Greg Leahy only needed one qualifying run to occupy top spot in Competition Eliminator going into day three and potentially smash the BB/FCA National record in the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at the Fuchs Winternationals. 

The 47th edition of the Fuchs Winternationals kicked off at Willowbank Raceway today with qualifying in Groups Two, Three and Four in the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

Kate Harker is following her father Steve and twin sister Diana into the Funny Car ranks this weekend at the Fuchs Winternationals.

The daughter of Aussie NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Steve Harker has entered Competition Eliminator and will debut a 2005 McKinney Funny Car fitted with a 2011 Monte Carlo body. 

The car was purchased from Dan and Frank Parker in Michigan with her partner Dan Rice.

“We have spent the past year fitting the car with Dad’s running gear (engine, clutch, transmission) and we purchased the 14-71 roots supercharger from Speed City Performance in Cleveland Ohio,” she said. 

“Our funny car is fitted with all the latest NHRA safety elements and is a quality car that could step up with us if we decide to progress into Top Alcohol."

Kenny Stewart is hoping the Fuchs Winternationals will be a successful final swan song for his current Fuchs Modified Dragster before he unleashes a new 260-inch top dragster on the Sunset Strip in Mildura this spring.

The Hof (the Corvette driving Supercharged Outlaw driver not The Hoff, 1980s Trans Am driving Knightrider star) goes into next week’s Fuchs Winternationals looking for his first ANDRA Gold Christmas Tree.

Kelly Bettes can’t wait to get back in the seat at the FUCHS Winternationals next week especially since her last appearance behind the wheel came at the Sydney Jamboree in March.

Bettes, who broke the New Zealand four-cylinder record at the V4 and Rotary Nationals earlier this year, expects the Super Compact field to be very tough with some quick cars to contend with.

“A lot of cars are capable of running a fair way under there respective indexes so it could come down to a reaction time advantage to be able to take the win,” she said.

Local Ipswich resident Rick McBroom will get the chance to tick off a major bucket list item in just over two weeks at Willowbank Raceway.

During the recent X-Champs at Sydney Dragway, Dallas Whyte and Steve Fowler completed the first ever side-by-side six-second pass at over 200 mph for naturally aspirated vehicles in Group Three.

Until recently, Daryn Schuster didn’t even know he was the owner of the Competition Bike D/AB mph record at the X-Champs.

He may have been defeated on a holeshot in the X-Champs Junior Dragster final, but Toby Austin will take some consolation in scooping the 60foot Rising Star Award for Round 6 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

It’s hard not to talk about Alistair McClure and Kyle Putland as a pair after their record setting X-Champs weekend at Sydney Dragway.

Gold Christmas Trees were handed out and records were smashed in an memorable weekend of racing in Round 6 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

The X-Champs is off to a flying start as several competitors set themselves up for a record setting weekend in the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

While the Most Powerful Motorsport in the World is personified by the nitro chugging stars of Top Fuel, the grassroots categories of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship hold plenty of interest for hardcore fans. 

Edgell Mallis has spent 34 years in drag racing and not once has he contested the full Australian championship schedule. Until now.