With the Summit Series Equipment Grand Finals on his weekend (March 31 – April 1) the momentum has been building up. With championships on the line, the 2016/17 ANDRA season is coming to a close so the pressure is on to perform. The recent Goldenstates and Westernationals rounds at Perth Motorplex gave the locals an opportunity to shuffle the stack in both Group 1 and Summit Sportsman rounds.

When the Gulf Western Oil-supported Team Bray Racing hits Adelaide International Raceway this Friday and Saturday (31 March – 1 April), they will do so in pursuit of putting Benny Bray on the podium in the ANDRA Top Doorslammer title fight.

Australian Pro Stock Champion Lee Bektash has heralded his upcoming retirement with a passionate speech whilst accepting the 2017 ANDRA Australian Nationals Pro-Stock Gold Christmas tree for his win at the recent event at Calder Park.

Bragging rights around the family dining room table will be on the line when Rapisarda Autosport International tuner duo, Santino and Santo Rapisarda Jnr., match race each other at the ANDRA Championship Grand Final at Adelaide International Raceway on March 31 and April 1.

Victorian drag racing veteran Paul Rogers Sr has been awarded the inaugural Speedcafe.com Spirit of Speed Volunteer of the Year award, presented by Dunlop.

Australian Drag Racing legend Jim Read has been inducted into the 2017 CAMS "Hall of Fame", presented by Speedcafe.com tonight at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Swan Hill Rural City Council has committed funds to lift the city’s quarter mile drag strip to Australian racing standards.

The 2017 Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame Induction Gala – presented by Speedcafe.com, is coming up on Friday night, March 24 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre at 7:30 pm for an 8 pm start.

After rattling the cage with his breakthrough Super Stock win at the Westernationals, Allan Puglia has made noises of continuing his form at the ANDRA Summit Racing Equipment Drag Racing Grand Finals in Adelaide.

Round 10 of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series was to be the event for some racers to close the gap in their chase for a championship. The predicted forecast of rain and winds only added more pressure to the racers and the Steel City club. It hasn’t been a kind season for the club with Mother Nature causing plenty of migraines.

For Peter and Luke Veersma, making a 3000k trip from Perth to South Australia is about as close to a perfect family road trip as you could get.