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Jim Read Racing would like to thank its fans and the drag racing community at large for the outpouring of support it has received since the incident which occurred at Sydney Dragway on Saturday evening.
Cold conditions and incidents played havoc with race day for the 2022 edition of the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway.
Peter Xiberras and the PremiAir Hire Top Fuel Dragster raced through for a new Sydney track record at the weekend, resetting both the ET and MPH markers to an incredible 3.768 seconds and 513.98 kilometres per hour respectively.
The Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship will make history next season, visiting every Australian state and territory with a national level drag strip for the first time.
In a sensational evening of Top Fuel qualifying, the Atlantic Oils/Rapisarda Autosports International dragsters of Damien Harris and Wayne Newby stormed their way to the top the qualifying sheets in record time during round 4 of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship at Sydney Dragway’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs event.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing has its eye on another hometown win at Sydney Dragway this weekend (May 6/7), when its home track will light up for round four of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship.
Despite some less than favourable weather predictions, round three of the the Speed Adict Clothing NSW Championship Series at Sydney Dragway didn’t suffer the same fate as round two, in fact the conditions turned out perfect for some tough sportsman bracket racing.
As the Top Fuel teams head into this weekend’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship sits delicately poised at the midway point of the series. Such is the evenness of the competition, all three rounds to date have resulted in three different winners.
The 2022 Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series is now in full swing with a big field from the radial tyre army taking on round two of the series, and their first point scoring opportunity now there are no border restrictions.
Peter Xiberras is hoping to continue the recent trend of Burson Auto Parts Top Fuel Australia Championship competitors winning at their home rounds when the championship chase heads to Sydney Dragway this weekend for the Nitro Champs (May 6/7).
The popular Atlantic Oils Easter Supercharged Shootout returned in spectacular style to Mildura’s Sunset Strip after COVID wreaked havoc over the past few years. But the regional City of Mildura welcomed back their Easter Powersports weekend events by the people in their thousands once again.
Blowers to the front! Wade Wagstaff laid down a Outlaw Radial record 3.68/204MPH in his ’57 Chev in testing. While the Small Tyre Shootout for $5k was stopped by rain at the semi final stage.
As the action ramps up, here are the video highlights and gallery from day two of testing ahead of this weekend Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series event.
At the recent EGT ANDRA Grand Finals event at the Perth Motorplex, which marked round three of the Burson Auto Parts Top Fuel Australia Championship – Damien Harris raced through not only for the event victory, but also new ANDRA ET and Speed records over the 1000ft distance.
The Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series event is not until Saturday at Willowbank Raceway, but we have 3 days of testing to moisten the appetite, and already a World Record has fallen.
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