The 2018 Queensland Drag Racing Championships are go with seven rounds scheduled for the season. Here is who won what to kick off their championship chase.

Mark Sheehan is no stranger to the seat of a Top Fuel Dragster or a Nitro Funny Car, but he had a new experience today as he tested the ex-Steve Turner ‘Black Widow’ nitro front engine dragster for the first time.

The Wild Bunch and Nostalgia tag team rolled into South Coast Raceway last weekend setting up a great combination for regional events.

After a grandstand finish to the 2017 ATURA Series, it would be hard to imagine that the 2018 version could be any more exciting – but nothing could be further from the truth. 

Van Dyk Racing says it is extremely thrilled to announce its new marketing partnership with crypto start-up company, PLAAK, in what is believed to be a world-first for drag racing and a first for Australian motorsport across the board.

As the penultimate round of the 2017/2018 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, the Perth Motorplex’s MacTrack Westernationals event (March 3 and 4) is attracting racers from all across the country.

2018 marks the 25th year of racing for Mark Allan in a career that started all the way in back in 1993 as a 9 year old boy racing Junior Dragster.

“Mad” Mark Hinchelwood’s crazy “turbo with an altered attached” is well remembered as he car that set AA/MA national records – well look out, he is coming back with a new car.

John Faraone might run WA plates but sightings of his Valiant Charger on its home soil are rare, especially at the track.

WA’s Streetbuilt Racing has unveiled a cool new radial tyre drag racing weapon to take on the beasts from the east.

Wayne and Lisa Keys have unveiled their brand new Chev Camaro AA/AP and Top Doorslammer out west.

Top Fuel drag racer Rachelle Splatt dropped a surprise today, revealing she has just licensed to drive a jet car.

An Australian company has been quietly proving themselves under the bonnets of some of the world’s quickest four cylinders.A new world record for all wheel drive four cylinders was set in Orlando, Florida last weekend with a billet engine block from SA firm Bullet Race Engineering.

Former Australian Top Bike champion Chris Porter has announced he will be taking a break from the sport after the loss of major sponsor Fraser Motorcycles.

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Frankie ‘The Madman’ Taylor has signed on for more Australian drag racing with Team Bray Racing.

When Darren Nichele took out the Top Sportsman victory at the recent South Coast 660, he achieved a lifelong dream – taking home a ANDRA Christmas Tree.

Very sadly yesterday, popular Queensland Super Street racer and former National Champion Terri Sander lost her long battle with cancer.

Watching a nitro dragster live isn’t for the weak – or the distracted!

Paul Carey is set to begin licensing a new Top Alcohol Altered next month at Perth Motorplex.

Scott MacLean endured a tough Santo’s Summer Thunder event at Sydney Dragway in the fourth round of the 400 Thunder Pro Slammer Championship. The rollercoaster of emotion began before the event, with the team’s private testing on the Wednesday not going to plan thanks to car-damaging tyre shake that left MacLean stunned at its ferocity.

Top Bike rider Adam Layton had a huge weekend at Sydney Dragway during Santo’s Summer Thunder on January 19 and 20.

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It was a fine balancing act for current 400 Thunder Top Bike Champion Chris Matheson at the Santo’s Summer Thunder event at Sydney Dragway.

She’s the quickest woman on the world in two wheels – it’s Sydney’s Niki Zakrzewski and she tells us all about her fast progression in the sport, from mid life crisis to life at over 200mph aboard a nitrous-guzzling Suzuki in issue 29 of Drag News Magazine.