Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Maurice Allen will be helping to raise awareness of men’s health issues this weekend at Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams at Calder Park.

During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches around the globe in the name of raising awareness of men's health, specifically prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health.

Reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle national champion Lachlan Ireland will have no better opportunity to turn his season around than Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams this Saturday at Calder Park as he gets to race at his home track for the first time in an ANDRA championship round.

ANDRA Drag Racing Series sponsor Sidchrome has partnered with the Victorian-based Lamattina Top Fuel Racing team for the remainder of the 2013 season as well as 2014.

Lamattina Top Fuel Racing will be ready to show Victorian fans just how far the sport of drag racing has progressed in recent years as the team takes two of the most technically advanced Top Fuel cars in the country to Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams at Calder Park.

Victorian Top Bike rider Graeme Morell is looking forward to the opportunity to show off his skills in front of a home town audience for the first time when he tackles Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams at Calder Park this Saturday.

Please note that although correct at the time of print, several dates for ANDRA events at Calder Park have changed since.

Steve Read will carry a new look into Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams and the Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway with the support of SuperCharge Batteries, Australia’s leading provider of high quality vehicle, marine and deep cycle battery models.

Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams will not only be an important event as the first ANDRA Drag Racing Series round held in Melbourne since 2001, but it falls at a crucial time for the national championships of Top Fuel, Top Bike and Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Buoyed by the imminent return of championship drag racing to Melbourne, the Victorian Drag Racers Club (VDRC) has donated a set of vehicle scales to the Australian National Drag Racing Association’s Victorian/Tasmanian division.

Shoppers at Watergardens Town Centre in Taylors Lakes will get an early preview of a couple of vehicles destined for Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams as part of a community display next week.

Steve Read will come into Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams on October 19 as the only Top Fuel driver with previous experience on Melbourne’s Calder Park drag strip and the two times ANDRA national champion is confident that will give him the edge he needs over the competition.

ANDRA Top Bike championship leader Chris Porter is heading into Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams with a near unassailable position in the points but there is still some work to do to ensure his first title is wrapped up.

Darwin Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Scott White experienced one of his biggest drag racing career moments at the recent Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals by taking his first win in an event he described as game changing.

When ANDRA championship Top Fuel drag racing returns to Melbourne on October 19 for Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams it will see a first time driver making his competition debut when John Lamattina rolls on to the track.

Three times Australian Top Bike champion Chris Matheson and his Nitro Voodoo team are in preparation to return to the ANDRA Drag Racing Series after a terrifying high speed crash earlier this year at Sydney Dragway.

Matheson was blown off his 1500 horsepower motorcycle at over 370kph as he crossed the finish line while reaching for the rear brake lever. Matheson suffered multiple injuries and underwent two operations to recover from the accident.