Following a successful showing at the Castrol EDGE Gold Coast 600 Friday Night Drags last week, husband and wife racers Grant and Debbie O’Rourke are preparing for the final rounds of their respective ANDRA championships.

A trio of challengers is all-set to make headlines at this weekend’s prestigious Australian Nationals, with Lucas Oil’s Gary Phillips, Matt Forbes and Dylan Leo all gunning for glory at drag racing’s glittering final round.

Cue the music; it’s the final countdown! In the red corner representing Rapisarda Autosport International, it’s the eccentric, fire fightin’ Allan ‘Dobbo’ Dobson. In the blue corner representing Lamattina Top Fuel Racing, it’s the Carrot King, Phil Lamattina.

This weekend’s season-ending Australian Nationals will see Victor Bray make his comeback to the ANDRA scene after a few months away, and he will do so with son Ben Bray by his side.

Should the unthinkable happen and Gary Phillips is eliminated in Top Alcohol Round 1 at the Australian Nationals, Steve Ham could be the lucky beneficiary to snatch a Championship from the jaws of defeat.

Australian Competition Eliminator Championship contenders Craig Geddes and Alistair McClure just can’t be separated ahead of the season finale Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway October 31 – November 2.

One of the most intriguing battles looming at the Australian Nationals is the explosive ten-team battle royale to decide the Australian Supercharged Outlaws Championship.

2013 Australian Top Fuel Motorcycle Champion Chris Porter will make his ANDRA Drag Racing Series return in the season ending Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway next weekend October 31 – November 2.

Shane Wynd and Jess Turner have been here before and will draw on their experience in an attempt to claim the Australian Modified Championship at Sydney Dragway next week.

When the Castrol EDGE Gold Coat 600 fires up on the Gold Coast this weekend, it will do so with a touch of drag racing’s dramatic flare thanks to the return of the Friday Night Drags, featuring O’Rourke Motorsport.

Two weeks ago John Kapiris wrapped up his second consecutive Australian Super Sedan Championship at the Fuchs Spring Nationals in his hometown of Adelaide.

When Mark Drew destroyed the track record at Hidden Valley Drag Strip on his way to the event win in July, he didn’t realise he’d wrapped up the 2014 ANDRA Drag Racing Series Top Fuel Motorcycle Championship.

Willowbank Raceway’s Fuchs Winternationals event has been announced as a winner at the 2014 Ipswich Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Business Awards.

A few months have lapsed since Reed Racing was on track in Darwin and after a semi-final finish where Reed over powered the track in the tricky conditions of the top end, the team have been analysing the data to come up with a plan to have a consistent 5.50 second car.

Dylan Leo and Jake Cartledge are the latest Junior Drgasters to win the 60foot Rising Star Award at the Benaraby Nationals and Fuchs Spring Nationals respectively.

Leo completed the double at the Benaraby Nationals taking home his first ANDRA Silver Christmas Tree and the 60foot Rising Star Award for the event recording a 0.059 reaction time and a 7.982 second pass on a 7.98 dial in for a package of 0.061.

In Adelaide at the Fuchs Spring Nationals, Cartledge cut a 0.040 reaction time on his way to an 8.225 second pass on a 8.22 dial in for an overall package of 0.045.

The 60foot Rising Star Award recognises the Junior Dragster racer who has the best reaction time and dial in package at each round of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.