Australian nitro Funny Car racers, Christine Steffens and Anthony Begley return to New Zealand's Ricoh Taupo Motorsport Park this Thursday (2 January) after their rain-affected NZ debut.

Steffens and Begley made their first appearance at the south NZ track on Saturday, but poor weather played havoc with the event billed as "Nitro Nirvana".

Hi-Tec Oils will become the official Australian National Drag Racing Association supplier in 2014.

Jenny Petrie and her spectacular 250kmh Wildfire Fiat Topolino will compete in the opening round of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at Fuchs South Coast Raceway on 4-5 January, 2014.

Today, 18 December, marks the 20th anniversary of the first four second run recorded outside North America.

The historic run, a 4.895-second run at 294.31 miles per hour, set at 6:14pm by Graeme Cowin, was recorded in front of a huge crowd in excess of 33,000 people at Melbourne's Calder Park Raceway.

An embarrassing lack of competitor support has led to the cancellation of the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car series event scheduled for Adelaide International Raceway on Saturday, 4 January.

AONFC organisers announced the series' second date just two weeks ago, creating an uncomfortable clash with Fuchs South Coast Raceway Portland's long-standing and traditionally well-supported New Year event (4-5 January).

Second generation Funny Car racer Peter Leahy will debut his recently-landed Super Bad Nova at Adelaide International Raceway's Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car Show, 4 January.