At this weekend’s 50th annual Westernationals, Serpentine (WA) racer Lucas Green is hoping to continue the momentum of recent victories, including his breakthrough win at the coveted Anita Board Memorial late last year. The Westernationals event at the Perth Motorplex will be held across February…

The Australian National Drag Racing Association is pleased to confirm that the upcoming Twilight Nationals event at Mildura’s Sunset Strip will double as the Grand Final for the extended 2019/2020/2021 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series. The event will be hosted by the Sunraysia Drag Racing…

South Australia’s Steve Norman will head to next weekend’s 50th annual Westernationals in Perth off the back of a clean sweep at the recent South Coast 660 at Portland’s South Coast Raceway. At the January 23/24 event, Norman took out both the DecoGlaze Glass Splashbacks Top Qualifying Medalli…

The Steel City Drag Club was formed in Whyalla in the mid-1960s by a like-minded group of individuals who were looking to be able to performance test their cars. Initially, they operated on a compacted dirt drag strip in a creek bed on the northern side of the city – that is, until the government.…

Story and Photos by Wayne Scraba I once viewed mockup motors with a bit of disdain. But then I started working on my own Chevy Nova project. Here I was with a car that I had completed to roller stage, but the problem was, I needed an engine in the car to finish things like……

At the recent South Coast 660 at Portland’s South Coast Raceway, Summit Racing Equipment Junior Dragster competitor Dylan Knezevic ran a Perfect Light on race day after having earlier qualified second fastest. This is the Narre Warren (Victoria) teenager’s first Perfect Light Award after he came…

At the recent South Coast 660, Supercharged Outlaws racer Jason Keily and his ‘The Gambler’ 1934 Ford Coupe were rewarded with the coveted Vinyl Wraps and Graphics Best Presented Award. “To receive the award is just fantastic. We always make sure the car is well presented when we turn up to a…

At the recent South Coast 660 at Portland’s South Coast Raceway, Modified racer Josh Baker not only went all the way to the final, but also ran a Perfect Light in the process with a 0.000 during the semi-final round. “The South Coast 660 started off perfectly for us in qualifying, with the car r…

When Paul Garbellini made the decision to compete at the South Coast 660 at Portland’s South Coast Raceway, he did so acknowledging he may have to quarantine for two weeks upon his return home to Western Australia. Garbellini’s commitment to his racing craft well and truly paid off at the event,…

The weekend’s South Coast 660 has plenty of success stories, but it also has a tale to tell when it comes to the true community spirit so often shown by the Australian drag racing community. After a huge effort to even get to South Coast Raceway in light of Brisbane’s COVID-19 lockdown, on the S…

The Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series points tally has been updated following the 2021 South Coast 660, round ten of the extended 19/20/21 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series at Portland’s South Coast Raceway. To see the updated tally, please click here. Congratulations to all of t…

The return of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series has delivered plenty of exciting action all weekend long at Portland’s South Coast Raceway, with the South Coast 660 coming to a successful conclusion today. Hotly contested racing was held across 10 brackets today, with Michael De Rose (S…

The return of the extended 19/20/21 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series to South Coast Raceway for the South Coast 660 this weekend has gotten off to a roaring start today, with qualifying for 10 racing brackets now complete. Ahead of tomorrow’s eliminations racing, Adrian McGrotty (Super Gas…

The Australian National Drag Racing Association is pleased to confirm more dates of the extended 2019/2020/2021 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series. Following this weekend’s South Coast 660 at South Coast Raceway (January 23-24), the Series will travel to the Perth Motorplex for the Westernat…

Since taking out the 2018/2019 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Super Street Championship, South Australian racer Paul Jennings has had a challenging 18 months. Early in the season results proved hard to come by, before COVID-19 restrictions saw him benched along with the rest of the racing…