Reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle national champion Lachlan Ireland will have no better opportunity to turn his season around than Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams this Saturday at Calder Park as he gets to race at his home track for the first time in an ANDRA championship round.
The 2012/13 season has not been as friendly to Ireland as the last one in which he took his first ever championship.
V-Sport, a brand synonymous with performance street and competition equipment have opened their new store at Sydney Motorsport Park on Wednesday October 16th, perfect timing for the upcoming ANDRA Nationals at Sydney Dragway.
Only a 5 minute ride from the strip, the new store features an impressive range of products. For drag racers V-Sport stocks all the latest Go-Pro cameras and accessories, safety equipment, fasteners, hose and fittings.
Victorian Top Bike rider Graeme Morell is looking forward to the opportunity to show off his skills in front of a home town audience for the first time when he tackles Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams at Calder Park this Saturday.
Morell is currently second placed in the ANDRA Top Bike championship and this season has carved out a reputation as a giant killer, demonstrating that consistency is just as important as outright pace when it comes to racing on nitro.
Lamattina Top Fuel Racing will be ready to show Victorian fans just how far the sport of drag racing has progressed in recent years as the team takes two of the most technically advanced Top Fuel cars in the country to the Fuchs Nitro Thunder presented by Crow Cams event at Calder Park.
It will be the first time Calder Park has seen ANDRA championship drag racing since 2001, once the country's premier drag racing venue, Calder Park hosted the Australian Nationals were held at the venue from 1992 through to 2001.
Arguably the biggest name in Australian Top Fuel racing has partnered with Australia's biggest name in hand tools, with the Victorian-based Lamattina Top Fuel Racing cars now sporting Sidchrome signage for the remainder of the 2013 season as well as 2014.
The partnership will see the crew for both LTFR cars using Sidchrome tools as the Top Fuel team continues to expand its operation.
For Australian native Steve Easton, a dream has come as he Easton will be making his Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car debut at this year's California Hot Rod Reunion at Famoso Raceway on Bakersfield, Oct. 18-20., running a 1970 nitro-burning Hemi Cuda for Bob Godfrey Racing. This also marks the first time he will be competing in a funny car race in the United States.
The penultimate round of the Willowbank Raceway Track Championship, the Super Sportsman event, hits the track on Saturday, 19 October 2013.
This weekend, a variety of racers from SuperComp, Supercharged Outlaws, Modified, Super Sedan, Super Street, Modified Bike, Junior Dragster and Super Gas categories will take to Queensland's premier drag racing facility as they seek to lock away valuable points as the prestigious track championship chase nears its end.
Morgan Lucas will climb out of the cockpit of the GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster in 2014 to devote more time to the family business, Lucas Oil Products.
In his place, Lucas has promoted longtime crewman Richie Crampton, who recently earned his Top Fuel competition license during a test session at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis.