Father and son duo Victor and Ben Bray will be looking to make history repeat at Sydney Dragway this weekend as the 2012/2013 Top Doorslammer championship chase begins with the Australian Nationals (2-3-4 November 2012).

The Australian Nationals has been a happy hunting ground for Sidchrome's Team Bray in the past, with Ben breaking through as the youngest ever event winner in 2002 at just 17 years and 2 months of age.

The youngster then went on to win three of the next four outings of the event and claim the 2003 season title - making him the youngest-ever winner of a professional drag racing championship anywhere in the world at the time.

No less than four home-town racers are in the running for 2012 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series glory as the countdown continues to its final round, to be held at Warwick Dragway on Saturday November 10.

Boosting their competiveness is the fact that the penultimate round of the popular grassroots series was also held at their home track, with track upgrades at the original scheduled venue seeing that event moved to Warwick, creating a series double-header for the facility.

Super Streeter Nathan Jannusch, cousins Matthew and Andrew Loy and drag racing patriarch Ian Ham will all be flying the flag for Warwick amongst an expected field of 110 racers in the final stand for the 2012 championship.

Zappia has made no secret of his desire to overtake Victor Bray's legendary six straight titles in Top Doorslammer before eyeing off Gary Phillips' overall record of seven consecutive professional championships.

"We just need to get a good start this year and put pressure on with our performances, rather than playing catch up through out the season," he said. "We've learned how to run 5.70s and we now need to try and keep there as much as we can."

Since winning the Top Doorslammer championship in June, Zappia's off season has been spent competing at some Slamfest events at regional tracks, which provided him with some leads on a nagging tyre shake problem.

The Fuchs South Coast Raceway Portland is proud to announce the re-signing of Fuchs Lubricants Australia as the track naming rights sponsor for 2012/2013 drag racing season.

Chris Farrell, President of Fuchs South Coast Raceway's was very pleased to officially confirm the partnership with Fuchs, the world's largest independent manufacturer and supplier of lubricants. "We're really excited that Fuchs has come on board as naming right sponsor of our great track again this season.

Our track is run by a great bunch of dedicated volunteers who are very passionate about our sport. We started a great partnership with Fuchs last season, and to get them back again this season shows that we are doing a great job down here. Every volunteer at our track has helped make this possible and they all need to be congratulated for putting in such a professional effort."

From this Friday night, November 2, Calder Park Raceway's online entry prices start from $90.

You can still pay at the gate on the day but you will pay the old prices. So go to www.calderpark.com.au to enter online and SAVE!!

Street cars, should they need an arm band, can pay the new price at reception plus $20.00 on top of the gate price.

The online entry system will allow comp car competitors to purchase an entry to race ($90) plus a maximum of 3 crew passes (additional $90 = $180). When a comp car / street car competitor arrives at the gate, they will receive their drivers arm band.

Athol Williams - the flying KIWI (Photo courtesy John Morris)Athol Williams has always had a passion for bikes. You can hear it in the way he speaks and assumes you know what he's talking about. From a Suzuki 125 Stinger, to a RD350 Yamaha, to a Honda 750k1 and up to a Kawasaki 900, Athol rattles off the street bikes he's owned and the mods he's made.

It's a blur of brand names and parts that are completely foreign to me. Luckily we steer the conversation back towards drag racing before he works out that I'm completely out of my depth.

Athol's first introduction to drag racing was watching Ray Peterson in the early 70s roar down New Zealand's Champion Dragway on his supercharged Triumph and later a Nitro Honda. That's when he decided he "wouldn't mind having a crack at this drag racing caper."