Victorian drag racing teams will have the opportunity to fine-tune their cars ahead of upcoming ANDRA events at this Saturday's Test and Tune day at Calder Park.
The session is open to all ANDRA licence holders and will be held in the afternoon and evening to avoid the hottest part of the day.
Australian NHRA Top Fuel rookie, Richie Crampton ended the second official day of the Pro Warm Up at Palm Beach International Raceway, Florida, fifth quickest of the 10 cars in attendance.
After smoking and shaking the tyres yesterday, Crampton stepped up to a 3.808/323.97 in the Geico/Lucasi Oil Products Top Fuel dragster in the first session – only Antron Brown, Tony Schumacher, Shawn Langdon and Spencer Massey quicker.
Shawn Langdon's new look for the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Series has been revealed with the reigning Top Fuel World Champion and Al-Anabi team-mate, Khalid alBalooshi unveiling their cars in Florida overnight.
Despite searing temperatures in the second round of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at the Perth Motorplex, six new national records have been ratified by ANDRA.
Three competitors set both ends of their respective quarter-mile national records: Rob Pilkington, Jake and Jamie Chaisty, and Brenton Baxter.
Just Drag Racing.com took a ride at Portland recently with three-time Australian Super Sedan Champion, Graeme Cooper in his popular "Bricklayer" Holden EH Premier Station Wagon.
Jett Racing's Kelly Corbett is New Zealand-bound after she was selected as one of just four Australian drag racers to compete as 'feature acts' in the upcoming 2014 V Four and Rotary Nationals (25/26 January 2014).
The 29-year-old from Camira in Queensland will take the wheel of the Jett Racing Datsun Ute as an event-funded headline racer alongside fellow Aussies Scott Porter, Dom Luppino and Chris Fakinos.
Anthony Marsh has lowered New Zealand's Top Fuel performance mark, with a 5.089-second/272.89mph blast in his Mount Shop dragster at the United Oils Shootout at Fram Autolite Dragway, Meremere, on the weekend, while Wayne Yearbury also set new standards for Kiwi Top Doorslammers.
IMAGES and VIDEO from Meremere including Reece Fish's spectular testing explosion and Marsh's record-setting run.
Sydney Dragway and its popular Wednesday night street legal races have featured in today's Sunday Telegraph newspaper, the biggest selling paper in Australia.
The positive story by Andrew Carswell, albeit stating off-street drag racing is a "new craze", focuses on the people who attend the street meets and their personal and professional backgrounds, defying the drag racing stereotype.