
STACKED NITRO DECK FOR RIVERBEND NATIONALS THIS WEEKEND
This weekend’s Riverbend Nationals at Dragway at The Bend will deliver a stacked nitro show, headlined by the first BLAHST Top Fuel and XPRO Nitro Funny Car double header of the year.

This weekend’s Riverbend Nationals at Dragway at The Bend will deliver a stacked nitro show, headlined by the first BLAHST Top Fuel and XPRO Nitro Funny Car double header of the year.

Ronnie Palumbo will contest the entire 2026 National Drag Racing Championship Top Doorslammer Championship, taking the wheel of the ACivil ’37 Chev beginning in a couple of weeks at the Riverbend Nationals at Dragway At The Bend.

Six of the fastest blown sedans in the Australia will take to Sydney Dragway on Saturday January 24, as ANDRA makes it return to the premier NSW drag racing venue with the ANDRA Drag Racing Masters.

The National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) has today announced two major additions to the 2026 calendar.

2025 Winternationals Champion Rob Harrington is stepping up his program to hopefully include more competition in 2026.

Every so often, a racetrack comes along that resets the bar. Right now, that place is The Bend Dragway in South Australia. Still the newest facility in Australian drag racing, it’s fast earning a reputation as the country’s ultimate benchmark — smooth, quick, and record-breaking.

If there’s a drag strip in Australia that feels like it belongs in a Mad Max film, it’s Alice Springs Dragway. Set against the backdrop of the rugged MacDonnell Ranges and surrounded by open desert, it’s a quarter mile that gets the job done — built tough, prepped well, and right in the heart of the outback.

For decades, Australian drag racing has had a rhythm. You win your titles under cold skies at the Winternationals, and call it a season by June. But not this year.

Darwin turned on the heat off the track, Top Doorslammer and Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car turned up the heat on the track, combine this with the ANDRA Sportsman Series and a packed Hidden Valley Raceway, Nitro Up North once again delivered spectacularly. Check out all the hot hot hot action in our monster gallery.

Across two huge days at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip, the NDRC Top Doorslammers provided an absolutely epic display of drag racing thrills for a packed crowd at LMCT+ Nitro Up North – the final event of their 2024/2025 championship season.
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