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Penrith drag racer Geoff Gradden is upping the power in his machine as he prepares to take on the nation’s best in the ANDRA Pro Series at Sydney Dragway on March 24 and 25.

Toowomba drag racer Denis Whiting could achieve a significant milestone, being the first Pro Stock car into the six second zone for the quarter mile, when the ANDRA Pro Series hits Sydney Dragway on March 24 and 25.

Australian innovation could soon be leading the way in the ANDRA Pro Series’ Pro Stock division with Queensland’s Tremayne family developing better ways of making the horsepower needed in the tightest category in Australian motorsport.

Willowbank Raceway and FUCHS Lubricants are excited to announce the leading lubricants company as the naming rights sponsor of the greatest spectacle in drag racing – the Winternationals.

Perth drag racer, Robin Judd fell just two-hundredths of a second shy of winning last weekend’s (March 3-4) 41st annual Westernationals and taking the Australian Top Doorslammer championship lead at Perth Motorplex, Kwinana Beach.

The FUCHS Lamattina Top Fuel Racing dragster is set to debut an amazing new cylinder head configuration, manufactured in Australia as a joint collaboration between Noonan Race Engineering and Advanced Performance Machining.

It’s no secret that Victor Bray has not enjoyed the same form in recent seasons as he did through his terrifying reign in the nineties.

Australian Top Doorslammer Champion John Zappia won a hard fought Westernationals on the weekend in Perth Western Australia in the Fuchs Lubricants / Procomp Electronics Monaro to further his recent winning ways and jump to the top of the 2012 ANDRA Pro Series Championship ladder.

While most other parts of Australia are suffering from constant rain, yet another drag car is heading North to make a new home at Hidden Valley Drag Strip, last month it was a new Top Alcohol Funny Car leaving the US destined for the shed of Jay Henning, this time it’s a Chevy Camaro recently purchased by Troy Wittwer.

The management of Heathcote Park Raceway are set for another massive day on their new track, with a field of Supercharged Outlaws heading up the Revhead Rubberfest this Sunday.

John Zappia seized the lead in the ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer championship on Sunday with a close win over Robin Judd at Perth Motorplex.

This weekend’s upcoming Westernationals may play an early-season role in 2013 with ANDRA today confirming that it will be moving to a calendar year season.