Local

WA TITLE FIGHTS TO GO DOWN TO THE WIRE THIS SATURDAY
The WA Drag Racing Grand Finals event will see what has been a highly competitive WA Drag Racing Championships season draw to a close this Saturday at the Perth Motorplex. One title battle that is sure to go right down…
April 9, 2021
No Comments

EASTER SUPERCHARGED SHOOTOUT A HUGE SUCCESS
Mildura’s Sunset Strip hosted an action packed Easter Supercharged Shootout at the weekend with more than 140 competitors and in excess of 2,000 spectators attending the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association event. Congratulations to the event winners and runners-up: Junior Dragster…
April 7, 2021
No Comments

ROCKYNATS WRAPS UP WITH RECORD NUMBERS AND RAVING REVIEWS
(Words supplied by RockyNats event organisers) They rumbled in, they drifted, they showed and shone, they burnt out and they dragged the streets of Rockhampton. As the chequered flag dropped on the first ever Rockynats, entrants and spectators can bask…
April 6, 2021
No Comments

EASTER SHOOTOUT SET TO TURN HEADS THIS SATURDAY
The Sunraysia Drag Racing Association’s Easter Supercharged Shootout on Saturday April 3 will feature a host of impressive competitors and their head-turning supercharged machines, including that of long-time racer, Milan Dokic. The Mornington Peninsula racer’s Wild Willys is well known…
March 30, 2021
No Comments

500 DRAG RACERS SET TO SIZZLE AT ROCKYNATS
Approximately 500 drag racers have entered for this weekend’s Rockynats event which will feature eighth mile street racing at the eastern end of Rockhampton’s Quay Street. The Rockynats is managed by the same team which is behind the time-honoured Summernats…
March 29, 2021
No Comments

Therapy on Wheels is Bankwest’s ‘Best in the West’
Therapy on Wheels has received a significant grant from Bankwest as part of its “Best in the West” funding partnership with 9News. Therapy on Wheels is a not-for-profit organisation which takes passengers down the drag strip from 0-200+kph in 10…
March 19, 2021
No Comments

TDRA SIGNS NEW ANDRA DEAL
The Tamworth Drag Racing Association has signed a five-year agreement to continue with ANDRA as its sanctioning body into the future. The announcement comes ahead of a number of exciting events at TDRA’s Gunnedah Airport venue in the coming months.…
March 3, 2021
No Comments

SDRA DELIVERING COMMUNITY SPIRIT AT ITS BEST
The Sunraysia Drag Racing Association (SDRA) has like most clubs of all sporting disciplines rode many highs and lows over its 34-year history, but no matter what it has always picked itself up and continued to deliver vital services to…
March 2, 2021
No Comments

STEEL CITY DRAG CLUB READY FOR BIG 2021
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…
February 16, 2021
No Comments

JET CAR ACTION READY TO POP AT MOTORPLEX
Fire-throwing Jet Dragsters will lead an exciting field of racers for this weekend’s Night of Fire event at the Perth Motorplex. Jet Dragster drivers Pieter De Wit (Iron Horse) and Ian Wood (Banshee) will provide plenty of blazing runs and…
January 20, 2021
No Comments

MOTORPLEX CELEBRATES NEW YEAR WITH NITRO SLAM
The Perth Motorplex will get 2021 off to a great start with its Nitro Slam event this Saturday, January 2. The event will be headlined by Nitro Funny Cars and Nitro Front Engine Dragsters, nitro-burning Motorcycles and 10 of the…
December 29, 2020
No Comments

CONGRATULATING GLENN KNIGHT – GALLAGHER VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENT
Glenn Knight was recently celebrated as part of a select group of Gallagher Volunteer of the Year award recipients. Glenn has been an integral member of the Casterton Drag Racing Club for almost two decades and its President for near…
December 23, 2020
No Comments

CONGRATULATING TREVOR BALLINGER – GALLAGHER VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENT
Trevor ‘T-Rev’ Ballinger was recently celebrated as part of a select group of Gallagher Volunteer of the Year award recipients. Trevor has been an integral and inspirational member of the Central Queensland Drag Racing Association (CQDRA) for many years and…
December 21, 2020
No Comments

DRAG RACING COMMUNITY CONDEMNS PERTH SHOOTING
In the wake of the shooting of Nick Martin at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday 12 December, the Australian drag racing community has widely condemned the actions of those involved and called for calm. The 51-year-old was surrounded by hundreds…
December 16, 2020
No Comments

CONGRATULATING EMMA BELL – GALLAGHER VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENT
Emma Bell was recently celebrated as part of a select group of Gallagher Volunteer of the Year award recipients. Emma has been an integral member of the Central Australian Drag Racing Association (CADRA) Committee for the last two years and…
December 16, 2020
No Comments
Compare