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A character-building New Year Nitro weekend at Willowbank Raceway has seen PremiAir Racing save the best for last at what was round two of the 2024/2025 NDRC Top Fuel Championship.
In searing hot conditions at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway, Hydraulink Jim Read Racing rang in 2025 and celebrated Australia Day with a B-Final victory at the weekend.
When it came to ways to celebrate Australia Day 2025, Willowbank Raceway was the place to be at the weekend for the latest round of the NDRC championship, featuring 11,000hp/500+kph Top Fuel Dragsters and XPRO Nitro Funny Cars, as well as the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.
Nine 11,000hp/500kmh+ Top Fuel and XPRO Nitro Funny Car racing machines headlined a huge day of NDRC New Year Nitro qualifying action at Willowbank Raceway Saturday, with the stage now set for an epic nitro party to celebrate Australia Day at Queensland’s premier drag racing facility Sunday (26 January).
After a challenging but necessary debut at the 2024 Winternationals, ‘The Pom’ Steve Read is putting that experience behind him and looking forward to a fresh start at Round 2 of the 2025 NDRC New Year Nitro at Willowbank Raceway this January 25–26.
Top Doorslammer continued its Western Swing with NDRC running the bracket’s third championship round as part of the local Perth Motorplex Nitro Slam event. A very healthy 12 doorslammer would fight it out for the first NDRC Gold Christmas Tree of 2025.
Big dollar US style bracket meeting are widely popular across the Pond but have never found any real success in Australia with few venues now willing to take a punt on hosting one. That was until Victoria’s South Coast Raceway stepped up with the help of Shane Wynd to host the inaugural Door Car Wars on Jan 10-11.
It is with regret that due to circumstances outside of the PDRC’s control, the Chaos at the Creek event scheduled for March 21 & 22 will not proceed as part of the PDRC series.
With nine 11,000hp 500kmh+ Top Fuel Dragsters and XPRO Nitro Funny Cars set to headline a huge two-day NDRC show this Saturday and Sunday, Willowbank Raceway is the place to be this Australia Day weekend.
Determined to bounce back from a disappointing Pro Stock final loss at Sydney Dragway, Rob Dekert is more motivated than ever to reclaim his dominance. The defending NDRC Pro Stock Champion sets his sights on South Australia’s Dragway At The Bend on February 8/9 for the next round of the Pro Drag Racing Championship, targeting a record-breaking run.
Russell Taylor delivered a commanding performance at the Slinglift Nitro Slam today, taking top honours in Direct Mining and Industrial Top Doorslammers at the Perth Motorplex. This victory, achieved during Round 3 of the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC), marks a critical milestone in Taylor’s campaign for the championship title and reinforces his status as a top competitor in Top Doorslammer Australia category.
After getting its 2024/2025 NDRC Top Fuel Championship season off to the best possible start, Hydraulink Jim Read Racing are hoping they can open the books on 2025 with similar flair at Willowbank Raceway’s New Year Nitro this weekend (January 10-11).
This Friday and Saturday’s New Year Nitro event at Willowbank Raceway will provide the perfect way to ring in the New Year with two huge days and nights of flame-throwing Top Fuel and XPRO Nitro Funny Car action.
The first NDRC racing of the new year saw a field of no less than 12 Top Doorslammers light up the night for the first time in 2025 at Perth Motorplex’s Nitro Slam on Saturday (January 4).
Celebrating its 50th year, the annual Goldenstates returned with NDRC series rounds for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle for the 2024 edition at the Perth Motorplex.
Two worlds will collide on March 22, 2025 for the first ever double header for Sydney International Speedway (SIS) and Sydney Dragway.
Perth Motorplex’s post-Christmas flame and thunder shows went off again this year in front of a great holiday crowd. Jet dragsters thundered down the quarter and the supercharged action from the Blown Alcohol Allstars delivered five second racing all night long.
Steve Read and Tim McCarthy have reached a mutual agreement that will see Steve take full ownership of the Top Fuel Dragster program. As part of this transition, the team formerly known as Read McCarthy Racing will now be known as Steve Read Racing. Tim McCarthy will dedicate his focus to a full-season campaign with his Valvoline Funny Car, driven by Chris Stipanovich.
The local Perth Top Doorslammer series heats up as Summer Slam delivers Lisa Gregorini’s first home town win, plus Top Fuel Motorcycle and all the Perth Motorplex sportsman classes continue their Track Championship fights.
It has been a long wait to kick start the 2024 edition of the Queensland Drag Racing Championships following extensive upgrades to Willowbank Raceway, but the short-sharp series ran to completion in December encompassing six rounds all up.
Dragway At The Bend hosted the first NDRC Season 2 Championship stop for Top Fuel Motorcycle at the Drag Bike Nationals all bike event, and event that went on to create drag bike history.
The 2024 NSW Track Championship fight is over with all the champions crowned at the Grand Finals. The event was held over two days alongside the PDRC professional series that forms part of the NDRC Championship, unfortunately rain washed out Friday and messed around with the schedule on Saturday, but everyone forged ahead and completed the event in the late evening.
The second NDRC season launched in thunderous style at Dragway At The Bend for the Spring Nationals with a nitro double-header featuring Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car combined with Top Doorslammer to start their chase for the title, as the venue showed its teeth as a record eater.
PremiAir Racing will head to its first competitive outing of the 2024/2025 NDRC Top Fuel season in less than four weeks buoyed by yet another successful test session completed at its home track of Willowbank Raceway last weekend – the venue for the upcoming New Year Nitro event across January 10-11.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to announce that quarter-mile drag racing is returning to the menu at Swan Hill, with not-for-profit Skid City Inc. officially signing on to revitalise the Swan Hill Dragway facility.
For a few heart-pounding seconds, the Dananni Hotshots/FUCHS Monaro looked unstoppable in the A Final of the Summer Slam on Saturday, December 7th at Perth Motorplex.
Lisa Gregorini’s remarkable start to the 2024/25 season has continued with her first home track win at Perth Motorplex on Saturday night.
Lisa defeated WA Top Doorslammer veteran John Zappia in a thrilling final round with a 5.742 pass from her supercharged Camaro. The victory was her second in two months, following her breakthrough triumph at the Springnationals at The Bend Motorsports Park in October, and gave Lisa the lead in the WA Top Doorslammer Championship.
Much more favourable weather conditions greeted the ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship racers on day two of the South Coast Nationals today at South Coast Raceway. The seaside track came alive on Sunday, 8 December, for a full day of racing to see who would take home ANDRA Christmas Trees.
Early morning showers couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm at the South Coast Nationals, with qualifying for round four of the ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship now complete ahead of a full day of racing on Sunday. Racers lined up after a rain-delayed start to qualifying sessions and quickly got to work to set the stage for racing at South Coast Raceway (Sunday, 8 December).
Unleash the KRAKEN! Simon O’Carroll is extinguishing the candles for now to be blown with this stunning Camaro while still on the radial small tyre. O’Carroll will be chasing 3 second ETs at the Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series in Outlaw 275.
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