The following statement has been released by Sydney Dragway management regarding the Nitro Champs this weekend.
Rookie Top Alcohol driver Mark Hinchelwood is confident the Sainty Blind Obsession Funny Car is on the verge of a breakout pass with the team yet to run the full quarter mile distance.
Willowbank Raceway has hosted a bumper weekend of racing, with round two of the JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series hosting a record-breaking 207 entrants before 150 machines of yesteryear hit the track in the hotly-anticipated return of Nostalgia drag racing to the facility.
Joe Khoury has paid tribute to his Trivett Harley Destroyer for the remarkable consistency he has enjoyed recently in Modified Bike.
New South Wales’ Fire and Rescue heroes will be well represented at the Nitro Champs, with an officially endorsed dragster and its owner/driver Simon Van Ballekom set to be a part of O’Rourke Motorsports event campaign this weekend at Sydney Dragway.
Swan Hill Drag Racing Club Vice President Lucas Woodburn shares an update on the progress of the brand new race track under construction at the exisiting motorsport facility at Chisholm Reserve in Swan Hill, Victoria.
The partnership between Mariani Family Motorsports and Make-A-Wish Australia continues to grow from strength to strength as they prepare for a big day out at the Nitro Champs in Sydney May 2-3.
Chris Tait’s recent record smasher at Willowbank Raceway in the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series wasn’t just a new Australian CC/SC speed record; he also became the world’s quickest 3RZ-powered vehicle.
After starting on a high winning Round One of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series in Top Fuel Motorcycle earlier this year, multiple Australian Champion and current national record holder Chris Matheson has came back to Earth with a thud.
Former 2012 New South Wales Junior Dragster champion David Roberts will finally make his senior debut in the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway May 2-3.
Willowbank Raceway will this weekend host not one but three events, with a Friday night test ‘n’ tune (Friday 24 April), the latest round of the JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series (Saturday 25 April) and the postponed running of the hotly-anticipated Nostalgia Drags (Sunday 26 April).
The Perth Motorplex Nostalgias will go down as one of the best old school events yet held in Western Australia with a great turnout of cars and spectators on a brilliant April day.
Hidden Valley put on a show Friday night giving the crowd a taste of what’s to come at the 2015 Season Opener on the 16th of May.
Grant O’Rourke will be flying solo for the husband and wife drag racing team O’Rourke Motorsport at the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway (May 2-3), with Debbie O’Rourke sidelined due to damage sustained to her Top Alcohol Funny Car at last month’s Pro Series 1000.
With two wins from the first two championship events of the season, Gary Phillips and his Lucas Oils team head to Sydney Dragway on May 2-3 for the Nitro Champs, looking to continue the strong form that has seen them catapult to the top of the Top Alcohol championship standings.
