As the final preparations are made for this weekend's final round of the 2012 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series at Warwick Dragway (November 10), series organisers have confirmed they will be back to do it all again in 2013.

Full details of the fourth running of the Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series will be announced later this year, with rounds expected to take in this weekend's host track Warwick Dragway as well as Willowbank Raceway, Benarby Dragway and Ironbark Raceway.

JP Racing Eighth Mile Series organiser John Winterburn said he was excited to be able to confirm the series will again take a place amongst the Australian drag racing calendar for a fourth time in 2013.

Darren Morgan looking to solidify number 1 position (Photo courtesy Fred Dwyer)This weekend will see Darren Morgan Racing take to Sydney Dragway for the Australian Nationals, with the aim of solidifying their number 1 position in the ANDRA Top Fuel Championship.

"The Nationals is a very special event in Drag Racing circles", said Darren Morgan. "If you're going to win a race, the Nationals is definitely at the top of many racer's wish list. It's Australian drag racing's version of the 'big go'."Coming off a win at the 1st round of the ANDRA Top Fuel Championship in Adelaide a few weeks ago, Darren is confident they have the tune and team that will see them go rounds and hopefully come away with a healthy lead in the championship.

"Sydney Dragway has been good to us," explains Darren. "We have been very successful here. At our last meeting at the track, back in May at the Nitro Champs, we top qualified and were runner-up to Damian Harris in the final."

Father and son duo Victor and Ben Bray will be looking to make history repeat at Sydney Dragway this weekend as the 2012/2013 Top Doorslammer championship chase begins with the Australian Nationals (2-3-4 November 2012).

The Australian Nationals has been a happy hunting ground for Sidchrome's Team Bray in the past, with Ben breaking through as the youngest ever event winner in 2002 at just 17 years and 2 months of age.

The youngster then went on to win three of the next four outings of the event and claim the 2003 season title - making him the youngest-ever winner of a professional drag racing championship anywhere in the world at the time.

Zappia has made no secret of his desire to overtake Victor Bray's legendary six straight titles in Top Doorslammer before eyeing off Gary Phillips' overall record of seven consecutive professional championships.

"We just need to get a good start this year and put pressure on with our performances, rather than playing catch up through out the season," he said. "We've learned how to run 5.70s and we now need to try and keep there as much as we can."

Since winning the Top Doorslammer championship in June, Zappia's off season has been spent competing at some Slamfest events at regional tracks, which provided him with some leads on a nagging tyre shake problem.

Peter Kapiris takes the win in Top Doorslammer (Photo courtesy Fred Dwyer)Sixteen new Australian Nationals winners were handed their ANDRA gold Christmas tree trophies at Sydney Dragway today as near perfect conditions produced records and tight racing in spades.

Reigning Australian Top Fuel champion Darren Morgan took his second win in a row, backing up his victory in Adelaide two weeks ago. Renewed consistency saw Morgan able to drive to a 4.78 win in the final, also recording top speed of the event at 513kmh, defeating Phil Lamattina's valiant 5.00 in the second finals confrontation in a row for the pair.

A subdued Morgan said some mechanical changes had made the impact they were looking for.

"Last year tested the hell out of us consistency wise so we changed some things in it," he said. "It's all worked and we're starting to get happy with it."

Russell Ladbrook - Top Comp (Photo courtesy Gardner Broz)With the 2011/2012 season regarded as one of the best ever with records tumbling in many classes of racing, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Perth Motorplex Grand Opening felt a little flat. After an off-season of rebuilding and planning for a new attack at the track, this is no surprise.

A good case in point of how much the sport is a game of luck and chance would be Competition Bike runner-up Greg Durack.  The ZX12R Turbo Funny Bike has gained a reputation for putting in some stunning low 7 second runs when the planets align.  His Grand Opening was certainly looking grim with the bike cutting out on the launch and a qualifying ET set at 21 seconds.

No less than four home-town racers are in the running for 2012 JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series glory as the countdown continues to its final round, to be held at Warwick Dragway on Saturday November 10.

Boosting their competiveness is the fact that the penultimate round of the popular grassroots series was also held at their home track, with track upgrades at the original scheduled venue seeing that event moved to Warwick, creating a series double-header for the facility.

Super Streeter Nathan Jannusch, cousins Matthew and Andrew Loy and drag racing patriarch Ian Ham will all be flying the flag for Warwick amongst an expected field of 110 racers in the final stand for the 2012 championship.

The Fuchs South Coast Raceway Portland is proud to announce the re-signing of Fuchs Lubricants Australia as the track naming rights sponsor for 2012/2013 drag racing season.

Chris Farrell, President of Fuchs South Coast Raceway's was very pleased to officially confirm the partnership with Fuchs, the world's largest independent manufacturer and supplier of lubricants. "We're really excited that Fuchs has come on board as naming right sponsor of our great track again this season.

Our track is run by a great bunch of dedicated volunteers who are very passionate about our sport. We started a great partnership with Fuchs last season, and to get them back again this season shows that we are doing a great job down here. Every volunteer at our track has helped make this possible and they all need to be congratulated for putting in such a professional effort."