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After a three year hiatus from the sport allowing Pro Alcohol racer Darren Fry to work on growing his fabrication business – the Dazza’s Steel Fab race team is ready to debut a whole new look.
Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder has roared into life at Sydney Dragway as the venue celebrated it’s re-opening after a 14-month championship break from professional level racing.
The popular Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series has turned into a real radial racing showcase in Australia and each event out does the previous in improvements and innovations as the scene head on a steep upward trajectory. Testimony to this is amount of investment dollars being thrown into the scene to compete by racers right now, with some phenomenal machinery now on track and coming in the future
It has been rough time post-COVID for the return of the Queensland Drag Racing Championship at Willowbank Raceway. Rain has washed out two of the three rounds including the last which barely started eliminations before the dreaded wet stuff fell on the venue.
A Pro Extreme and Pro Stock exhibition featured at Sydney Dragway’s revamped 2021 Atura NSW Championship Series as sportsman racers racked up early points for their respective track championship brackets.
Drag racing has finally returned to the Top End post-COVID after an 18 month break with the running of the first round of the track championship.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to announce that the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association (SDRA) has been awarded a $500,000 grant as part of the Victorian Government’s Community Motorsport Program.
A stunning Pro Stock Dodge Dart is sure to set Mopar hearts a-flutter on the cover of Drag News Magazine 55!
Racers at Sydney Dragway are set for their best performances with resurfacing works officially opened last Wednesday.
Mildura’s Sunset Strip hosted an action packed Easter Supercharged Shootout over the Easter weekend with more than 140 competitors and in excess of 2,000 spectators attending the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association event.
They rumbled in, they drifted, they showed and shone, they burnt out and they dragged the streets of Rockhampton.
In a major step up from his 13B Starlet, PAC Performance have unveiled Mario Rehayem’s new Mazda3 set for Factory Xtreme action.
John Zappia has successfully defended his Direct Mining & Industrial Summer Slam championship after wrapping up the title on Saturday at Perth Motorplex.
After the first planned round for the Atura NSW Championship post-COVID was cancelled due to weather, the series finally kicked off in front of a big crowd with the addition of the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car show.
Steve Aldridge stamped his credentials as a possible contender for the Direct Mining & Industrial Summer Slam championship next season with a stunning win at Perth Motorplex on Saturday night.
The Direct Mining & Industrial Summer Slam reaches its dramatic Grand Final today at Perth Motorplex, with the road to the championship spiced up by 50% bonus points.
The inaugural BME WA Nitro Championship is now in the books, with Perth Motorplex fans having been treated to a spectacular series of nitro racing.
Nitro is the enigmatic fuel of top drag racers, where copious amounts of horsepower can be found – so long as you can keep it under control.
Rookie drag racer Kasey McClure is looking to make her name in the WA Modified championship at this Saturday’s WA Drag Racing Grand Finals after a stunning first season in her 270kmh dragster.
The Unique Racing team are have used the COVID period to update a number of things on the Rob Dekert driven Pro Stock Pontiac GXP which includes a fresh look and a new engine for 2021.
In a testimony to the new Sydney Dragway racing surface and track prep, a private track hire has shaken up the record books with some killer ETs.
The planned debut of Australian Pro Stock Championship points frontrunner Wayne Daley’s new Diamond T Custom Toolboxes Dodge Dart has been delayed by the unfortunate COVID lockdown enforced cancellation of Willowbank Raceway’s Apex Epoxy Flooring Super Thunder this weekend.
The Sunraysia Drag Racing Association’s Easter Supercharged Shootout on Saturday April 3 will feature a host of impressive competitors and their head-turning supercharged machines, including that of long-time racer, Milan Dokic.
Following the announcement by the Queensland Government of a mandatory 3-day lockdown for greater Brisbane, which includes the Ipswich region, unfortunately 400 Thunder had have no option but to immediately cancel event scheduled for this Friday & Saturday April 2-36 2021, in order to keep fans and racers safe.
Approximately 500 drag racers have entered for this weekend’s Rockynats event which will feature eighth mile street racing at the eastern end of Rockhampton’s Quay Street.
The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars made a long awaited return to competition at Sydney Dragway on March 27, with elapsed times and speeds that could only be described as phenomenal.
When it comes to horsepower, Gas Racing wants to give just as much potential to their customers as to their own cars. That was proven in a test session recently at Sydney Dragway, where Frank Tarabay became the quickest Australian Factory Extreme drag racer in history with a stunning 5.959/234.17mph run in his Toyota Scion.
Dennis Moreau’s stunning ’37 Ford coupe set a bench mark in drag car quality and presentation. Sadly Dennis passed away suddenly in 2011, however his legacy is about to live on at the track with son Sam.
The Day of the Drags event at Sydney Dragway has been cursed by weather more often than not, but some how dodged Sydney’s many wet weather events this year to put on a great day of old school action.
Dave ‘Quickdraw’ McGaw has dropped us a line that he will be returning to Supercharged Outlaws after his horrendous crash in 2019.
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