Organisers of the Red CentreNATS 06 have celebrated the event as a great success with 750 car and bike entries making the trip into the heart of Australia for a one of a kind automotive festival across September 4-7, 2020. Despite the current climate, enthusiasts from South Australia, Northern Terri…

Treasure Family Racing took home the coveted Vinyl Wraps and Graphics Best Presented Award for their two-car Modified line-up from the Perth Motorplex’s Westernationals. The event, which marked round eight of the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, was held earlier this year prior…

At the Perth Motorplex’s Westernationals earlier this year – part of the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series – the McClure Motorsport Torana GTR was recognised with the Crow Cams Best Engineered Award. What started out as a rusted mess is now a striking Barra-powered racing mach…

When Richard Stevens took out the Westernationals Super Street victory as part of round eight of the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, it marked his first national event victory in more than 20 years of trying. Now, the current Perth Motorplex Super Street Champion and Driver of th…

Brian Hotker is currently fourth in the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Modified Bike standings following victory at the Goldenstates and a runners-up result at the Westernationals. The 65-year-old Fellow of CPA Australia and CAANZ member started his drag racing career just over 1…

Kenny Stewart is fifth in the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Modified ranks, thanks to victory at the 2020 South Coast 660 event at Portland’s South Coast Raceway earlier this year. Now, along with the rest of the competitors invested in the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sp…

It’s really easy to get into trouble when routing fuel lines in your car. You want to keep the line away from rotating parts like the driveshaft or a clutch, and as far from the car’s scrub line as possible. The term scrub line sounds exotic, but all it means is what would get damaged……

Alice Springs Inland Dragway (ASID) has been bringing plenty of drag racing entertainment to Central Australia since 2008, when it was made possible by the dedicated efforts of local volunteers and businesses. Located next to the Stuart Highway just 15 kilometres south of Alice Springs alongside the…

George Limperis has enjoyed plenty of family support since he started in the Summit Racing Equipment Junior Dragster bracket in 2017, and now he is preparing to repay that support by assisting his dad in a return to the racetrack. With the year 12 student approaching the age limit for his class, he…

Reigning Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Supercharged Outlaws Champion Paul Stephen has been the ANDRA Division Director for New South Wales for five years and has a long history in the sport of drag racing. “I was basically born into it,” Stephen explained, who before being appointed a…

Lars Pettersson has been the President of the FIA Drag Racing Commission since 2018, following eight years as Vice President (2009-2017) under then-leader Graham Light. The FIA Drag Racing Commission works to promote the safe and sustainable growth of the sport worldwide, through an international me…

It has been a while since champion racer and ANDRA board member Peter Kapiris turned a tyre in anger on a drag strip, not just due to the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also thanks to work and financial demands. Even so, when the time comes that these three issues line up the right……

The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to welcome Ballistic Performance Parts to the ANDRA Member Benefits Program. Owned and operated by reigning Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Competition Bike Champion Rob Cassar, Ballistic Performance Parts delivers high-qual…

‘Don’t Wait for the Green Light’ is Andy Kahle’s sometimes humorous but highly emotional new book about her fight to get back on the racetrack. The ANDRA racer and supporter of the ANDRA Member Benefits Program (through her business AndyK Design) has turned her blog – written to keep her f…

While event dates of September 19-20 had been previously announced by the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association for a round of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, the ongoing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to provide whatever certainty possible for competitors has forced the deci…