With the Twilight Nationals at Mildura’s Sunset Strip now successfully run and won, the stage is officially set for what is sure to be an epic final battle for championship glory at the upcoming ANDRA Grand Finals event in Perth.
Super Stock competitor Louis Svingos will be hunting for his maiden ANDRA Christmas Tree Trophy at this weekend’s Twilight Nationals.
Round two of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship headed to the regional city of Mildura with six ground-pounding Top Fuel Dragsters to take on a brand-new challenge – racing their 11,000hp machines over the eighth mile – the first time the shorter distance has been used in championship history.
The first appearance of Top Fuel dragsters at Mildura in regional Victoria was a story of speed but no success for Phil Read and the Hydraulink team.
A thrilling side-by-side Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship B-Final between PremiAir Hire Racing’s Peter Xiberras and Damien Harris had a packed crowd at Mildura’s Sunset Strip on tenterhooks Sunday evening, with a review of the footage and data required to decide the winner.
Mildura hometown hero Phil Lamattina conquered all on Sunday night, taking out round two of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Champion. The final was a cracker against Wayne Newby, with the Carrot King going to the stripe by the barest of margins, 3.19 to 3.20.
Australian Top Fuel champ Damien Harris will return to racing for the first time since January 2020, 777 days ago, at round two of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship at Sunset Strip Raceway, Mildura, March 12-13.
The Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship is coming to Mildura in a special sunset 1/8th mile event! The Top Fuel monsters are joined by Top Bike, Pro Stock and a full roster of Sportsman categories from Junior Dragster through to Supercharged Outlaws.
The ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks and subsequent border closures around the country have regretfully forced the cancellation of both September’s Sunset Strip Nationals and the Adelaide International Raceway event which was scheduled for October 2-3.
The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to announce that the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association (SDRA) has been awarded a $500,000 grant as part of the Victorian Government’s Community Motorsport Program.
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