the champions of the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series crowned after two big days of racing for the EGT ANDRA Grand Finals.
The spectators were eager, and the racers were ready to put on a show for day one of the Gulf Western Oil Super Thunder, but the weather had another plan, delaying the start to Friday’s racing.
Following the intervention of Mother Nature this evening at the Perth Motorplex, the final day of the 2021/2022 ANDRA Drag Racing Season will be bursting at the seams.
The long-awaited return of championship Top Fuel drag racing to Perth Motorplex was finally realised on Friday night as six drivers made qualifying runs before rain cut short an exciting evening.
The South Coast Drag Racing Association, Wimmera Off Street Drag Racing Club and Beat the Heat (Victoria) have all been successful as part of the latest round of funding for Sport and Recreation Victoria’s Community Motorsport Program.
A testing prelude to Gulf Western Oils Super Thunder at Willowbank Raceway took place on Thursday night as teams got an early look at the track.
With being surrounded by six cylinder Barra engines all day long, Tony Bellert of TBRE Performance has finally decided to go racing with one.
If Martin Mirco can overcome his championship rivals in Super Sedan this weekend at the EGT ANDRA Grand Finals, then he will secure an impressive third straight Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Championship.
The Adam Murrihy-driven Nitro Freak Funny Car has shown off a fresh new look ahead of this weekend’s Super Thunder at Willowbank Raceway.
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.
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