The ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer show from the Castrol EDGE Winternationals held at Queensland”s famed Willowbank Raceway airs on ONE HD tonight at 9:30pm EST (check local guides for other time zones)
Witness all the action with the ANDRA Pro Series Championship fight coming down to the wire with West Australian Robin Judd hoping to secure his maiden crown in Top Doorslammer while defending Champ and fellow West Aussie John Zappia and Sydney winner Maurice Fabietti hope to stop him.
Dean Neal, ANDRA Pro Series Producer commented: “This is one of our best shows yet! The introduction alone is absolutely awesome – turn on early not to miss a minute of the 3,000 horsepower supercharged excitement, and to see how the ANDRA Pro Series Championship battle unfolded.”
Highlights include John Zappia re-setting the ANDRA Doorslammer National record with a 5.805-second time at 246.08 miles per hour in a highly impressive run in near perfect conditions plus many more spectacular moments.
Fast Facts
Top Doorslammer is a class of Australian drag racing, which caters for full-bodied racing sedans, which are replicas of production vehicles. Engines for this class of racing are large-capacity, supercharged V8 engines, and are fuelled by methanol.
Top Doorslammer is regulated by ANDRA, and is considered a Group 1 or professional category. Some notable drivers competing in this category are Victor Bray, Robin Judd, Ben Bray, Gary Phillips, John Zappia and Maurice Fabietti.
Top Doorslammer originally started out as an exhibition class called Wild Bunch with notable pioneers John Zappia and Victor Bray. After a number of successful years of running the class, ANDRA recognised the bracket as being professional and worthy of a professional bracket. By 1996 Top Doorslammer was officially recognised as a Group 1 class, and has since grown into one of the most spectacular and successful brackets
ANDRA Pro Series is the Six Group 1 classes representing the pinnacle of ANDRA Championship Drag Racing these include Top Fuel, Top Doorslammer, Top Alcohol, Top Bike, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle. They compete across the country at venues in WA, NSW & QLD, culminating with the championship finals at Willowbank Raceway at Ipswich in Queensland traditionally over the Queen’s birthday long weekend in July.
ANDRA Pro Series Television is filmed, edited and broadcast in full High-definition Digital on Ten’s ONE HD, Australia’s only free-to-air 24 hour sports channel, with an impressive broadcast schedule that essentially provides year-round coverage to millions of viewers nationally. ANDRA Pro Series is brought to you by Auto One & Enzed.
Dean Neal and Chad Neylon are the ANDRA Pro Series presenters with extensive motorsport experience and knowledge that represents the best home-grown talent this exciting sport has to offer, with Start-line, Bottom-End, In-Car and from The-Paddock footage, commentary and interviews that both educates and excites the viewer.
