Team Bray Racing's Ben Bray is faced with a race against time as he works to be ready for this Friday and Saturday's Santo's Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race event (29/30 March) at home-track Willowbank Raceway.

The 29 year old is in the middle of what was to be a three-event program aboard his Nissan Altima; as part of an overall goal of achieving a 'six second' pass by or at April's Sydney Jamboree.

However, Ben has been forced to work against the clock after breaking an engine wrist pin during testing ahead of last weekend's APSA Pro Street shootout – the first of what was to be three events contested over three consecutive weekends.

Top Fuel and Top Alcohol both add two more championship rounds to their tally when the Santo's Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race hits Willowbank Raceway in March 29 and 30.

For Top Fuel it marks rounds six and seven of the championship and is the second time they have run the 'double header' championship format, following its successful debut at Perth Motorplex in February.

Given the event is a new one, it does not have a previous winner, however last time the Top Fuel dragsters were out at Willowbank Raceway Allan Dobson took the win, driving for the Rapisarda Autosport International team, over Andrew Cowin.

Dobson ran the fourth quickest time of the season, a 4.649 en route to the Winternationals win.

The quick pass showed the Rapisarda team knew Willowbank Raceway well. With three times world champion Larry Dixon coming into the driver's seat for this event and highly decorated crew chief Lee Beard to provide the tune up, they will be tough to beat.

Queensland Top Alcohol driver Steven Reed says he may sacrifice the single compulsory qualifying sessions of the Santo's Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway in order to find a path to quicker times.

Reed believes the Allstar Batteries/Royal Wolf team has the parts and equipment needed to run into the elusive 5.4 second zone, but needs to find the knowledge to get there and the only way to do that is to test out some theories.

"I'd normally be saying that we will be trying to "5.60" the field to death, but we need to figure out how to go fast," he said. "To do that we have to try some things but we don't know whether that will mean we lose our consistency.

Three times world Top Fuel champion Larry Dixon flew into Australia yesterday, ready to be fitted up for the Rapisarda Autosport International dragster he will drive at the Santo's Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway on March 29 and 30.

Dixon told rpm2night.com he was looking forward to the different event format, comprising two championship rounds over two days, and going back to a quarter mile compared to the 1000 feet distance that is now standard in the USA. Other differences Dixon will have to get used to is that ANDRA Top Fuel dragsters do not have an imposed rev limit or automatic shut off devices, leaving much more in the hands of the driver.

I went to Bakersfield on my annual pilgrimage with Peter and Greg Leahy and whole heap of Aussies. I would have to say our Aussie party on the Saturday night would have to be one of the highlights but that's another story. I ended up going home having purchased Doug Rose's 'Time Traveler' which has now been reborn.

It is based in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia and will run in the fast growing Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car section in Australia along with Graeme Cowin's half a dozen and Paul Shackletons's 'Shak Attack' from Mackay. We had our first three shake down passes last Saturday night 16/03/2013 at Benaraby Raceway, our home track.

The Australian Pro Street Association (APSA) and South Coast Raceway PRESENT the APSA PRO STREET SHOOTOUT... Round 2.

Pro Street Racing is a format of drag racing that has never visited Portland before and boy do we have a treat for car lovers on the this side of Australia. What we have is the toughest Pro Street and pure Street Cars in Australia battling it out for a Points Series and to test each other and see who is the best of the best...

That's Right guys "Street Cars"... Almost all the cars you will see at our events were at one stage of their life off a Car Production line, and have become the monsters you will see on Saturday 13th April.

Following a positive outing at Portland's Slamfest for Wishes event last month, in which Darwin's Scott White reset the (660ft) track record for motorcycles, the mood in the camp was positive for the Summer Speedfest at Adelaide International Raceway a week later. This event featured round two of the ANDRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championships.

South Coast Raceway – Portland, Victoria

"This was our first time at Portland and what a great little eighth mile regional track it is although the bend in the breaking area was something that I had never experienced before, said White.

Team Bray Racing's Ben 'the kid' Bray and his Sidchrome Nissan Altima will be on track at Willowbank Raceway this weekend (23 March) for the Australian Pro Street Association's Pro Street Shootout.

While this Saturday's venture may not be for the ANDRA championship, Ben will be as focused as always with a very particular goal in mind – a 'six second' result.

"In the next month, I have three events scheduled for the Sidchrome Nissan Altima – this weekend's Pro Street Shootout, the Santo's Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race (29-30 March), and the Sydney Jamboree (6 April)," said Bray.