Spectators at the 2013 Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, May 3-5, will get more nitro methane than they ever bargained for with the ANDRA Drag Racing Series championships for Top Fuel and Top Bike being combined with the return of Nitro Funny Cars to Sydney Dragway.

Brisbane-based Englishman Steve Read had one of the most memorable weekends of his career at the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway by taking two wins in two nights under the double header championship format.

After netting the quickest time bonus points and a finals appearance at last weekend’s Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway, Steve Ham’s expectations of his new race car have been well exceeded.

Team Bray Racing’s Ben Bray is hoping to strike at this weekend’s Sydney Jamboree in the Pro Compact class, following the successful achievement of his goal to run a sub-seven second elapsed time at last weekend’s Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race event.

Australia witnessed its quickest ever drag racing pass on Saturday night at Willowbank Raceway when three times world champion Larry Dixon stormed to a 4.503 second time, as Queensland’s own Steve Read doubled up at the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race.

The ANDRA Drag Racing Series heads to Willowbank Raceway for the Santo's Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race.

We will bring you live tweets on the results as they happen plus be Instagramming and Vining our way through the event!

Last night at Willowbank Raceway, three times Top Fuel world champion Larry Dixon had one of the wildest moments of his racing career when a broken axle on his Rapisarda Racing dragster saw a wheel come off mid-pass.

Check out the footage! Now includes onboard shots.

Queenslanders pressed their home turf advantage at the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway on Good Friday night with Steve Read and Darren Fry taking ANDRA Drag Racing Series wins as US visitor Larry Dixon got a wild introduction to drag racing in Australia.

Darren Fry will be able to satisfy a long obsession with Funny Cars come the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway when he makes his debut runs in Top Alcohol.

Larry Dixon met with media this morning in Brisbane ahead of this weekend’s Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway, taking time out from his busy preparation.

Dixon said he was full of pride to be able to represent Rapisarda Autosport International in Australia after flying the flag for the team in the United States.

Brisbane Funny Car racer Steve Ham brings a new car to the fight this weekend as he returns to Willowbank Raceway for the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race in the hotly contested ANDRA Top Alcohol championship.

Recent testing has injected a fresh shot of confidence into the ECL Team, with Ham touting the new Ford Mustang-bodied Funny Car as the most comfortable car he’s ever driven.

The Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race may mark a crucial part of the championship for Top Fuel however the points battles and rivalries will take a back seat to the memory of Louie Rapisarda this weekend.

The son of team owner Santo Rapisarda passed away in a racing accident at Willowbank Raceway in 1990 and it is to preserve and honour Louie’s memory that Santo has continued operating one of Australia’s longest-lived Top Fuel outfits.

Check out the latest episode of ANDRA Pre Stage, where we catch up on what went on at Adelaide's Aeroflow Summer Speedfest and Perth's Westernationals and preview the Santo's Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race, coming up at Willowbank Raceway this weekend.

Top Fuel and Top Alcohol both add two more championship rounds to their tally when the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race hits Willowbank Raceway in March 29 and 30.

For Top Fuel it marks rounds six and seven of the championship and is the second time they have run the ‘double header’ championship format, following its successful debut at Perth Motorplex in February.

Queensland Top Alcohol driver Steven Reed says he may sacrifice the single compulsory qualifying sessions of the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway in order to find a path to quicker times.

Reed believes the Allstar Batteries/Royal Wolf team has the parts and equipment needed to run into the elusive 5.4 second zone, but needs to find the knowledge to get there and the only way to do that is to test out some theories.