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Darren Morgan drives through for Adelaide win

Darren Morgan drives through for Adelaide win

16 April 2012 - Drags

An emotional Darren Morgan has taken a spectacular win in the first drag race in Australia conducted on a distance other than a 400 metre quarter mile, winning the Pro Series 1000 at Adelaide International Raceway over rival, Phil Lamattina. Read More

Pro Stock Winternationals field biggest ever

Pro Stock Winternationals field biggest ever

The Pro Stock division of the ANDRA Pro Series is set to create history at Willowbank Raceway next month when 26 hopefuls roll out for qualifying at the Fuchs Winternationals, June 8-11, the biggest entry of any class in professional level Australian drag racing history. Read More

Ron Capps ends JFR dominance in Atlanta

Ron Capps ends JFR dominance in Atlanta

Up until now, every NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car Series round in 2012 has been won by John Force Racing, Ron Capps was able to end that at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, defeating JFR driver Robert Hight in the Final. Read More

Nitro Champs finish with records and great racing

Nitro Champs finish with records and great racing

The ANDRA Pro Series Nitro Champs has been hailed as one of the best events ever held at the Sydney Dragway, with the elusive six second bracket being achieved in Pro Stock and the competitiveness of Top Doorslammer stepping up to yet another level. Read More

Peter Ridgeway records first Pro Stock ‘six’

Peter Ridgeway records first Pro Stock ‘six’

Pro Stock drag racing veteran, Peter Ridgeway has created history during competition at Sydney Dragway, setting the first ever Pro Stock pass under seven seconds, recording a 6.99 second pass in his round up against Tyronne Tremayne at the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway. Read More

Quick times and tight fields at Nitro Champs in Sydney

Quick times and tight fields at Nitro Champs in Sydney

Quick times and big crowds were the order of the day for qualifying at the ANDRA Pro Series Nitro Champs in Sydney, with Garry Phillips striking back in Top Alcohol competition, setting a 5.47 second time in pacing the field, whilst Robin Judd and Darren Morgan set the pace in Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel respectively. Read More

Robin Judd seeking his first season win in Sydney

Robin Judd seeking his first season win in Sydney

West Aussie Top Doorslammer campaigner, Robin Judd enters this weekend's Nitro Champs with a single aim in mind, that being to record his first win of the 2011/2012 season, which has thus far been very dry for the Perth racer. Read More

Mike Neff continues Force team’s 2012 winning streak

Mike Neff continues Force team’s 2012 winning streak

Mike Neff has kept John Force Racing's astonishing 2012 season going by taking victory in Houston over Ron Capps in the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car Series, with Morgan Lucas (Top Fuel), Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) capturing the other major victories. Read More

Sydney Top Fuel set for more American technical knowledge

Sydney Top Fuel set for more American technical knowledge

Next weekend at the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, the Top Fuel field will be chock full not only of American driving talent, but also American technical know how. Read More

Drag Racer in drug bust

Drag Racer in drug bust

The Gold Coast Bulletin has reported that drag racer - Omar Sedmak has been granted bail after being charged with hiding cannabis with a street value of $1 million in the boot of his car. Read More

Cory Mac heading to Sydney for Nitro Champs

Cory Mac heading to Sydney for Nitro Champs

Cory McClenathan will return to Australia next month for the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway, May 4-6, slotting into what is becoming a regular seat at Rapisarda Racing in the ANDRA Pro Series Top Fuel Championship. Read More

Drag Racing boss steps down

Drag Racing boss steps down

Australian National Drag Racing Association Chief Executive Officer, Greg Humphreys has unexpectedly stepped down from his office, citing health issues as the motivation for his decision. Read More

Wayne Newby vows to return after Adelaide crash

Wayne Newby vows to return after Adelaide crash

Defending ANDRA Pro Series Top Alcohol Champion, Wayne Newby will be back on track next month at the Nitro Champs in Sydney following his massive crash in the final of the Pro Series 1000 in Adelaide at the weekend. Read More

Robert Hight takes four straight at Four Wide Nationals

Robert Hight takes four straight at Four Wide Nationals

John Force Racing driver, Robert Hight has become just the fourth driver in NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car history to have won four consecutive final rounds by taking victory in the Four Wide Nationals with a time of 4.076 at 506.67kph (314.83mph). Read More

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VIDEO: JDR drivers speak on co-driver pairings

VIDEO: JDR drivers speak on co-driver pairings

Rick Kelly, Todd Kelly, David Russell and Tim Blanchard discuss Jack Daniel's Racing's attack on the V8 Supercars endurance races ahead of this weekend's Phillip Island 300 Read More

What's On

TeamVodafone Autograph Session

TeamVodafone Autograph Session

When: 11.20, 20 May 2012
Where: Rear of TeamVodafone Garage, Phillip Island
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Race Guide

Phillip Island 300 Race Guide

Phillip Island 300 Race Guide

Speedcafe.com's guide to the 2012 Phillip Island 300 - Event 5 of the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship Read More

Jack's 10 Questions

Jack’s 10 Questions with Lee Holdsworth

Jack’s 10 Questions with Lee Holdsworth

In this edition of Jack’s 10 Questions, Speedcafe.com speaks to new IRWIN Tools Racing driver Lee Holdsworth about his new life with Stone Brothers Racing Read More

Cafe Chat Interview

Steven Johnson

Steven Johnson

Steve Johnson has moved into a managerial role at DJR, running some of the day-to-day tasks at the team, while setting himself up for his future beyond being a driver. Speedcafe.com spoke to him ... Read More

Technical Feature

Episode 22, data engineer

Episode 22, data engineer

Tony D'Alberto Racing's data engineer Tim Macrow talks you through the 22nd episode of the Norton ... Read More

Employment

Senior Mechanic Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

Senior Mechanic Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

Sonic Motor Racing Services, Bayswater North, Victoria, 3153
A Full time position exists for the right applicant to to join our V8 program Read more

Where Are They Now?

Tony Noske

Tony Noske

Tony Noske drove Sprintcars raced with Dick Johnson, Glenn Seton and Peter Brock and helped create the Australian Touring Car Entrants Group Read More

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VIDEO: Insight into Christian Klien’s secret V8 test

VIDEO: Insight into Christian Klien’s secret V8 test

Former Formula 1 driver Christian Klien completed a driver evaluation day with Walkinshaw Racing at Winton. Here is a behind-the-scenes video of his drive of the Coates Hire Commodore Read More

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