Steve Read will carry a new look into Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams and the Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway with the support of SuperCharge Batteries, Australia’s leading provider of high quality vehicle, marine and deep cycle battery models.

Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams will not only be an important event as the first ANDRA Drag Racing Series round held in Melbourne since 2001, but it falls at a crucial time for the national championships of Top Fuel, Top Bike and Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Buoyed by the imminent return of championship drag racing to Melbourne, the Victorian Drag Racers Club (VDRC) has donated a set of vehicle scales to the Australian National Drag Racing Association’s Victorian/Tasmanian division.

Shoppers at Watergardens Town Centre in Taylors Lakes will get an early preview of a couple of vehicles destined for Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams as part of a community display next week.

Steve Read will come into Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams on October 19 as the only Top Fuel driver with previous experience on Melbourne’s Calder Park drag strip and the two times ANDRA national champion is confident that will give him the edge he needs over the competition.

ANDRA Top Bike championship leader Chris Porter is heading into Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams with a near unassailable position in the points but there is still some work to do to ensure his first title is wrapped up.

Darwin Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Scott White experienced one of his biggest drag racing career moments at the recent Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals by taking his first win in an event he described as game changing.

When ANDRA championship Top Fuel drag racing returns to Melbourne on October 19 for Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams it will see a first time driver making his competition debut when John Lamattina rolls on to the track.

Three times Australian Top Bike champion Chris Matheson and his Nitro Voodoo team are in preparation to return to the ANDRA Drag Racing Series after a terrifying high speed crash earlier this year at Sydney Dragway.

Matheson was blown off his 1500 horsepower motorcycle at over 370kph as he crossed the finish line while reaching for the rear brake lever. Matheson suffered multiple injuries and underwent two operations to recover from the accident.

The penultimate round of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship has been run and done and the scene has now been set for the season-ending Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway.

This season’s Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship has seen more rounds and more tracks than ever before, with regional locations playing a big part in the growth of the series.

Ben Bray, Aaron Tremayne and Scott White mastered potent conditions at the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals on Saturday as the ANDRA Drag Racing Series rocked Adelaide International Raceway.

The ANDRA Drag Racing Series heads to Adelaide International Raceway September 20-21 for the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals featuring Top Doorslammer, Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle and the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

We will bring you live tweets on the pro results as they happen plus add photos and videos from behind the scenes through the event.