19 September 2011

In his forty-first year of competition, Gary Phillips has put the nightmare fortieth season behind him by winning the Australian Nationals in Top Alcohol at Sydney Dragway last weekend.

Labelling last season as a “cocktail of shocking weather and bad luck that I would rather forget,” Phillips committed to going back to a known parts batch this season, and right from securing the second qualifying spot at the start of the weekend with a 5.540 at 256.45 mph, the Lucas Oils Racing Team was back in the form that had earned their fifteen national championships.

12 September 2011

My name is Bob Shepherd, the "¼ mile smile". After 46 years as a drag racer I am leaving the sport. I’ve run out of the kind of money it takes to run Top Fuel and I would like tell this story to thank the many people who have helped me to be the ¼ mile smile.

14 September 2011

The Pro Street drag racing world will be focused on Willowbank Raceway, when the Pro Street Shootout Grand Finals hit Queensland’s premier drag strip on Saturday September 17.

Drag racing is about eliminations well it seems Top Gear Australia (TGA) only got three passes down the track.

TGA season 4 has only aired three of their six show series with the final show opening with a well explained story on the challenging aspects of learning to drive a Dragster.

Top Gear Australia television program officially axed

14 September 2011

Maurice Fabietti has given the Holden Trade Club Top Doorslammer team’s Fuchs Australian Nationals campaign a pass following a first round loss at Sydney Dragway yesterday.

The Holden Trade Club Monaro underwent a major mechanical change over the short offseason with the fitting of a Lencodrive transmission that utilises a torque converter rather than a clutch.

13 Spetember 2011

Records were meant to be broken on the weekend as more track records tumbled at Hidden Valley Drag Strip.

After competing across Australia, Outlaw competitors Bronte Henning and Craig Davis both set personal bests at their home track in Darwin.

8 Spetember 2011

The penultimate round of the 2011 Track Championship Series at Hidden Valley Drag Strip is set to kick off this Saturday. With several well attended brackets going down to the wire, competition is set to be fierce with qualifying kicking off from 3pm.

8 September 2011

Darren Morgan Racing hasn’t been idle over the short ANDRA Pro Series off-season, signing a number of corporate partners – both current and new – ahead of the Fuchs Australian Nationals this weekend.

8 September 2011

There is a buzz in the air this weekend at Sydney Dragway with the opening round of the 2011/2012 ANDRA Pro Series Top Alcohol Championship season.

 6 September 2011

Champion drag racer Maurice Fabietti enters this week’s opening round of the 2011/12 ANDRA Pro Series, the Fuchs Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway, having renewed his agreement with Holden Trade Club.

The latest contract sees Fabietti extend his deal with GM Holden into a sixth year, the new season the third his Holden Monaro Top Doorslammer has run under the Holden Trade Club banner.

7 September 2011

Holden Trade Club Top Doorslammer ace Maurice Fabietti believes the reign of archrival, four-time champion John Zappia is over as the 2011/12 ANDRA Pro Series kicks off with this weekend's Fuchs Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway.

6 September 2011

The fourth and final round of the Queensland Street Car Magazine South Queensland Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series will hit Roma's Ironbark Raceway on Saturday 24th September.

6 September 2011

As previously announced, ANDRA is conducting a National Drag Racing Summit next month to provide the opportunity for a cross section of our stakeholders to have direct input into the planning processes for the future development of our sport. With the management of the Pro-Series coming in house it’s essential that we gather the viewpoints of our members to ensure that we move forward with a modern, dynamic and exciting competition structure.