Matt Abel was left to consider what might have been after a minor gremlin robbed him of valuable hundredths of a second in the Top Doorslammer final at the Desert Nationals on Sunday. Abel’s ’57 Chevy was on a scorching run on Alice Springs Inland Dragway’s quarter-mile when a prob…

John Zappia has fired back in the Australian Drag Racing Championship with a Desert Nationals win at Alice Springs Inland Dragway on Sunday. Western Australia’s Zappia defeated the Northern Territory’s Matt Abel in the final round, 5.853 to 5.960, and took over the lead of the Top Doorsl…

The Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series saw old faces and new in the winner’s circle of Alice Springs Inland Dragway as drivers and riders from across Australia claimed victories. The Desert Nationals saw ANDRA Silver Christmas Tree trophies going home with Brodie Zappia (Summit Racing Eq…

Drag racers from around Australia have staked early claims to top qualifying positions in the second round of the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series. The Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway saw some impressive runs today ahead of final qualifying and eliminations tomorro…

John Zappia has found some redemption at the second round of the Australian Drag Racing Championship, as he takes the qualifying lead into day two of the Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway. Western Australia’s Zappia used a 5.933/246.00mph pass in the second session of qualifying…

Cory Read is currently in the middle of a 1500km trip from Darwin to Alice Springs with his Top Sportsman Ford Falcon on a trailer, which actually makes a nice change for the South Australian drag racer. Read is travelling for round two of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, which is being…

ANDRA is excited to announce the addition of new dates to the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series calendar. The confirmation of Mildura’s Sunset Strip and Portland’s South Coast Raceway on the schedule brings the total number of announced rounds to 12 and the number of tracks to e…

Alice Springs local Cody Hodgins will make his Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series Super Street debut at this weekend’s Desert Nationals. The Hodgins family have been a part of the Alice Springs drag racing scene for many years, with Cody’s father Dan racing a Supercharged Outlaws F…

(Scratch & Match Motorsport team release) Scratch & Match Motorsport are the leaders of the Australian Drag Racing Championship’s Top Doorslammer class following their season-opening win at the Top End Nationals. Driver Daniel Gregorini recovered from a less-than-average showing at Nit…

(Zappia Racing team release) The first round of the new Australian Drag Racing Championship will go down in the what-could-have-been category for John Zappia and his Dananni Hotshots/Tony’s Auto Wreckers Monaro Top Doorslammer. Zappia’s Top End Nationals weekend began in strong fashion,…

In addition to the notification published yesterday, please see the following links regarding SFI notices of non-compliant harnesses. https://sfifoundation.com/notice-of-products-falsely-represented-as-certified-by-stanj-international/ https://sfifoundation.com/notice-of-counterfeit-sfi-labels-on-dr…

Please see the following link regarding an SFI notice of non-compliant harnesses sold by Slapco: https://sfifoundation.com/notice-of-noncompliant-driver-restraints-sold-by-slapco/ A history of product notifications from SFI can be found here: https://sfifoundation.com/notices/ Feel free to contact S…

Top Doorslammers have a reputation for wild handling – something Western Australia’s Kelvin Lyle is all too aware of heading into this weekend’s Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway (July 24/25), which will host round two of the Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) an…

The championship points tally following the Top End Nationals at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip – round one of the 2021/2022 Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) and the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series (SRESS) – has been released. To view the points as they stand a…

The fight for the 2021/2022 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series is officially underway with round one successfully completed at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip this weekend. After an exciting start to Top End Nationals qualifying on Friday, Saturday hosted the final qualifying round and eli…