There will be plenty of US attention on next weekend's Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway with a number of competitors travelling over the Pacific to compete at the largest drag racing event outside of North America.

Aussie expat Rhett Lougheed will be chief among them, returning to race in Pro Stock Motorcycle for the first time in his native country since 2009.

With 15 entrants and a tense championship battle looming, the Top Doorslammer category at Willowbank Raceway’s Fuchs Winternationals is shaping up to be a ‘must-watch’ for the estimated 40,000 spectators expected over the event’s four days.

In just two weeks, Australia’s biggest drag racing event, the Fuchs Winternationals, will kick off at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway for four days of world class motorsport.

Maurice Allen has added Fuchs Lubricants to his sponsorship portfolio, with the German oil manufacturer joining Milwaukee Tools as the currently second-ranked, Victorian-based team prepare for their sponsor's title race - the Fuchs Winternationals.

The Fuchs Winternationals is an event where the best drag racers in the nation meet and it is the same attraction that brings new competitors into categories to prove themselves in Australian drag racing's most highlighted spectacle.

Willowbank Raceway’s Fuchs Winternationals will host a world first when Rob Tucker, Shane Tucker and Kirsten Tucker-Cannuli all compete in the one professional drag racing bracket - Pro Stock - next month (June 7-10).

While families racing together in motorsport is fairly commonplace, when Rob Tucker and his children Shane and Kirsten (pictured above) suit up it is believed to be the first time a father, son and daughter have competed at the same time at the same event in the same professional-level class in the world.

Reigning Super Gas champion Simon Isherwood had one problem with his national title, it came without a national event win. But that all changed at the recent Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway where he scored big with a finals win against Roy Romeo.

A minor mechanical glitch was perhaps all that was between Russell Pavey and his first event win in Top Doorslammer following the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway.

After completing his first round burnout the clutch would not release and meant he was unable to race against Mark Belleri, who would go on to win the event with two solos due to strange circumstances in other races.

Dakota Ward earned the 60foot Rising Star Award at Sydney Dragway during last weekend’s Nitro Champs.

Reigning Australian Nationals champion Greg Clayton returned to his happy hunting ground of Sydney Dragway last weekend, claiming another finals appearance in Competition at the famed Nitro Champs.

Jason Grima may not have won Pro Stock at the 2013 Nitro Champs but he was able to keep his championship hopes more than alive by knocking out points leader Wayne Daley in the second round of eliminations and putting his PC Group Ford Mustang back in the lead of the ANDRA championship.

The LTFR Top Fuel dragster had a mixed weekend at the Sydney Nitro Champs but a semi final appearance and more data sees the team confident about their chances as the ANDRA Drag Racing Series heads to its biggest event of the season, the Fuchs Winternationals.

In a weekend of mixed fortunes, Brisbane based racer Steve Ham has cemented his name in Australian drag racing history by claiming both the national time and speed records for the hotly contested Top Alcohol Funny Car category.