Luke Redman has the Corona you actually want – 1JZ powered!
29 June 2020
Luke Redman’s 1JZ-powered Toyota Corona has been getting some sweet upgrades at ET Chassis and Race Cars.
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Luke Redman’s 1JZ-powered Toyota Corona has been getting some sweet upgrades at ET Chassis and Race Cars.
Michelle and Gareth Davies’ pace in Pro Slammer has been rapidly improving, with the Sydney team rolling out consistent 5.8s and moving ahead as a clear mid-pack threat.
Darryl Stephen is launching Australian Pro Stock’s biggest Ford team yet with a two-car assault on the six second zone, and deservedly takes the cover of Drag News Magazine Issue 48!
Sydney Dragway’s multi-million dollar redevelopment, including the replacement of the existing track surface, has begun.
Queensland’s Leahy family have taken so many cars on to the drag strip that it is difficult to keep up, but Peter Leahy’s new altered is one that looks like it will stick in the mind!
Super Street has launched the careers of many drag racers, providing an accessible entry point to the sport. We want to find out more about what racers think of the class and how it could be grown for the future. We believe more racers in Super Street will benefit the whole sport!
Wayne Price is threatening to be well and truly back at the pointy end of Pro Alcohol with the addition of US supercharged alcohol tuning wizard Darren Mayer to his team for the coming 400 Thunder super season.
Sydney-based Maatouks Racing has returned to the drag strip with a vengeance, claiming a heap of world records in a matter of days with their collection of RB-powered machines.
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Willowbank Raceway is very pleased to announce that under a Queensland Government approved COVID Safe Plan a return to larger testing events will now be able to commence from Saturday 27th June.
Pro Stock debutant, Mario Polito, has announced Western Sydney concreting and excavation firm, JD Concrete, has signed as a major sponsor with the Mario Polito Motorsports Chevrolet Cobalt.
Christine Steffens and Justin Russell are set to face off for the Supercharged Outlaws honours, with both racers on maximum points ahead of the final round of the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series.
The 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Modified Bike title fight is set to be hotly contested at the upcoming ANDRA Grand Final.
The 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Super Sedan title will come down to the wire, with Chris Lioulios and Martin Mirco tied on maximum points ahead of the upcoming ANDRA Grand Final.
Daniel Basukoski’s 1956 Chev has been a rare sight in recent years but a massive rebuild has now been completed and he is ready to go radial tyre drag racing in a (literally) big way.
In an email to racers and fans, Sydney Dragway has officially confirmed the NSW Government is pushing ahead with plans to relocate the speedway from Granville to Eastern Creek, taking over the area next to the dragway’s return road.
Just 15 points separate the top three contenders in the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Competition title ahead of the ANDRA Grand Final.
The defending Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Modified Champion, Adam Mundy, has ensured he is in the best position possible to challenge for back-to-back titles at the upcoming ANDRA Grand Finals.
Last year’s Super Gas Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series championship runner-up, Colin Griffin, is in the box seat to challenge for the outright victory for this year’s title after a dominating season.
With just the ANDRA Grand Final left to be run for the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Super Street battle, a number of racers are in contention for the title.
With just the ANDRA Grand Final left to run, the Competition Bike fight in the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series is anyone’s game with only 30 points between the top five.
Dragway upgrades around the country continue with long awaited racing surface upgrades at Calder Park beginning today.
Sydney Dragway has posted the following information on their plan for major upgrades at the venue with $11 million in NSW Government funding.
The 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series represents Matt Forbes’ first season in the Group Two Super Stock category, and so far, things are going exceptionally well for the Ballarat racer.
After an exceptionally competitive season, no less than four racers are on maximum points in the fight for the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Top Sportsman title.
The Summit Racing Equipment Junior Dragster bracket has been hotly contested across the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series season, with just the ANDRA Grand Final now to be run to determine the ultimate victor.
Despite being closed earlier than usual for its winter break, Perth Motorplex is preparing to come back better than ever before thanks to a host of upgrades to the Western Australian venue.
Drag racing is a sport all about time, and the distance one person might travel given a few seconds of it. On the strip time passes intensely, away from the track it passes with subtlety – yet still no less rapid in our minds. And this is how we end up with people who were toddlers when Sydney Dragway opened, such as Britney Olive, now racing fully fledged drag machines.
Innovation driven through need has been the defining trait of the Sainty family, a team that has near enough to three decades of Top Fuel experience. They wanted to be out there, badly, and with imagination and engineering brilliance they found ways to be on the track that no other active Top Fuel team in the world is capable of, or willing to do.
With no racing on, and everything just a bit quiet, we will look back at some old events in photos. Today we go back to the first major event at Sydney Dragway, then called Western Sydney International Dragway.
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