Fitting a two day event into one day was always going to be a struggle, and with further delays due to fog, a late night finish was inevitable. While the wait was tough on Sportsman racers, with such a monster crowd in the house, the professional show had to take priority for the spectators.
Our final Nitro Thunder gallery from Sydney Dragway, all the action captured by the Cackling Pipes crew for this one.
This Nitro Thunder gallery is brought to you by long time drag racing photographer John Bosher.
Our first in a series on Nitro Thunder galleries, the first by the man always in the right spot, Drag News Magazine’s gun Joe Maday.
With just two Top Fuel Motorcycles at the event it would be a dual between two potential five second quarter mile challengers.
Australian Pro Stock’s newest racer, Mario Polito made his long-awaited debut at the uber-successful Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder round on Saturday, May 8 at Sydney Dragway. While the Sydneysider didn’t score any round wins, the game-plan for the weekend was simply about taking the JD Concrete-sponsored Chevy Cobalt to half track.
Steven Reed’s affliction of good results at Sydney Dragway continued with the Allstar Batteries Pro Alcohol funny car winning over a stellar field of racers, while Justin Walshe starred with a alky altered world record.
January 2020 was the last time professional drag racing fired a shot in anger in Australia, as the 2021 Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder event restarted the longest championship series in history. The event was the penultimate round of the 400 Thunder championship for all brackets ahead of next month’s Winternationals and Mother Nature wasn’t going to let drag racing off easy with its comeback.
Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder has roared into life at Sydney Dragway as the venue celebrated it’s re-opening after a 14-month championship break from professional level racing.
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