1 May 2011

The 2011 Nitro Champs has not gone to plan with the inclement weather that has been hitting the Western Sydney area; however, the PRE Motorsport/Goldfingers Gentlemen’s team did manage to make two runs on Saturday. The latter of the two runs was cancelled due to the session not being completed and the second qualifying session will be re-run Sunday morning.

28 April 2011

The Zappia Racing Team are set to enter their third event in their East Coast Tour for 2011, with this weeks 2011 Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway being Round 6 of the ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer Championship.

28 April 2011

Terry Sainty is looking to win his second Nitro Champs title at Sydney Dragway this weekend (Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1).

Sainty previously won the Nitro Champs when the event was held at the neighbouring Eastern Creek Raceway prior to the opening of the Sydney Dragway.

28 April 2011

Rapisarda Racing will field three cars in Top Fuel at this weekend's Nitro Champs, at Sydney Dragway from Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1.

All three cars will be driven by past Nitro Champ winners, defending champion, Mark Mariani, Allan Dobson, who won the event in 2007 and Terry Sainty, who won the Nitro Champs when the event was held next door at Eastern Creek Raceway.

28 April 2011

Mark Mariani is looking to win back-to-back Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway this weekend (Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1).

Mariani will drive one of three Top Fuel cars entered by Rapisarda Racing/Titan Cranes team at the Nitro Champs.

28 April 2011

Reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Andrew Badcock will step out of the riders seat at the conclusion of the 2011 Castrol EDGE Winternationals, and when he does so he hopes to be celebrating back-to-back ANDRA Pro Series Championship wins.

27 April 2011

The AEG Powertools-backed Darren Morgan Racing team heads to Sydney for the penultimate round of the ANDRA Pro Series Top Fuel Championships hoping they can turn their 122 point Championship margin into an unassailable lead – and the team has some extra assistance from Aeroflow Performance Products.

26 April 2011

No Top Doorslammer racer has ever won the Grand Slam, made up of drag racing's prestigious big three marquee events – three-day events that stage all (Australian National Drag Racing Association) ANDRA Pro Series Group One and Sportsman categories – The Nationals, Nitro Champs and Winternationals in the same season.

21 April 2011

Visit Hungry Jacks in Mildura for a DMR Flame-Grilled Special right throughout 2011*

Darren Morgan Racing will be celebrating the announcement that Hungry Jacks has extended it’s major associate partnership with the DMR Top Fuel team at Mildura’s Sunset Strip this Easter. The familiar logo will adorn the AEG Powertools Dragster over the final two events of the ANDRA Pro Series Top Fuel Championship.

20 April 2011

The third round of the 2010/2011 ANDRA Pro Series Australian Pro Stock Championship Aeroflow by Rocket industries event (April 8th and 9th) once again has seen the Tremaniac Racing team do well with Aaron taking the event win and extending his 2010/2011 championship points lead.

19 April 2011

It’s with great pleasure that the Pro Stock Owners Association (PSOA) report that the 2011 Nitro Champs held at Sydney Dragway over the weekend April 29 – May 1 will be the largest ever Pro Stock field in ANDRA Pro Series history. As the entry list stands there are currently 25 entries for the event. The largest of the Group One fields for the event.

20 April 2011

Australia's Terry Sainty had what was probably his most challenging outing yet of his Top Fuel racing career last weekend.  The skilled driver for Santo Rapisarda's team participated in NHRA's totally unique 4-Wide Nationals held at Bruton Smith's fabulous ZMax Dragway in Concord North Carolina -- considered by most to be the "Bellagio" for the sport of drag racing.

18 April 2011

Even though the Jason Hedges Racing (JHR) team may not have walked away with the win Saturday night (April 9th), the team did manage to maintain their third place in the points. The main goal that has been set by the JHR team is to finish within the top three in the championship for the 2010/2011 season.

13 April 2011

For Scott Porter and the Porters Can Do Pro Stock team, the 2010/2011 ANDRA Pro Series Pro Stock Season may not have been as eventful as they had liked. This has been due to business commitments that have kept them away from the racetrack. However, nonetheless, the performances that they have turned in have been impressive considering the amount of time that they have spent away from the racetrack.

17 April 2011

Sounds like something the NHRA could use? Well, a funny thing happened on the way to Pomona.

Story by Susan Wade (Compeition Plus)