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The PDRC and specialist Drag Racing production house Overtaking Lane (OTL) today confirmed that they will be partnering across the 2024-25 PDRC Season to bring live professional drag racing to the masses with a live and free stream of the racing action.
The Pro Drag Racing Championship has been turning heads since the announcement of the Pro Import category, slated to be part of Round One of the PDRC at Sydney Dragway on 15th & 16th November – and thanks to Enviro Waste Services there is an added bonus for racers and fans alike!
Zappia Racing is now ready to deliver the one-two punch on opponents at NDRC Top Doorslammer events with Brodie Zappia fully licensed for competition. Young Brodie was signed off with a 5.881 at 242mph in the MAX Plant Monaro an now will focus debuting at the Goldenstates next month.
Junior Drag Bike racer Lillian Hagan is heading to this weekend’s Harbour City Nationals at Benaraby Dragway (November 2) as a newly crowned 2023/2024 NDRC Aeroflow National Sportsman Champion.
The postponed Street Machine Sportsman Spring Nationals have been run and won at Dragway at The Bend at the weekend, taking to the track as part of The Bend Classic on Saturday October 26.
John Zappia proved once again why he’s a force in Top Doorslammer, piloting his Dananni Hotshots/FUCHS Monaro to a hard-fought B-Final victory at the NDRC Spring Nationals season opener. Celebrating his 45th year of racing, the veteran racer showed that his passion and skill are as strong as ever, fighting his way to crucial early-season points and laying down a performance that sets the stage for an intense championship run.
Lisa Gregorini has earned a world-first Top Doorslammer win, defeating Ronnie Palumbo in the final of the Springnationals at The Bend Motorsports Park.
The whispers, the hints, the social media buzz—it’s all true! The iconic Zap’s Rat is roaring back to life, and at the helm will be Brodie Zappia, ready to make his mark in the world of Top Doorslammer racing.
With a brand-new NDRC Silver Christmas Tree trophy, a PB to his name and some international star power in his corner, Adam Murrihy cannot wait to head to the next round of the NDRC championship for XPRO Nitro Funny Car (Willowbank Raceway, January 10-11).
Perth driver Lisa Gregorini created history over the weekend in The Aeroflow Spring Nationals at Dragway at The Bend by winning the A-Final and becoming the first all-female team to win a blue-ribbon Top Doorslammer event in this country.
It was celebrations all around at Dragway at The Bend on Sunday, 20 October, as the NDRC Aeroflow National Sportsman Champion Christmas Tree trophies were awarded across 12 different brackets.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing has not only won the Aeroflow Spring Nationals – round one of the 2024/2025 NDRC Top Fuel Championship chase – but also Top Qualified at the event with the quickest Top Fuel pass ever set in Australia (3.72 seconds, run at 522.62kph).
Two incredible days of National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) action has come to an epic conclusion at Dragway at The Bend this evening, with the Aeroflow Spring Nationals living up to its record-breaking reputation in front of packed grandstands.
Heart-stopping performances, a near-capacity crowd (15,032) and beautiful weather was the name of the game at Dragway at the Bend today for day one of the Aeroflow Spring Nationals, setting the stage for what is sure to be incredible racing tomorrow (Sunday 20 October).
Daniel and Lisa Gregorini have their Scratch & Match Motorsport team primed for a new Australian Top Doorslammer Championship season.
The opening round of the series takes place at The Bend Motorsport Park this weekend, where a strong field of Top Doorslammers will all aim to get their points chase started in just the right way.
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