In a sensational evening of Top Fuel qualifying, the Atlantic Oils/Rapisarda Autosports International dragsters of Damien Harris and Wayne Newby stormed their way to the top the qualifying sheets in record time during round 4 of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship at Sydney Dragway’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs event.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing has its eye on another hometown win at Sydney Dragway this weekend (May 6/7), when its home track will light up for round four of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship.
Despite some less than favourable weather predictions, round three of the the Speed Adict Clothing NSW Championship Series at Sydney Dragway didn’t suffer the same fate as round two, in fact the conditions turned out perfect for some tough sportsman bracket racing.
As the Top Fuel teams head into this weekend’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship sits delicately poised at the midway point of the series. Such is the evenness of the competition, all three rounds to date have resulted in three different winners.
The 2022 Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series is now in full swing with a big field from the radial tyre army taking on round two of the series, and their first point scoring opportunity now there are no border restrictions.
Peter Xiberras is hoping to continue the recent trend of Burson Auto Parts Top Fuel Australia Championship competitors winning at their home rounds when the championship chase heads to Sydney Dragway this weekend for the Nitro Champs (May 6/7).
The popular Atlantic Oils Easter Supercharged Shootout returned in spectacular style to Mildura’s Sunset Strip after COVID wreaked havoc over the past few years. But the regional City of Mildura welcomed back their Easter Powersports weekend events by the people in their thousands once again.
Blowers to the front! Wade Wagstaff laid down a Outlaw Radial record 3.68/204MPH in his ’57 Chev in testing. While the Small Tyre Shootout for $5k was stopped by rain at the semi final stage.
As the action ramps up, here are the video highlights and gallery from day two of testing ahead of this weekend Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series event.
At the recent EGT ANDRA Grand Finals event at the Perth Motorplex, which marked round three of the Burson Auto Parts Top Fuel Australia Championship – Damien Harris raced through not only for the event victory, but also new ANDRA ET and Speed records over the 1000ft distance.
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