
Jim Read and Paul Rogers Sr honoured at Australian Motorsport Hall Of Fame awards
17 time Nationals winner Jim Read has been inducted in to the CAMS Australian Motorsport Hall Of Fame in a ceremony over the weekend.
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17 time Nationals winner Jim Read has been inducted in to the CAMS Australian Motorsport Hall Of Fame in a ceremony over the weekend.
Rob Taylor hit the track with his C7 Corvette doorslammer on the weekend at Sydney Dragway.
The Atura Blacktown NSW Championship Series returns to Sydney Dragway this weekend, with round 2 of the championship attracting a huge entry list.
In great news for Swan Hill Dragway, Swan Hill Rural City Council has announced they are fully funding the required repairs the track surface needs to return to racing at the new regional Victorian venue.
Rob Taylor has taken the wrap off his striking new wrap for the Taylor’s Motorsport C7 Corvette.
After rattling the cage with his breakthrough Super Stock win at the Westernationals, Allan Puglia has made noises of continuing his form at the ANDRA Summit Racing Equipment Drag Racing Grand Finals in Adelaide.
Warwick Dragway has extended its marquee yearly Dragfest event into a series of events, the first being last weekend. Check out the results and a bunch of photos.
Round 10 of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series was to be the event for some racers to close the gap in their chase for a championship. The predicted forecast of rain and winds only added more pressure to the racers and the Steel City club. It hasn’t been a kind season for the club with Mother Nature causing plenty of migraines.
It was a huge weekend for Sydney’s Frank Mamone, going through to the finals of a very tough Top Doorslammer at the 46th Westernationals.
You could say that Supercharged Outlaw racer Rodger Weste is feeling like a bull at the gate having been ready to go in his new racecar since last October.
Perth’s Alan Mahnkoph recently had a very successful outing at the 46th Westernationals picking up a win in the Supercharged Outlaws category, and his first gold ANDRA trophy.
The 2017 Australian Pro Street Association has launched into a new season, here is who won what following round one at Calder Park
The 2017 Queensland Drag Racing Championship at Willowbank Raceway is off and running to booming entries this year.
Peter Xiberras has wasted no time in replacing the PremiAir Racing Top Fuel Dragster that was destroyed in a fiery crash at the Santo’s Summer Thunder event in Sydney.
Despite the extreme heat at the 46th running of the Westernationals at Perth Motorplex on March 4-5, six new Group 2 records were broken.
Steve Aldridge and the Crown Security Top Doorslammer team have been showing potential beyond the capacity of their 20-year old ’55 Chev-bodied Murray Anderson chassis.
John Zappia claimed an unprecedented tenth ANDRA Top Doorslammer Series title with his Fuchs Holden Monaro on Sunday at Perth Motorplex’s Westernationals, adding to his record of dominance in one of Australian drag racing’s most competitive categories – and winning the Westernationals on his home turf was an added bonus.
The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car series has taken another enormous step as the entertainment-based tour now heading overseas with a visit to Meremere Dragway in New Zealand.
Team Bray Racing felt the heat at the weekend’s Westernationals (Perth, March 4-5) in more ways than one, but that hasn’t stopped them from feeling positive as they leave the venue to prepare for a busy month ahead.
As Willowbank Raceway prepares to celebrate the 50th running of the Winternationals (June 8-11, 2017), its management is pleased to announce the signing of Gulf Western Oil as the marquee event’s new naming rights sponsor.
It was another hot and humid day that greeted racers and fans for day two of the 46th Westernationals, however the action on the track was even hotter with John Zappia taking home another Top Doorslammer victory and more ANDRA gold.
When the news let it be known that the forecast over the weekend was for hot and humid temperatures in the high 30’s, it was game on. Saturday’s qualifying saw even the toughest racers struggle during the sessions where track temps reached around 120 degrees.
The Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car series has returned to the beautiful South Coast Raceway and the 4000 horsepower nitro coupes put on an amazing show for the Victorian fans, culminating in one of the closest final rounds in the series’ history.
Mark Allan Racing and KPM Performance Engines – a new company that can provide innovative engine programs for any budget – have been announced as a new partner and supporter to the race team.
NSW Top Doorslammer/Pro Slammer racer Brett Gillespie is about to make a return to racing with this rebuilt 1934 Chev.
Sydney traffic just got a little more bearable. Industry leader in civil and geo-tech engineering, Moits, has paired with Sydney Dragway in an initiative designed to showcase drag racing to a whole new audience.
The Perth Motorplex round of the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars had the massive crowd entertained from the moment they walked in the gate, Well now its coming to your TV screens at 1pm this Saturday 4th march on 7mate.
John Zappia might have emerged as the winner of the Goldenstates at Perth Motorplex several weeks ago but it came at a cost with bent rods on two separate runs and a close challenge from Scott MacLean.
Despite suffering catastrophic engine damage during their last trip to Perth, the O’Rourke Motorsport outfit is ready and rearing to go in their pursuit for back-to-back event wins at this weekend’s Westernationals (Perth Motorplex, March 4-5).
With only two Group 1 events left on the Australian National Drag Racing Championship calendar, racers are moving into top gear as they seek to gain as many points as they can prior to the season finale – Summit Racing Equipment Drag Racing Grand Finals – at Adelaide International Raceway on March 31st and April 1st.
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