A character-building New Year Nitro weekend at Willowbank Raceway has seen PremiAir Racing save the best for last at what was round two of the 2024/2025 NDRC Top Fuel Championship.
In searing hot conditions at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway, Hydraulink Jim Read Racing rang in 2025 and celebrated Australia Day with a B-Final victory at the weekend.
When it came to ways to celebrate Australia Day 2025, Willowbank Raceway was the place to be at the weekend for the latest round of the NDRC championship, featuring 11,000hp/500+kph Top Fuel Dragsters and XPRO Nitro Funny Cars, as well as the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.
Nine 11,000hp/500kmh+ Top Fuel and XPRO Nitro Funny Car racing machines headlined a huge day of NDRC New Year Nitro qualifying action at Willowbank Raceway Saturday, with the stage now set for an epic nitro party to celebrate Australia Day at Queensland’s premier drag racing facility Sunday (26 January).
After a challenging but necessary debut at the 2024 Winternationals, ‘The Pom’ Steve Read is putting that experience behind him and looking forward to a fresh start at Round 2 of the 2025 NDRC New Year Nitro at Willowbank Raceway this January 25–26.
With nine 11,000hp 500kmh+ Top Fuel Dragsters and XPRO Nitro Funny Cars set to headline a huge two-day NDRC show this Saturday and Sunday, Willowbank Raceway is the place to be this Australia Day weekend.
After getting its 2024/2025 NDRC Top Fuel Championship season off to the best possible start, Hydraulink Jim Read Racing are hoping they can open the books on 2025 with similar flair at Willowbank Raceway’s New Year Nitro this weekend (January 10-11).
Steve Read and Tim McCarthy have reached a mutual agreement that will see Steve take full ownership of the Top Fuel Dragster program. As part of this transition, the team formerly known as Read McCarthy Racing will now be known as Steve Read Racing. Tim McCarthy will dedicate his focus to a full-season campaign with his Valvoline Funny Car, driven by Chris Stipanovich.
The second NDRC season launched in thunderous style at Dragway At The Bend for the Spring Nationals with a nitro double-header featuring Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car combined with Top Doorslammer to start their chase for the title, as the venue showed its teeth as a record eater.
PremiAir Racing will head to its first competitive outing of the 2024/2025 NDRC Top Fuel season in less than four weeks buoyed by yet another successful test session completed at its home track of Willowbank Raceway last weekend – the venue for the upcoming New Year Nitro event across January 10-11.
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