It is a new year for the Queensland Drag Racing Championship at Willowbank Raceway, but not a new season for the series. With the exception of Junior Dragster, the decision was made for the QDRC to continue of from last year after many of the rounds were lost to weather.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing is hopeful its upcoming return to Willowbank Raceway will bring a return to winning results, with the team enjoying plenty of success at the Queensland facility in the past.
The last time Top Fuel visited Willowbank Raceway, PremiAir Racing came away with a Winternationals event win and its first Top Fuel Championship, while also twice rewriting the national record books.
Willowbank Raceway has released a packed calendar of events for the 2023 season with almost 70 days of drag racing action listed plus special events including the popular CMC Rocks country music festival.
Willowbank Raceway has provided an update to the track surface repairs that have been carried, and the return to racing.
Hydraulink Jim Read Racing is pleased to announce that legendary US crew chief and tuner, Jim ‘Jim O’ Oberhofer, will be joining the team for its next two rounds of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship.
The fastest sportsman racers in the country will descend on Willowbank Raceway across January 6-7 as part of an action-packed New Year Nitro show which features the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship and Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) racing for Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle, Pro Stock and Pro Mod.
Willowbank Raceway has issued the below statement about the commencement of track upgrades and how they will effect the local drag racing event calendar for the remainder of the year.
Radial Riot unfortunately ended up being rained out, but we now have the declared event winners via count back, and also able to reveal who took home the Title Belts as Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series champions.
The wildest nitro show on earth – Top Fuel Dragsters – are ready to blast into 2023 as round four of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship hits Willowbank Raceway Jan 6-7.
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