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.

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.

Stuart Bishop, Aaron Tremayne and Luke Crowley ruled an abbreviated first day of the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals at Adelaide International Raceway where track records fell but cold conditions eventually had the final say.

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.

Team Mopar Australia’s main man and mini-me racer, Lee and Leon Bektash, head to Adelaide this weekend in the same transporter at the same time and with the same goal – to clean up at the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals.

ANDRA Pro Stock points leader Jason Grima will feel the pressure when his PC Group Ford Mustang rolls into Adelaide International Raceway for the second time this season with a slight 18-point lead over his nearest competitor and there just two rounds left in the championship.

ANDRA has released its historic 2014 calendar for both the ANDRA Drag Racing Series and the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

Scott White comes in to the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals at Adelaide International Raceway sitting in fourth place in the 2012-13 ANDRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship.

After four rounds in the championship, the Darwin-based racer’s best finish this season so far was at the Nitro Champs in May where he qualified second, held top speed in qualifying and went out in the semi finals.

Since then White says the team have regrouped to see out the rest of the season.

Murray O’Connor has enjoyed one of his best seasons yet in the ANDRA Top Doorslammer series and he hopes his privateer outfit can continue to be a rival to bigger, more well-funded teams.

Team Bray Racing’s Victor and Ben Bray will be on track at Adelaide International Raceway later this month for the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals - the first ANDRA Top Doorslammer national championship round held at the venue since 2000.

Steering a 3500 horsepower, supercharged Top Doorslammer down a narrow strip of bitumen and accelerating to 400kmh in just six seconds might be the second most intense thing Queensland drag racer Stuart Bishop has ever done in Adelaide.

John Zappia is used to late season charges to earn his five Top Doorslammer titles but says for this season it is points leader Peter Kapiris’ championship to lose with just two events remaining.

Peter Kapiris is in prime position to earn a second ANDRA Top Doorslammer championship and the Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals at Adelaide International Raceway from September 20 to 21 could be the point where it is wrapped up.