ANDRA Top Fuel racer, Phil Lamattina, will turn his attention to the new Outlaw Nitro Funny Car class as he gets behind the wheel of a former NHRA Championship winning nitro funny car.

"The car looks like it's brand new, I have to thank Graeme Cowin for sourcing the car for our team, it's a nice bit of gear," exclaimed Lamattina.

"This car has got an amazing history and I'm looking forward to getting behind the wheel of this thing, it's going to be an animal," smiled the carrot king.

"Aaron (Hambridge) is going through the car along with the Graeme (Cowin) and we are all just really excited about the event. It's not every day you drive a nitro funny car, it's not every day you get a chance to write history and it's certainly not every day you get to race a guy like Ron Capps."

The cackle count in Australia is set to get bigger and louder when round 1 of the Outlaw Nitro Funny Car series hits Sydney Dragway this November.

No fewer than 14 Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars will be on-hand to entertain the fans, an indication of just how popular this new class of racing has become in a fairly short amount of time.

Headlining the Australia v USA show will be NHRA legend Ron Capps driving the L.A. Hooker Nitro Funny Car, with Willy White flying the Kiwi flag in the “Back to the Future” Plymouth Satellite.

The brainchild of Aussie drag racing icon, Graeme Cowin has helped engineer a category designed to bring relative affordability back to nitro racing and ramp up the entertainment value for fans.

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.

The Lady Daly Hotel Springnationals at Adelaide International Raceway will mark the first time Bishop has raced in the ANDRA Drag Racing Series in South Australia but he is by no means a stranger to the region, especially its waters, having spent a lot of time there in his competitive sailing days.

"I love Adelaide and we used to have a lot of the Olympic sailing trials there, so all around Brighton and Seacliff is my old stomping ground," he said.

This Sunday's brand new GM Mania event at Willowbank Raceway (15 September 2013) signals the beginning of a new approach by the facility's management.

Willowbank Raceway President Tony Wedlock said the event – which celebrates all things General Motors through drag racing, judged show and shine events, dyno competitions, club and manufacturer displays and more – is part of the Management Committee's commitment to delivering "something different" for motoring enthusiasts.

"This Sunday's GM Mania event is certainly shaping up to be a great day out for all the family," said Wedlock.

"I am pleased to report that GM Mania is not 'just' a new event for Willowbank Raceway.

"In actual fact, it signals the beginning of a new approach by the Raceway and its Board to offer something different from Queensland's premier drag racing facility to a wider group of motoring enthusiasts.

Team Bray Entertainment is set to bring a 'triple-treat' burn-out show to the fast approaching Bathurst 1000 (7-10 October) V8 Supercar event thanks to the addition of a brand new car and driver to their line-up.

The new car – a 2000hp 1963 Corvette – will be piloted by Ben Bray and is being built with both burn-out and drift events in mind. Currently under construction at the Team Bray workshop, the car will make its debut at the renowned Mount Panorama circuit.

With Ben set to take the wheel of the powerful new Corvette, his Formula Tech/Walkinshaw Performance/Sidchrome 440 ute will now be found in the hands of Perth's Brett Stewart – pilot of the number 73 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series entry and the newest edition to TBE.

"I am super excited to get on-track with the brand new TBR 1963 Corvette," said Ben Bray.

Have you ever dreamed of taking a ride in a top fuel dragster, to feel the power that only nitro methane can deliver?

Well now you can!

In an Australian first, Michael 'Gup' Gilbertson rolled out his new 2 seater Top Fuel Dragster at Queensland Raceway for Powercruise #43.

Gup's 2 seater Top Fuel Dragster is the real deal. In fact it's the 2011 Championship winning car of Top Fuel ace Darren Morgan.

The car was put through its paces with a media representative from Channel 7 and Channel 10 taken on the ride of a lifetime.