Australia’s most successful drag racer Gary Phillips has returned from this year’s Winternationals with plenty to smile about, including a new Top Alcohol Funny Car national record, personal best performances in Top Alcohol and Top Doorslammer, and an event runner-up.

One of Australia’s most accomplished drag racing stars, Lee Bektash, has proven to be truly world-class when the Team Mopar Australia pilot dominated the ANDRA Pro Stock timecards at the 2014 Fuchs Winternationals and at the same time, became the world’s fastest naturally-aspirated small block sedan.

The next round of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship heads to the outback on July 19-20 for the Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway.

Super Sedan is always one of the toughest brackets to get a win yet alone a win at the Winternationals. There is always an oversubscribed field and teams need to be at the top of their game potentially for six rounds as was the case at the Fuchs Winternationals just over a week ago.

Thanks to the support of North Coast Wholesale cars and Richmond Valley Council, Summerland Drags will run its second 2014 event on Sunday, June 22 on the Casino airstrip, racing from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm.

The ANDRA Drag Racing Series returns to Hidden Valley Drag Strip with Top Doorslammer, Top Alcohol and Top Fuel Motorcycle July 11-12, 2014.

Tony O’Connor turned some heads at the Fuchs Winternationals. Those heads just happened to include ANDRA officials as they awarded him the Best Engineered Award for his Ford XD Fairmont.

Chris Matheson endured mechanical issues and a strong challenge from the record setting Mark Drew but that wasn’t enough to stop ‘Matho’ lifting the ANDRA Gold Christmas Tree at the Fuchs Winternationals.

The Fuchs Winterntationals provided plenty of excitement on the track as multiple records were broken and in some instances, set, reset and then reset again!

In a recent report concerning Top Fuel racing in Australia, it was suggested the racing distance would be cut to 1000 feet from the current 1320 feet / quarter mile in 2015.

The Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway has seen an emotional weekend of contrasts unfold for the Team Bray Racing team, including new records, success with the new converter set-up, a breakthrough win for a member of the TBR family, and an unfortunate racing incident.

The 2014 Fuchs Winternationals didn’t end in victory for either of the LTFR top fuel dragsters but the two-car team ended the event with some astounding performances and gained valuable points in the ANDRA Championship chase.

Damien Harris faced adversity from the moment he hit the throttle in qualifying on Friday but Rapisarda Autosport International recovered on race day to take home the ANDRA Gold Christmas Tree at the Fuchs Winternationals.