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The Hidden Valley Drag Racing Association will host the final round of its 2021 Club Championship at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip this Saturday (25 September).
This weekend will host the fifth round of the 2021 Central Queensland Drag Racing Association (CQDRA) Club Championship at Benaraby Dragway on Saturday September 25.
Lamattina Top Fuel Racing will be taking a two-pronged attack in the newly announced Australian Top Fuel Championship.
There is nothing better to beat the COVID-19 blues than a shot of nitromethane.
Round one of the 2021/2022 Whyalla Steel City Drags Club Championship got off to a successful start on Saturday 11 September.
The 2021 Red CentreNATS has been lauded as a huge success, with a record-breaking number of cars competing in events across the three-day festival
The popular South-East Queensland regional track had recently received government funding for some extensive upgrades including expanding the venue to the full quarter mile racing distance.
Jim Read Racing is proud to announce that Valvoline will be partnering with the team and increasing their support as an associate sponsor for the new Australian Top Fuel Championship.
The results of round two of the Victorian Government’s Community Motorsport Program funding have been released, with two ANDRA clubs featuring on the list of entities which have successfully secured funding.
Over the weekend Willowbank Raceway, racers and fans paid tribute to the late Queensland drag racing identity John ‘Stomper’ Winterburn with a fun filled festival like day at the venue.
With the NSW Premier promising a some-what return to normal life once the state reaches its vaccination targets, Sydney Dragway which has been out of action for the majority of close to he last two years has announced its 2022 return to racing calendar.
The future is bright for Australia’s Ultimate Festival of Wheels, Red CentreNATS, with Northern Territory Major Events Company (NTMEC) securing another four-year agreement with event partner Summernats.
Springmount Raceway recently held their inaugural Grudge Masters to spice up racing with a different style of event for the Far North Queensland venue. With plenty of cash on offer, racers had a chance to go head to head in a grudge-style event on a pro tree.
The Northern Territory’s Chris Moore is enjoying his first season of racing and after a number of event wins plus a national runner-up result at the Top End Nationals in July, now has his eyes on the Red CentreNATS.
Willowbank Raceway bagged round four of the Queensland Drag Racing Championship pleasantly without the interruptions from weather and COVID matters as the series reaches the half way point.
The ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks and subsequent border closures around the country have regretfully forced the cancellation of both September’s Sunset Strip Nationals and the Adelaide International Raceway event which was scheduled for October 2-3.
Todd Knight came oh so close to victory at his first Red CentreNATS in 2019 and is now preparing to fight for what he hopes will be his breakthrough event victory at the 2021 instalment across September 3-5 in Alice Springs
There’s a lot of advice on how to go fast out there – the problem is knowing which advice to take. It’s a lesson Tony Webb has had to learn the hard way.
The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars series is set to descend on the Perth Motorplex for a spectacular show in January of 2022.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) and the Central Queensland Drag Racing Association (CQDRA) regret to confirm that current border closures in the wake of COVID-19 outbreaks around the country have forced the cancellation of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series double-header that was scheduled to be held at Benaraby Dragway across August 28 and 29.
Australia’s Top Fuel teams have today announced the new Australian Top Fuel Championship calendar. The new national series includes two races in Victoria, a round in Western Australia, two races in Sydney and a mystery Grand Final round.
With much of the country struggling to negotiate lockdowns to hold drag racing right now, Hidden Valley bagged their NT Titles event which made up round three of the local track championship.
NSW’s Pete Glass has swapped his weapon of choice for Supercharged duties with a blown Camaro doorslammer now sitting in his shed.
After some teasing, Race Parts Melbourne have unveiled their latest radial warfare weapon, transforming the former Wayne Keys blown Top Doorslammer into a twin turbo monster ready to take on the best in the Australian radial tyre scene.
The latest round of the Queensland Drag Racing Championships at Willowbank Raceway was effectively a rescheduled round of the wash out in round two. With perfect weather on offer, it looked like a perfect day’s racing was ahead, that was until the Queensland Government dropped a COVID-19 related bomb on the event, announcing a strict lockdown would be enforced from 4pm that afternoon.
Daniel Gregorini followed up his Top End Nationals Top Doorslammer win with a B Final victory at the Desert Nationals in Alice Springs on Sunday.
When Top Sportsman racer Leon Davies arrived at Alice Springs Inland Dragway he was smiling as much as any other Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series competitor, but little did he know what was to come.
Matt Abel was left to consider what might have been after a minor gremlin robbed him of valuable hundredths of a second in the Top Doorslammer final at the Desert Nationals on Sunday.
The hugely popular Red CentreNats is back on this year in Alice Springs (3-5 September) and the drag racing Heavy Hitters will go heads up to fight for over $37000 in cash and prizes.
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