Alice Springs drag racer Daniel Hodgins has a Dodge Challenger Funny Car in the build
23 July 2020
Alice Springs will soon have a very cool nostalgia Funny Car in its ranks soon thanks to local fabricator Daniel Hodgins.
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Alice Springs will soon have a very cool nostalgia Funny Car in its ranks soon thanks to local fabricator Daniel Hodgins.
The future of Perth Motorplex appears more confident with the WA State Government announcing that a new operator will be taking over the venue’s lease part way through the coming season.
Joe Signorelli made history on Sunday at Willowbank Raceway, finally breaking through to become the first Australian Sport Compact driver into the five second zone.
While Kyle Hopf couldn’t have the first 200mph run on radial tyres in Australia, he did manage to claim the honour of having the first steel-bodied car to score a double-tonne pass.
Wade Wagstaff has dropped his own Australian record for radial tyres during the Kenda 660 Drag Radial Series Expression Session at Willowbank Raceway.
Willowbank Raceway continues to be Australia’s hub of drag racing activity, with the Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series delivering up an event they’ve called the Expression Session – three huge days of radial tyre testing.
Blake Racing has one of the coolest sheds in Australian drag racing, with three front engine dragsters in their signature green colour schemes each waiting for their turn on the drag strip.
While event dates of September 19-20 had been previously announced by the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association for a round of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, the ongoing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to provide whatever certainty possible for competitors has forced the decision to cancel the event.
Competition drag racing made a return to Australia with the fourth round of the Queensland Drag Racing Championships at Willowbank Raceway taking place on July 11, 2020.
Queensland’s Chemical Warfare Funny Car team have landed a sleek new Dodge Charger body to replace their confettied Chev Monte Carlo.
Queensland racer Neil Murphy spent his lockdown biding his time, as he patiently waited to test a new suspension system installed aboard his Comp Mustang.
Precision Turbo are known worldwide for their incredibly powerful turbochargers, but what is not so well known is that Australia has an exclusive authorised dealer – Gas Racing.
Chelsea Leahy has added to her family’s ever-growing stable of race cars with a vintage dragster that was originally built in 1980.
With Sydney Dragway and Calder Park undergoing renovations and Perth Motorplex closed for the winter, Willowbank Raceway is virtually the only major quarter-mile facility operating right now in Australia, and racers have been turning out in droves to test and tune.
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