Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale has today enjoyed a taste of Australia’s biggest show in drag racing – the Fuchs Winternationals.

A taste of Australia’s biggest drag racing show came to the Brisbane CBD yesterday, with thousands of city-goers able to get up close and personal with high-powered racing machines and their drivers at Reddacliff Place ahead of this week’s Fuchs Winternationals (4-7 June).

Reigning ANDRA Top Fuel Champion, Phil Lamattina has tested his new, latest-specification Fuchs Top Fuel dragster and the verdict is not an encouraging one for his championship rivals – “This is the best race car I have ever driven!”

While there is a national championship on the line, the two main contenders for the 2015 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Junior Dragster title insist it’s fun first, honours second.

American Darian Guillory will return to Australia for the second time to ride the Rod Barchet owned 1640cc Suzuki Timblin in Top Fuel Motorcycle at the Fuchs Winternationals June 4-7.

Seven times back-to-back Top Doorslammer Champion John Zappia is on his way to Willowbank Raceway for the biggest drag racing event outside of North America – the 2015 Fuchs Winternationals.

Reigning back-to-back Australian Super Gas Champion Matt Forbes is so determined to take out the southern hemisphere’s biggest drag racing event, that he’ll contest two categories to get it done.

Mariani Family Motorsports and the Make-A-Wish Top Fuel Dragster are competing at this year’s Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway in June, Australia's biggest drag racing event and the biggest drag racing event in the world outside the US.

The Fuchs Winternationals (4-7 June) will host the comeback of three-time national champion Ben Bray, following a headline-making incident at the same event twelve months ago.

The Fuchs Winternationals will play host to American drag racing star Cory ‘Cory Mac’ McClenathan when it hits Willowbank Raceway next week (4-7 June), with the two-time NHRA champion confirmed today amongst the event’s 10-strong Top Fuel line-up.

Caan Childs is racing against the clock to be ready to line up in the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Competition Eliminator field at the Fuchs Winternationals June 4-7.

Phil Lamattina has fired back to Damien Harris’ claim that all the pressure is on the defending two-time ANDRA Drag Racing Series Top Fuel Champion when the curtain comes down on the 2015 season at the Fuchs Winternationals.

Steve Reed and the Reed Racing team have seen their preparation for the biggest show in Australian drag racing – the Fuchs Winternationals (4-7 June) – off to a strong start with a ‘best ever’ performance for the Allstar Batteries Top Alcohol Funny Car during pre-event testing.

2014 Top Alcohol Champion Steven Ham will spanner Bill Goonan’s Top Doorslammer Camaro at the Fuchs Winternationals June 4-7 at Willowbank Raceway.

Current Top Fuel championship leader Damien Harris has thrown down the gauntlet to closest rival Phil Lamattina ahead of the upcoming Fuchs Winternationals – the championship finale and the biggest show in Australian drag racing (June 4-7).