Reigning 400 Thunder Top Fuel Motorcycle champion Chris Matheson and his Nitro Voodoo Team are making their final preparations for the Nitro Up North season opener in Darwin later this month.

It’s far from wet season in the Northern Territory, but one drag racer will be aiming to break a two decade drought when he competes at Nitro Up North on July 21 and 22 at Hidden Valley Drag Strip.

Kerry Tremayne has reflected on the performances of his sons and the MEGA Racing Pro Stock team following a successful, but rollercoaster, season.

Top Doorslammer has proved to be one of the great success stories of Australian drag racing. Since its introduction in 1995 the bracket has attracted strong fields and a faithful following of fans.

The Gulf Western Oil Winternationals was nothing short of a records powerhouse and one of the most impressive performances of the weekend was Ace Edwards’ 7.10/196mph, the quickest ever run from a no-bar bike in Australia.

Kelly Bettes moved on to the final stage of her testing and licensing procedures today at Willowbank Raceway and has just laid down an awesome 4.66 at 326mph to become the quickest and fastest Australian woman in drag racing.

Australia’s quickest and fastest man in a doored car is making a move to the ranks of Top Doorslammer and Pro Slammer in Australia with a new Ford Mustang.

At the recent 50th Winternationals held at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway, Gary Phillips claimed enough points in his Lucas Oils Alcohol Funny Car to secure his 20th Championship series win.

Trolling Facebook has shown us a serious looking S15 that will be coming out of the Team Karam Racing camp in the not to distant future.

Champion Super Stock racer Steven Norman has made sure he will stand out from the rest of the field with the debut of his striking new D/GA BMW M3 coupe.

Australians are known for their ingenuity across all walks of life, but in the high speed world of drag racing there is one family that stands out.

After more than 35 years on Willowbank Raceway’s board of management, including 32 years as president, John ‘Stomper’ Winterburn has stood down.

The fourth and final day of the 50th Gulf Western Oil Winternationals was set to be a fitting finale of what had been an incredible season of 400 Thunder action, before mother nature had other ideas. Early morning showers gave way to what was (at times) torrential rain in the afternoon, eventually forcing the abandonment of the event, despite the best efforts of the Willowbank track crew to dry the track.

We have been following the war for the Street GT-R World Record since featuring the then record holder Robert Marjan in Drag News Magazine #21. Well over two days last week, the three main combatants went all out at Sydney Dragway.

The world of Top Fuel drag racing has been wrapped in excitement since the announcement of Lamattina Top Fuel Racing’s new driver, Kelly Bettes.

Australian Top Doorslammer champion John Zappia will be leasing a Noonan Race Engineering Pro Mod to race in the USA in under two months.

This coming weekend at the NHRA Thunder Valley race, Australian Top Fuel Harley-Davidson rider Benny Stevens is set to have the ride of his life racing against some of the best nitro-burning Harley racers in the world!

Nikki Hepburn etched her name again in the Sport Compact history books at the 50th Winternationals with the world’s first radial tyre six second Sport Compact pass.

The 50th running of the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals has been cut short by rain on finals day, however not before Ben Bray of the Gulf Western Oil-supported Team Bray Racing set the second-best Pro Slammer qualifying time and took out second in the 400 Thunder National Pro Slammer Championship.

If there was one racer to leave the 2017 Gulf Western Oil Winternationals with a new fan club it was Top Bike rider Damian Muscat.

Australian drag racing fans got to witness another 4.4 second run during qualifying for the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals but an unfortunate rain shower with one pass remaining in Top Fuel’s final qualifying session brought an end to the night.

The Gulf Western Oil Winternationals delivered spectacular action over its second day but at the conclusion of racing everybody was talking about ‘that’ run.

Les Rodgie’s Vanishing Point Funny Car took a big hit in Supercharged Outlaws qualifying during the 50th annual Gulf Western Oil Winternationals.

The pits are enormous here at the 2017 Gulf Western Oil Winternationals, so we’ve been navigating them once again to hunt down the cool stories building at this year’s event ahead of the commencement of pro qualifying tonight.

Sportsman qualifying is underway for the 50th Gulf Western Oil Winternationals. Check out the current leaders!

The 2017 Gulf Western Oil Winternationals are underway at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway. We’ve spent most of today so far touring the pits and checking out the amazing variety in the over 500 entries.