Australian drag racing has lost one of its pioneers with the passing of Eddie Thomas yesterday November 10th, aged 99.

Drag News Magazine editor Luke Nieuwhof went behind the scenes with Richie Crampton and Kalitta Motorsports at the recent NHRA Toyota Nationals in Las Vegas to produce this fantastic video of what transpires over a NHRA event weekend.

The craziest ride from East Coast Thunder had to come from Steven Ham’s introduction to Pro Slammer racing – all captured by Drag News Magazine photographer Joe Maday.

With Sydney Dragway’s Atura Championship Series is heading for its final round on Nov 25 where the season’s Track Champions will be crowned, here is how the penultimate event shook out. 

Drag News Magazine’s editor Luke Nieuwhof returned from walkabout briefly to take in the action at ACDelco East Coast Thunder. Here is things as he saw them through the lens.

The national Summit Sportsman Series arrives in Perth this weekend as part of the Prestige Lock Services Goldenstates, and relishing the chance to show his talents on home turf will be drag racer Gordon Crawford.

Graeme Simms is currently celebrating his 50th year of drag racing, and is hoping to punctuate it this weekend with a win at the Prestige Lock Service Goldenstates at the Perth Motorplex.

Danny Rickard has stepped up to a new bike for the 2017/2018 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series and is hoping to claim its first win at next weekend’s Prestige Lock Service Goldenstates (11 November).

Round two Supercharged Outlaws winner Alan Mahnkoph might have missed the last two rounds of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series due to work commitments, but that hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm for this weekend’s round five at the Perth Motorplex.

After running a Gray Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro two weekends ago at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Shane Tucker will be returning to his trusty steed as he competes at the 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals in his Hot Wheels™ Car Care Products Camaro.

John Zappia reaffirmed his title as the quickest Pro Slammer driver in the country following the second event of the 400 Thunder Series at Sydney Dragway on Saturday.

Rapisarda Autosport International will race at the final round of the NHRA Mello Yello championship in Pomona on November 10-12.

US racing star Frankie Taylor has stormed his way to the Pro Slammer victory for Team Bray Racing and Gulf Western Oil during this weekend’s AC Delco East Coast Thunder Nationals.

Despite the best efforts of mother nature, the ACDelco East Coast Thunder has drawn to a close with sensational racing across the 400 Thunder Professional Series.

East Coast Thunder dodged rain and wind during qualifying day at Sydney Dragway for the second event of the 400 Thunder season, with most of the schedule getting down the track.

After completing a positive day of testing at Sydney Dragway, US drag racing star Frankie Taylor is ready and raring to go for this weekend’s AC Delco East Coast Thunder Nationals (3 and 4 November) at Sydney Dragway.

Shane Weston debuted a new dragster two weeks ago, a replacement for the ‘Endangered Species’ car he crashed in 2015 in a braking area incident at Perth Motorplex.

Australia’s professional drag racing series 400 Thunder today confirmed that an agreement has been finalised with Channel 7 to air 400 Thunder Drag Racing on 7mate moving forward.

AA/Dave Armstrong went down into the history books last weekend at Sydney Dragway when he became the first 5 second nitro FED pilot in Australia.

One of the biggest ever fields of Pro Slammers ever seen at Sydney Dragway is set to hit the track this Friday and Saturday as part of the ACDelco East Coast Thunder.

Willowbank Raceway treated fans and racers to the very best weather possible plus ideal track conditions for the eleven Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars and they took full advantage, with screaming passes and close side-by-side racing plus the ever-popular wheelstanders featuring throughout the October 28 event.

23-year-old Californian Ashley Sanford will join reigning 400 Thunder champ Wayne Newby and Western Australian team-mate Damien Harris for the opening round of the 2017-18 Top Fuel season at Sydney Dragway this weekend.

The Moits Racing Mustang doorslammer is no longer adorned in all black, with a fresh new look given to the unofficial quickest Pro Slammer in Australia. 

Mark Drew has promised some very exciting news that could potentially see Drew and Australia at the forefront of Top Fuel Harley racing.

The Peirano family-run Time Traveler Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars team is back in the paddock on October 28 at Willowbank Raceway and the team are keen to stop the clocks quickly as they return to nitro action!

The storm is coming for ACDelco East Coast Thunder, not of Sydney weather but of one of the most anticipated doorslammer rounds ever held in Australia. The unprecedented arms race that has occurred in the last 12 months or so in the category culminates in this event – this is a must attend if you are a fan of doorslammer racing in Australia.

The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars will run pink ribbons on October 28 at Willowbank Raceway as the series offers its support to Cancer Council’s Pink Ribbon Day.