The biggest drag racing show Alice Springs has ever seen wowed race fans with a huge one-day program on Friday 2 September before unseasonably cold conditions saw the action draw to a premature close late in the evening with the finals for the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship and the ADRC Top Doorslammers postponed to future events.
West Australian racer Kelvin Lyle has his eye on victory this week as he heads to Alice Springs Inland Dragway for round two of the ADRC Top Doorslammer championship as part of Red CentreNATS.
The new Australian Top Doorslammer Championship is merely one event old, but already expectations have been flipped as title holders struggle in the face of new challengers to the crown.
This Thursday and Friday (September 1/2) the largest drag racing event ever seen in Alice Springs will descend on Alice Springs Inland Dragway (ASID) to kick off the Red CentreNATS festival.
Competing in a field of superstar names within the doorslammer ranks, it can be forgiven that Geoff Gradden’s achievements could go unheralded.
The first event of the brand new Australian Top Doorslammer Championship saw racing taking place in front of tens of thousands of spectators, as a cooperative effort with the Australian Top Fuel Championship, Supercars and Australian Superbikes delivered a motorsports festival unlike any other.
John Zappia and his Dananni Hotshots/Tony’s Auto Wreckers Monaro Top Doorslammer have continued their exploration of new driveline technology in a mixed opening round of the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship.
The Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship reached its epic conclusion at Hidden Valley combining with a mega-motorsport event with the Supercars to showcase the sport.
Daniel and Lisa Gregorini didn’t start the new Australian Top Doorslammer Championship in the way they would like following a tough opening event at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip.
The new 2022/2023 Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) seasons for Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle got off to a cracking start recently at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip and plans are already well advanced for what is sure to be a thrilling round two in Alice Springs in September.
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