Shane Wynd and Jess Turner have been here before and will draw on their experience in an attempt to claim the Australian Modified Championship at Sydney Dragway next week.

When the Castrol EDGE Gold Coat 600 fires up on the Gold Coast this weekend, it will do so with a touch of drag racing’s dramatic flare thanks to the return of the Friday Night Drags, featuring O’Rourke Motorsport.

Two weeks ago John Kapiris wrapped up his second consecutive Australian Super Sedan Championship at the Fuchs Spring Nationals in his hometown of Adelaide.

When Mark Drew destroyed the track record at Hidden Valley Drag Strip on his way to the event win in July, he didn’t realise he’d wrapped up the 2014 ANDRA Drag Racing Series Top Fuel Motorcycle Championship.

Willowbank Raceway’s Fuchs Winternationals event has been announced as a winner at the 2014 Ipswich Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Business Awards.

A few months have lapsed since Reed Racing was on track in Darwin and after a semi-final finish where Reed over powered the track in the tricky conditions of the top end, the team have been analysing the data to come up with a plan to have a consistent 5.50 second car.

Dylan Leo and Jake Cartledge are the latest Junior Drgasters to win the 60foot Rising Star Award at the Benaraby Nationals and Fuchs Spring Nationals respectively.

Leo completed the double at the Benaraby Nationals taking home his first ANDRA Silver Christmas Tree and the 60foot Rising Star Award for the event recording a 0.059 reaction time and a 7.982 second pass on a 7.98 dial in for a package of 0.061.

In Adelaide at the Fuchs Spring Nationals, Cartledge cut a 0.040 reaction time on his way to an 8.225 second pass on a 8.22 dial in for an overall package of 0.045.

The 60foot Rising Star Award recognises the Junior Dragster racer who has the best reaction time and dial in package at each round of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

Ryan Learmonth realised a dream when he made an impressive debut in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the Fuchs Spring Nationals in Adelaide.

In his first ANDRA Drag Racing Series event, Learmonth laid down a succession of untroubled passes recording a 7.717 at 143.67 mph, 7.494 at 147.95 mph and 7.416 at 176.09 mph to qualify fourth ahead of veterans Glenn Wooster and Phil Howard.

On race day Learmonth faced Scott White in Round 1 where his weekend came to an end on a 7.449 at 178.74 mph to White’s 7.203 at 182.40 mph.

But if it hadn’t been for the clutch set up, the Fuchs Spring Nationals could have been much different.

“We are over the moon with how the Star Racing MonStar motor performed,” said Learmonth.

“We ran four passes over the weekend with a few shut offs to check the braking area and the motor is still perfect.

It couldn’t have been any more perfect for Jason Simpson at the Benaraby Nationals last weekend.

It was another record setting weekend as Australia’s best Sportsman racers battled it out at Benaraby Raceway and Adelaide International Raceway in a double dose of Drag Racing action.

Hidden Valley Drag Racing Association President Jay Jukes will officially step down from his role at the Association’s upcoming AGM on October 21.

The ANDRA Board extends its gratitude to Jay and his team for all of their efforts over the years and wishes Jay the best of luck as he enters the next phase of his life and career.

Jukes has been a voluntary contributor to HVDRA for 10 years and his efforts will be sorely missed by everyone at ANDRA and Hidden Valley Drag Strip.

“Unfortunately I have changed careers and in the last year or two I have had to increase my commitments at work, plus during that time I've had a second son which means double the trouble at home,” said Jukes in a statement issued to HVDRA members.

Steve Harker has become the first Aussie to win an NHRA World Championship taking out the 2014 Lucas Oil Top Alcohol Funny Car title.

In a dominant weekend capturing three Wallys, Harker took the event wins in the postponed Pep Boys Carolina Nationals and the NHRA Nationals to secure the first NHRA Championship for a non-North American born driver. 

In the delayed Pep Boys Carolina Nationals, Harker outran Dale Cox Jr. in the final posting a run of 5.510, 263.77 to Cox's 5.713, 250.32.  Earlier he beat Mark Rogers and Tony Bogolo in the early rounds then won over Dale Brand in the semis with a 5.545 second pass at 263.10 mph. 

During the final of the NHRA Nationals Harker met John Lombardo Jr. who had the starting line advantage, but was up in smoke right off the finish line. Harker posted a career best ET of 5.429 at 267.69 for his second National event win of the weekend and his third National event in a row.

We have a brand new winner in the ANDRA Drag Racing Series. Grant O’Rourke broke through for his first ever event win at Adelaide International Raceway on Sunday, taking the Fuchs Spring Nationals Top Doorslammer victory over now seven-time champion John Zappia.

In addition to the stellar ANDRA Drag Racing Series action on track and the entertainment off it thanks to Racing Onn Promotions, Round 10 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship came to an exciting close today at the Fuchs Spring Nationals.

Phil Lamattina has regained the advantage in Top Fuel, John Zappia won his seventh Top Doorslammer Championship as a runner up to Grant O’Rourke and Luke Crowley virtually assured back-to-back titles in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the Fuchs Spring Nationals today.