Jason Grima may not have won Pro Stock at the 2013 Nitro Champs but he was able to keep his championship hopes alive by knocking out points leader Wayne Daley in the second round of eliminations and pick up an extra round of points to put his PC Group Ford Mustang back in the lead of the ANDRA Championship.

The Nitro Champs featured the fourth round of the Pro Stock Championship and Grima was hopeful of taking advantage of racing on his home track and doing well. It was back in November 2012 that the PC Group Ford Mustang reset both ends of the national Pro Stock records at the Australian Nationals with a 6.982 ET at 195.79 mph and go into the lead with 138 points.

"Hi Guys n Girls,

On behalf the Sydney Dragway Board of Directors, Management and Race Weekend Team I would like to thank you all for your support and for helping to make the 2013 Nitro Champs such a great success.

So, what can I say but WOW, what a great weekend of top class Drag Racing action! Great weather, great crowds and an awesome atmosphere that could be felt throughout the entire venue. The 2013 Nitro Champs had everything and showcased the spectacle of just what this great sport of Drag Racing has to offer with close racing and world class performances.

The LTFR Top Fuel dragster had a mixed weekend at the Sydney Nitro Champs but a semi final appearance and more data, sees the team confident about their chances as the ANDRA Series heads to it's biggest event of the season, the Fuchs Winternationals.

After changing some of the clutch systems in the dragster during the week, qualifying was about finding the ideal tune-up resulting in a fifth place on the qualification list.

"It wasn't the best qualifying performance but we are pretty happy with what we have learned over the weekend, it's all about getting the car settled down, we are making more power than ever before but that brings some challenges," explained team driver Phil Lamattina.

And the envelope please...

The points have been tallied and the results are in. The winners of the fourth Just Drag Racing tipping competition are:

- 1st place : Tim Baker (a diecast funny car from Hoolagators All American Diecast)

- 2nd place : A.K Leonard (2 fantastic fender guards from Champion Spark Plugs)

- 3rd place : Zak Macdonald (a digital battery tester from Battery Saver Australia)

Well done guys! Thanks to everyone that entered and Hoolagators All American Diecast, Champion Spark Plugs and Battery Saver Australia for providing the great prizes.

We'll be running another comp for the Winter Nationals so stay tuned for details.

The 2012-13 Southern Super Gas Series was finalized at the Nitro Champs.

With the assistance of Ray Treasure the series final was decided in a paired run in the third qualifying session at the recently completed Nitro Championships. Going into the run Matt Forbes and Kym Oberauer were tied on points and it was decided that the series winner would be the one with the best package in that run. However a red light by Matt in his Fast Time Design Roadster handed the win and the DJ Sportsman Chute supplied by MSCN plus the Lucas Oil package supplied by Matt Forbes to Kym in his Just Drag Racing Camira.

For factory Mopar pilot Lee Bektash, the 2013 Nitro Champs was a standout event, as the long time drag racer converted the potential in his Chrysler-powered Pro Stock machine to ANDRA Gold.

"What an event!" exclaimed Bektash.

"We managed to top qualify, run our first 6-second pass and win the event. If you said to me at the start of the weekend that we would get all three, I would have told you that you were crazy."

A long-time racer in Super Gas before stepping up to Pro Stock, Bektash has had to wait five years before taking his first ANDRA Gold Christmas Tree in the professional class.

Queensland's premier drag racing facility - Willowbank Raceway - will be besieged by almost 100 vehicles of yesteryear this Saturday 11 May for the second outing of the 2013 Cruzin Magazine Nostalgia Drags series.

Nostalgia events at Willowbank Raceway regularly host large fields including everything from retro bikes to pre-1970 themed sedans.

Hitting the track from 10.00am will be racers spread across eight brackets, including the popular Nostalgia Dial Your Own category which accounts for almost half of the entry list and as such will be further categorised into smaller brackets according to the elapsed times set by competitors during qualifying.

Top Alcohol winner Russell Mills (Photo courtesy Grant Stephens)The 2013 Nitro Champs saw three first time professional winners in racing that ranged from the record breaking to the bizarre.

Lee Bektash in Pro Stock, Russell Mills in Top Alcohol and Graeme Morell in Top Bike all scored their first pro victories on a day where the saying "to finish first, first you must finish" was more important than ever.

Bektash defeated Scott Porter in the final of Pro Stock to finally break through for his first win in the category since he stepped up in 2008.

Ideal atmospheric conditions saw Bektash's pre-event prediction of many teams stepping into the six second zone come true and he himself clocked a personal best 6.99 time in the first round.

The Mopar team's achievements were all the more impressive given Bektash landed the new Dodge Avenger from the USA just weeks ago in what has proven to be a valuable move.