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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.
We have a bumper issue of Drag News Magazine about to go to the printers – get your pre-order in now and help us through the lockdown!
John Zappia has fired back in the Australian Drag Racing Championship with a Desert Nationals win at Alice Springs Inland Dragway on Sunday.
Western Australia’s Zappia defeated the Northern Territory’s Matt Abel in the final round, 5.853 to 5.960, and took over the lead of the Top Doorslammer points.
The Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series saw old faces and new in the winner’s circle of Alice Springs Inland Dragway as drivers and riders from across Australia claimed victories.
John Zappia has found some redemption at the second round of the Australian Drag Racing Championship, as he takes the qualifying lead into day two of the Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway.
Drag racers from around Australia have staked early claims to top qualifying positions in the second round of the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series.
Cory Read is currently in the middle of a 1500km trip from Darwin to Alice Springs with his Top Sportsman Ford Falcon on a trailer, which actually makes a nice change for the South Australian drag racer.
ANDRA has announced additional dates to the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series calendar.
Alice Springs local Cody Hodgins will make his Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Super Street debut at this weekend’s Desert Nationals.
Driver Daniel Gregorini recovered from a less-than-average showing at Nitro Up North the previous month to emerge victorious at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip.
Top Doorslammers have a reputation for wild handling – something Western Australia’s Kelvin Lyle is all too aware of heading into this weekend’s Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway (July 24/25), which will host round two of the Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) and the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series (SRESS).
The first round of the new Australian Drag Racing Championship will go down in the what-could-have-been category for John Zappia and his Dananni Hotshots/Tony’s Auto Wreckers Monaro Top Doorslammer.
Jim Read Racing’s Bruce Read is familiar with changes in the structure of the sport. He watched his father Jim create the Winfield Top Fuel Series with Kevin Prendergast and Dennis Syrmis in the late eighties, which went on to great heights in the nineties.
Daniel Gregorini placed his name into the record books and claimed the opening Australian Drag Racing Championship round honours with an exciting Top End Nationals victory at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip this evening.
The fight for the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series is officially underway with round one successfully completed at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip this weekend.
The newly launched Australian Drag Racing Championship has burst into life at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip this evening, with Western Australia’s John Zappia leading Top Doorslammer qualifying after three sessions.
Racers from around Australia have put on a show in Darwin as they have attempted to stake their claim for top qualifying honours across the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip’s Top End Nationals this evening, ahead of Saturday’s final qualifying and racing.
Crow Cams Australia has thrown its support behind the Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) by sponsoring the Top Qualifier Award, alongside existing Top Qualifier supporter Decoglaze Glass Splashbacks.
Top Fuel drag racing is heading in a new direction in Australia, with the announcement of a new championship set to embrace more tracks for a truly national series.
The first round of Heathcote Park Raceway’s inaugural VIC/SA Sportsman Series was unfortunately struck down by tricky weather conditions and unable to be run to its completion, but we still have a few photos of the action to show you.
2018 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Supercharged Outlaws Champion and 2019/2020/2021 title runner-up, Justin Russell, is heading to the upcoming Top End Nationals and Desert Nationals events with a focus on fun.
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