More than 24,000 horsepower will be on show at Heathcote Park Raceway this Saturday (19 January) when eight Top Doorslammers lead the way for round one of the 2013 Slamfest series.

From 11.00am to 9.00pm, the Victorian track located just an hour and a half away from the Melbourne CBD will feature not only eight of the country's fastest 'doored' cars but also a packed field of Supercharged Outlaw racers plus two Dial Your Own race categories.

Now entering its fourth year, the Slamfest Series sees Top Doorslammer racers from around the country competing across the eighth-mile distance at Australia's regional tracks.

Jet Dragster in action at the Perth Motorplex (Photo courtesy the Gardner Broz)
The USA Jet Dragsters made their 2013 debut at the latest Perth round, The Night of Fire. The predicted weather of 40 degrees wasn't looked happily upon during the week. But on the day the weather missed the mark and 'only' 34 degrees was reached, making for a slightly cooler day but still making a scorching hot 50 degree track temperature.

Our kerosene burning feature consisted of a "best out of 3" race format with Curt White taking out all three of the races with sub 6 second passes, as Chuck Haynes was still learning the in and outs of his brand new car.

While Curt won 3 zip, he did have some bad luck when his parachute failed on the final pass, sending him rocketing (or should that be jetting) into the sand traps at somewhere close to 250mph, coming to a stop at the 2nd safety net.

After the event, The crowd of the Motorplex was dazzled by a Fireworks display to finish the night.

60foot joins Lamattina Top Fuel Racing (Photo courtesy Gardner Broz)Lamattina Top Fuel Racing (LTFR) has added another sponsor to the ranks, with clothing brand '60foot' joining the team for the final round of the 'western swing' held at the Perth Motorplex, February 1 and 2.

The Australian-based clothing brand has strong links to drag racing with its merchandise range and supporting the fastest cars in the sport was a natural fit.

LTFR driver and team boss, Phil Lamattina was pleased to confirm the partnership.

"We are really happy to have 60foot on-board with the team. 60foot is a young brand and it's great to see them support drag racing at all levels."

"Let's not forget that 60foot gives away prizes at each Aeroflow Drag Racing Series round to the junior dragster driver with the best reaction time and closest to dial in 'package' during eliminations."

That's right drag racers, as part of the up-coming Desert Nationals, the Tennant Creek Drag Racing Club and Little Rippers Lifestyles are putting up $10,000 for an 8 car Super Sedan Shootout!

From the Super Sedan competitors at the Dessert Nationals, 8 names will be pulled from a hat and those randomly selected will go head-to-head to take home some serious cash.

Held on Friday the 28th of June during qualifying, the 1st qualifying pass will allow competitors to get an idea of their dial-in. Qualifying rounds 2, 3 and 4 will be the elimination rounds for the 8 car field.

Darren Parker - Runner-up and record setter in Super Comp (Photo courtesy Tom Dowden)First of all I would like to wish the Just Drag Racing family a very happy new year and a safe and prosperous 2013 on the track.

As you would have read on the Just Drag Racing Website I was runner up at the Portland round of the ANDRA Sportsman Championship series last weekend to Craig Geddes. I desperately needed points after not earning any in Sydney with the broken transmission and had high hopes for the weekend of winning the meeting and resetting both the ET and MPH record. I came close with both of the records and a runner up.

Leading into the meeting there were 6 vehicles entered for Super Stock and it was understood that we would be running on our own and not being combined to run Super Comp. A closer look at the rule showed 6 vehicles needed to attempt qualifying (only 5 had turned up to qualify) and even though there were 9 vehicles entered Competition ANDRA combined the two classes to make Super Comp.

The ANDRA championship rounds of Top Doorslammer, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle for Calder Park in February have been cancelled, due to the recent change in ownership of the history-steeped Melbourne venue.

The short time frame after the recent change in ownership of Calder Park caused a logistical challenge that would have been difficult to overcome in the time available.