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Willowbank Raceway has announced the replacement event for the lost New Year’s Thunder – the 400 Thunder championship event slated for January – due to COVID-19 restrictions. In its place will be the “New Year’s Shootout”, the venue’s statement on the event reads below:
After a long 8 month break due to COVID-19 and few false starts with the finishing of the brand new all-concrete racing surface at Sydney Dragway, competition race vehicles had their first shot and the new track last weekend.
We will see a tough new look for David Whitmore post-COVID racing break when he rocks back up to Sydney Dragway with the recent resumption of racing.
Daniel Gregorini will be racing at today’s Direct Mining & Industrial Summer Slam after an incredible effort to repair his Camaro Top Doorslammer after a big wall hit just three weeks ago.
Kelvin Lyle is aiming to knock John Zappia off the top of the Direct Mining & Industrial Summer Slam points today at Perth Motorplex, with the Busselton Top Doorslammer driver confident his Ford Mustang is on the verge of great things.
DDM Racing’s Darryl and Daniel Moore will be returning to the Sydney Dragway black top as racing gets underway once again, but now in Modified Altered form.
Amidst all the action of the Perth Motorplex’s second round of its current Summer Slam Series will be a tough field of Nitro Bikes ready to do battle.
As racing resumes at Sydney Dragway, Maatouks Racing as been arming up with new racing weaponry in the down time read for another blitz on drag racing records. Here is a sneak peak.
Four-time CQDRA Junior Dragster Champion Tayla Kelly is leading the way in an incredibly tight 2020 title fight for the Junior Dragster bracket ahead of this weekend’s final round of the season at Benaraby Dragway (28 November).
John Zappia launched his Summer Slam championship defence in strong fashion, winning the opening round of the season on November 7 at Perth Motorplex.
Round two of the Perth Motorplex 2020/2021 sees 12 of the state’s Junior Dragster racers in the hunt for the Anita Board Memorial perpetual trophy.
The continuing uncertainty around state border closures has caused Willowbank Raceway to re-evaluate the viability of conducting a 400 Thunder Championship round in January when we are unsure which interstate competitors will be allowed to attend the event.
Branden Lacey may have only started drag racing this year, but already he is in the box seat for his first title as he is leading the Central Queensland Drag Racing Association (CQDRA) Championship with just one round left to run (Benaraby Dragway, November 28).
Victoria’s Corey Jackson is reaching the final stages of a beautiful Ford Falcon build, a street car he hopes will run sevens on 275 radial tyres.
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Queensland’s Trent Carter has imported some stunning radial tyre hardware, with the ‘Ghetto Sled’ 1969 Chevelle being prepared for action.
Sydney Dragway has announced that the remaining rounds of the 2020 Atura Blacktown NSW Championship Series will be postponed to continue further track works required as part of the overall facilities upgrade commenced in June.
The Summer Slam lived up to its name on Saturday at Perth Motorplex during its opening round of the season.
It has been nearly eight months, but rubber has been laid again once again at Sydney Dragway, with the return of cars on track at a venue shake down Aeroflow Race 4 Real street meet.
The Tamworth Drag Racing Association returned to Gunnedah Airport on October 31 and November 1, 2020 for an eighth-mile event featuring a test and tune and racing.
More adaptable and sharper on the tree – that will be Daniel Gregorini’s mantra this season as he aims to wrest the Direct Mining International Summer Slam championship from arch rival John Zappia, and maybe even the track record.
Wanted: Sainty 5 litre Rover/Buick engine or parts
The last time Mark Chapman raced at the Perth Motorplex, engine damage saw him miss the Top Doorslammer final of the Westernationals. Now, the Mosman Park racer is hoping his return to the track for this weekend’s opening round of the Summer Slam series will bring him better luck.
ANDRA’s Victorian clubs and tracks are set to benefit from Victoria’s first motorsport and motorcycling funding program.
The fourth running of the Shannons Insurance Power Palooza once again delivered a festival of horsepower to Perth motorsport fans, showcasing drag racing, burnouts and speedway in a short and sharp show last Saturday night and serving as a preview of this weekend’s state championship opener at the Motorplex.
TFX Block 3” Mains repaired (requires sleeves and line bore) $1000
4.5” Bryant crank 3” mains some cracks $300
TFX Dragster sump Dan Olsen – needs repair to part of rail $100
KB/Brad Dragster Sump $100 (continues)
South Australia’s drag racing scene is back up and running thanks to the efforts of Whyalla’s Steel City Drag Club, who ran the first round of their Club Championship on Saturday.
If there was a glass half-full perspective of the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is that Sydney Dragway has been able to complete their major government-funded renovations with a lot less interruption, and the venue is almost ready to open once again.
John Zappia’s season launches today at Perth Motorplex as he takes part in match racing at the Shannons Insurance Power Palooza.
IHRA Australia today announced a new bracket called Real Street, which is set to overhaul the entry level of championship drag racing.
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