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NHRA Top Fuel star to race at Willowbank this Easter

NHRA Top Fuel star to race at Willowbank this Easter

Three times NHRA Top Fuel World Champion, Larry Dixon will make his Australian racing debut at Willowbank Raceway over Easter (March 29-30) for the Santos Cranes Super 3 Extreme Top Fuel event Read More

Peter Kapiris storms to Westernationals win

Peter Kapiris storms to Westernationals win

Peter Kapiris has maintained his lead of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series Top Doorslammer Championship with victory at the Westernationals Read More

American racer adds to Westernationals quality

American racer adds to Westernationals quality

This weekend's Westernationals at the Perth Motorplex - which doubles as the latest rounds in the ANDRA Drag Racing Series Top Doorslammer and Pro Stock Championships has been bolstered by the entry of American, Brendan Huhtala to the Pro Stock field, meantime the quality of the Doorslammer field remains red hot. Read More

Erica Enders-Stevens continues NHRA girl power

Erica Enders-Stevens continues NHRA girl power

Erica Enders-Stevens took her fifth NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series victory, continuing the good form of women in the 2013 NHRA season in Phoenix, leading home Mike Edwards in the final. Read More

Wayne Newby exorcises Adelaide demons

Wayne Newby exorcises Adelaide demons

Wayne Newby has struck back to form in Adelaide by taking a dominant final victory in the ANDRA Drag Racing Series Top Alcohol Championship 10 months after he walked away from a 200kph accident at Adelaide International Raceway. Read More

Robin Judd joins ANDRA board

Robin Judd joins ANDRA board

Retired Top Doorslammer racer, Robin Judd has been appointed to the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) board in one of two vacant Directors positions Read More

Courtney Force wins opening NHRA round

Courtney Force wins opening NHRA round

In a momentous day for women in motorsport, Courtney Force has started the 2013 Mello Yello NHRA Drag Racing Series in best possible fashion, defeating Ron Capps in the Funny Car Final of the Winternationals at Pomona, being joined in victory lane by Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock Car). Read More

John Zappia wins Portland Slamfest

John Zappia wins Portland Slamfest

West Aussie Top Doorslammer heavy hitter John Zappia took out the second round of the Slamfest competition at Portland Raceway beating home Peter Kapiris in a hard fought single day event. Read More

VIDEO: Antron Brown survives horror crash at Pomona

VIDEO: Antron Brown survives horror crash at Pomona

2012 NHRA Top Fuel Champion, Antron Brown has walked away from an horrific crash in the second round of eliminations at the Winternationals at Pomona in California - the opening round of the 2013 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Read More

VIDEO: Jet dragster driver survives 450kmh crash in Perth

VIDEO: Jet dragster driver survives 450kmh crash in Perth

South African Jet Car driver Pieter DeWit has survived a horrifying incident at the Perth Motorplex last night Read More

Big weekend for Slamfest in Portland

Big weekend for Slamfest in Portland

On Saturday Portland, Victoria a number of Australia's leading Top Doorslammer drag racers will be taking to the one-eighth mile (300m) South Coast Raceway for the second round of the growing Slamfest competition. Read More

Phil Lamattina completes Perth domination

Phil Lamattina completes Perth domination

Mildura carrot farmer, Phil Lamattina has extended his lead in the ANDRA Top Fuel Championship to 40 points after ending the two night, two round Perth Motorplex event undefeated. Read More

Phil Lamattina takes first part of Perth Top Fuel

Phil Lamattina takes first part of Perth Top Fuel

It was a double celebration for Phil Lamattina who took out the first round of the two round Australian Top Fuel Championship at the Perth Motorplex Read More

Favourite Flick

VIDEO: Lee Holdsworth takes to the mound in Texas

VIDEO: Lee Holdsworth takes to the mound in Texas

IRWIN Racing's Lee Holdsworth has made his baseball debut in the US,check out this feature video Read More

Talking Tech

VIDEO: Crimsafe Talking Tech – Windscreens

VIDEO: Crimsafe Talking Tech – Windscreens

Today’s Crimsafe Talking Tech, hosted by Windscreens ASAP's Matt Bartlett, looks at the polycarbonate windscreens that are being used in the V8 Supercars Championship this year. Read More

Multimedia

VIDEO: Speedcafe TV Austin preview

VIDEO: Speedcafe TV Austin preview

Speedcafe TV takes a look at the teams setting up for the Austin round and chats with the Norton 360 Racing's Michael Caruso and and IRWIN Racing's Lee Holdsworth Read More

What's On

Island Magic Car Race Meeting

Island Magic Car Race Meeting

When: 0900, 1 December 2013
Where: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
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Race Guide

RACE GUIDE: Austin 400, Circuit of the Americas

RACE GUIDE: Austin 400, Circuit of the Americas

Speedcafe.com's guide to this weekend's Austin 400 - Event 5 of the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship Read More

Cafe Chat Interview

CAFE CHAT: Bryan Staring

CAFE CHAT: Bryan Staring

The Perth racer Bryan Staring is the new Australian star on the MotoGP scene. The 25-year-old was hand picked by the Gresini Honda outfit to develop its CRT bike in the premier road bike category Read More

Where Are They Now?

John Gowland Part 2

John Gowland Part 2

The compelling interview with John Gowland, the brains behind Ford Australia’s London to Sydney marathon assault in 1968 continues. Gowland explains more details of the behind-the-scenes activity at the blue oval and the still-born attempt at a World Land Speed record at Lake Eyre Read More

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