What’s on this weekend at drag strips around Australia
30 October 2020
It’s a surprisingly busy drag racing weekend coming up, with tracks around the country putting on events – why not get out there and support them?
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It’s a surprisingly busy drag racing weekend coming up, with tracks around the country putting on events – why not get out there and support them?
At the Tamworth Drag Racing Association’s Gunnedah Airport event this weekend (October 31/November 1), 28-year-old Ash Phillips will be steering her father Mark Phillips’ beloved four-door LH Torana.
Born and bred in Tamworth, second-generation hot rodder Alissa Munn switched her 1928 Model A Ford Tudor hot rod for a SSV VE Commodore drag racing machine two years ago and has never looked back.
This weekend’s opening round of the Whyalla Steel City Drag Racing Club Championship will host not only the first competitive passes of the season for the club, but also the debut of Peter O’Connell’s new drag racing machine.
Following the successful completion of a nine-year build, Paul and Kylie Langley will be debuting their new LH Torana race car at Whyalla’s Steel City Raceway this weekend.
More new machines have broken cover at Perth Motorplex in the final open test and tune before the season proper begins.
Most race teams head to the track with one goal in mind – winning – but when Wayne Keys and Keys Family Motorsport appear at Perth Motorplex for the Shannons Insurance Power Palooza this Saturday, they go in aiming to make a whole bunch of new people interested in drag racing too.
Drag News Magazine 51 is ready to fire you up for the return of drag racing to Australia with a diverse range of supercharged stories from across the sport.
Supercharged Outlaws racer Jodie Mellitt cannot wait to get on track for the Perth Motorplex’s Shannons Insurance PowerPalooza event on Saturday October 31.
When the Perth Motorplex hosts its season-opening Shannons Insurance Power Palooza event on Saturday October 31, Oakford brothers Brock and Cooper Moresby will be ready to do battle in the Junior Dragster bracket.
We honestly have very little idea about what is going down, suffice to say it involves about half a dozen two-stroke motorcycles and a drag strip.
The Queensland Drag Racing Championships saw their penultimate round take place at Willowbank Raceway on October 17, 2020.
400 Thunder has issued the following update to the status of the 400 Thunder Drag Racing Series due to the effect of the COVID-19 restrictions.
Summit Racing Equipment has renewed its support for ANDRA drag racing, throwing its backing behind what can now be confirmed as a mammoth extended 2019/2020/2021 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series season complete with a record prize pool.
Rockhampton’s Kym McLaughlin is only in her first full season of drag racing but is already in the box seat for Benaraby Dragway’s Central Queensland Drag Racing Association (CQDRA) Track Championship in the Street bracket with just two rounds remaining on its calendar.
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