WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL CALLING
Only three weeks remain until the inaugural Western Conference champions for the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship will be crowned at Dragway at The Bend’s Riverbend Nationals on April 6 and 7.
Only three weeks remain until the inaugural Western Conference champions for the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship will be crowned at Dragway at The Bend’s Riverbend Nationals on April 6 and 7.
Defending champions Rapisarda Autosport International have been the ones to beat in the NDRC Top Fuel Championship of late, but a horror Westernationals Sunday now sees the team racing against time to get both of its drivers back on-track for the upcoming Riverbend Nationals at Dragway at The Bend (April 6-7).
The tough as nails NSW Championship Series has launched for 2024 with a strong roll up of racers for round one. Despite some rain slowing things up, the event was finished on time with racers fighting to take early points to begin their track championship campaigns.
The inaugural Dragway At The Bend track championship continues to roll on with round three completed recently. It was another fine day of racing so check out the results and gallery of all the action here.
Warwick Dragway launched their quarter mile drag racing scene in spectacular style over the weekend, the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars delivered a fantastic show as they always do alongside an army of other eager racers keen to test the brand new racing surface.
The latest NDRC Christmas Tree trophy winners have been celebrated at Mildura’s Sunset Strip at the weekend following a fantastic Ken Scroop Memorial event which featured plenty of incredible performances from more than 120 Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship competitors despite soaring temperatures.
Day one of the Ken Scroop Memorial at Mildura’s Sunset Strip saw impressive on-track performances match the soaring temperatures as the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship competitors sought to put their best foot forward ahead of Sunday’s eliminations racing.
Lamattina Top Fuel Racing secured their best result of the season with a runner-up finish at the 53rd annual Westernationals in Perth. The steady improvement in performance from the team over the season has seen Phil Lamattina now bolt to second place in the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) for Top Fuel.
NDRC Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship Western Conference Junior Dragster points leader Cooper Plummer took out his second event win of the season and his first Gold Christmas Tree at the Westernationals at the weekend and is now hoping to secure his third tree at this weekend’s Ken Scroop Memorial (March 9/10).
John Zappia showed just why his Dananni Hotshots/Fuchs Lubricants Monaro Top Doorslammer is one of the most successful cars in Australian drag racing with a wire-to-wire performance at the 53rd annual Westernationals.
Renmark (SA) racer Dale Tucker will be doing all he can to continue what has been a highly successful NDRC season to date at his home track’s Ken Scroop Memorial event this weekend.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing has broken through for the Westernationals double at the Perth Motorplex at the weekend, backing up their 2023 victory at the event over Peter Xiberras with a 2024 win over Phil Lamattina.
The two days and nights of the 53rd annual MacTrack Westernationals saw more than 180 Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship competitors deliver pass after pass of enthralling action for a packed house at the Perth Motorplex at the weekend.
Eleven three second passes, three side-by-side, four of those at more than 500kph including two at more than 510kph – Top Fuel well and truly put on a show for a packed house at the Perth Motorplex across the 53rd MacTrack Westernationals as part of the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) this weekend.
A blistering 500kmh pass by Top Fuel’s Wayne Newby headlined an awesome day one of the MacTrack Westernationals, with Top Fuel, Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle and the Aeroflow National Sportsman Series delighting a packed crowd of nearly 9,000 at the Perth Motorplex today.
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