
REPORT: East Coast Thunder pro qualifying dodges rain
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.
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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.

Poor Saturday weather meant a Sunday replay for the Shannons Powerpalooza at Perth Motorplex, an all in one event that included the opening rounds of the drag racing and speedway track championships.

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.

A whirlwind ‘80 day’ USA Tour resulted in excellent results, but John Zappia is not finished yet. He is about to jump on a plane back to Perth, Australia to climb into his transporter to drive to Sydney so that he can compete at the second round of Pro Slammer at Sydney Dragway.

Noonan Race Engineering unleashed its power again throughout the alcohol Hemi drag racing fraternity by delivering world beating numbers with the all new Noonan 4.9 Bore Space Hemi Engine at Virginia Motorsports Park on Sunday.

The first ever Shannon’s Powerpalooza takes over Perth Motorplex this Saturday with a world first combination of drag racing, burnouts and speedway all in one day. The event marks the first round of the Perth Motorplex track championship.

The list of international visitors to the upcoming AC Delco East Coast Thunder at Sydney Dragway continues to grow.

Perth Motorplex hosted a new style of event on Saturday, October 21 with the running of the Outlaw Radial Shootout as part of a Boost Night street meet.

Australian drag racing has been saddened by the passing of legendary Top Fuel innovator Stan Sainty.

The Wimmera Off Street Drag Racing & Burnout Club hosted the first drag racing event at Warracknabeal in six years.

John Zappia in the Noonan Racing Camaro has become the quickest and fastest blown doorslammer racer in the world in post-PDRA event testing at Virginia Motorsports park.

Pro Stock standout Shane Tucker announced today that he will be taking the wheel of a Gray Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro next weekend at the 17th annual NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Shane Gray-owned Camaro was last contested at the U.S. Nationals with grandfather Johnny Gray at the helms where it qualified in the top half of the field.

At last weekend’s Spring Nationals, held at Adelaide International Raceway, Daniel Camilleri not only top qualified and won the SuperComp proceedings but also twice reset the national DD/GA record.

Frankie Taylor, the world’s quickest and fastest blown doorslammer driver over the quarter-mile, will drive a Pro Slammer for Team Bray Racing and Gulf Western Oil at the upcoming AC Delco East Coast Thunder Nationals.

After many months of late nights and hard work by all involved, the Spinozzi Racing doorslammer is due to make its first pass down the strip at Sydney Dragway this Friday.

Perth Motorplex has kicked off its new season with a two day test and tune, with a few new rides alongside familiar faces for the 2017/18 series.

The 30th running of the Spring Nationals took to Adelaide International Raceway on Saturday (October 14) and with more than 160 racers on-hand for what was round four of the 2017/2018 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, the action was aplenty from start to finish.

Splitting his time between his home in Australia and his home in Dallas, Texas, Hot Wheels™ Car Care Products Pro Stock driver Shane Tucker is hoping that coming to his adopted-home track will bring luck for his part-time team as they head into the 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals this weekend.

They always say that ‘team work makes the dream work’, and that is certainly true at Team Bray Racing.
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