John Zappia and the Fuchs/Dananni Hotshots Pro Slammer team have begun the 2018/19 400 Thunder season in the strongest way possible, taking home the win from Nitro Up North at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip.

Jeremy ‘Jet’ Martin has won the $50,000 on offer at Grudge Kings – the largest winner’s purse in Australian drag racing history.

Round one of the 2018/19 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, Nitro Up North, has concluded in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip.

John Zappia has gained some early revenge against Paul Mouhayet in the 2018/19 400 Thunder Pro Slammer season with victory in the opening round of the series at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip, while Jay Upton won his first event in well over half a decade by defeating Chris Matheson.

The 2018/2019 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series has gotten off to a great start at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip this evening, with another full day of Nitro Up North racing action still to come.

The Summit Sportsman Series 2018/19 season has launched, with round one underway as part of Nitro Up North at Hidden Valley Drag Strip.

Newly crowned Pro Slammer champion Paul Mouhayet set a new track record at Hidden Valley Drag Strip in testing today ahead of the opening day of competition for the 2018/19 Pro Slammer season.

In 1997 Jay Upton surprised the drag racing world by announcing his return to Top Fuel Motorcycle racing, leaving many race fans and fellow racers jaws on the floor with his radically designed Top Fuel Motorcycle.

A new 400 Thunder season is set to explode with the running of Nitro Up North at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Dragway this Friday and Saturday, July 13-14.

John Zappia and Zappia Racing Promotions would like to welcome Parry Bitsikas and Billy from Muscle Car Warehouse as a major sponsor for the 2018/2019 Australian Drag Racing season.

After delivering some of the toughest race cars in the country SCF Racecars’ Craig Burns has now delivered his own in time for Grudge Kings.

Six race cars and twenty drag racing enthusiasts will arrive in Darwin today for this weekend’s Nitro Up North event (July 13/14) at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip as part of a month-long road trip which started in Tamworth earlier this month.

Emilio and Adamo Spinozzi are taking the Speedmaster Chevelle Pro Slammer to the Northern Territory for the first time and can’t wait for the experience of competing at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip.

With Grudge Kings at Sydney Dragway only a few days away, testing has been ferocious with a number of world records smashed.

When the US Army announced they would no longer be sponsoring Don Schumacher Racing after 18 years with the team, there was a surprising amount of negativity from punters.

Frankie Taylor is preparing for the last hurrah of his current Down Under tour with Team Bray Racing, the upcoming ‘Northern Swing’ starting this weekend at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip.

After bringing home a pair of trophies from last year’s ‘northern swing’, South Australian Sergio Bonetti is hoping for more success at the 2018 instalments of the Nitro Up North and Desert Nationals events.

400 Thunder has announced an initial seven event Professional category 400 Thunder championship calendar for the coming 2018-2019 racing season but has signalled extra events are likely to be added.

After taking out the Nitro Up North Super Street honours in both 2016 and 2017, Darwin racer Tim Bryan is hoping to bring home a three-peat when the event hits the Hidden Valley Drag Strip next weekend.

400 Thunder have release their calendar for upcoming 2018/2019 Sportsman Series. 

Rod Harvey will officially debut his new Rick Jones-built Toyota Camry race car at the upcoming Brisbane Jamboree at Willowbank Raceway.

Round three of the HVDRA Track Championship Series saw a hefty increase in competitor and spectator numbers and also the return of the Smoke Show Burnout Comp for the first time this season to close out the night.

The Palmyra Drag Racing Club played host to a successful running of round two of the 2018 Summit Racing Queensland Championships on the weekend.

Mike Bailey did the double at the 2018 Gulf Western Oil Winternationals by winning the event and the 400 Thunder championship in Competition Eliminator.

Collin Willshire in the Jett Racing Eclipse has just smashed both ends of the Four Cylinder World Record in testing at Willowbank Raceway.

Fresh off his dominating performance at the season-ending Gulf Western Oil Winternationals, Chris Matheson is ready to turn up the heat on his 5 x Championship-winning “Nitro Voodoo” Top Bike, and kick-start a possible sixth title at Hidden Valley’s Nitro Up North event.

After taking out the Super Street Summit Racing Queensland Championship in 2017, Richard Dawe is hoping to continue what has so far been a strong title defence this weekend at Palmyra Dragway.

The WA State Government will continue to run Perth Motorplex for the next 12 months as it seeks a permanent operator to take on the facility.