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LUCKY ESCAPE FOR DIXON DOWN UNDER
NHRA Top Fuel start Larry Dixon has escaped unhurt after a spectacular ride at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway. The three time NHRA champion competing for local outfit Rapisarda Racing, had a rear axle breakage, resulting in a wheel coming off at the mid track point. Dixon was able to straighten the car up and bring it [...]
Continue reading...NHRA SUPERSTAR HEADING DOWN UNDER
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Queensland's Willowbank Raceway will play host to NHRA royalty later this month when three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Larry Dixon and renowned crew chief Lee Beard jet ‘down under’ to join the Rapisarda International Autosport team at the 29-30 March event. After signing with naming rights sponsor Santo Rapisarda’s NHRA team earlier this year, it has been confirmed that the pair will appear for the team at Willowbank Raceway’s two-day Easter spectacular. Dixon, the second most successful driver in NHRA history with 62 wins and three championship titles (2002, 2003 and 2010) to his name across an award-laden 18 year driving career (click here for Larry Dixon fact sheet), said he was looking forward to making his mark at Willowbank Raceway this Easter. “I am very excited to be heading ‘down under’ for the Santo’s Cranes Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway,” said Dixon. “I have heard a lot of great things about the racing in Australia and I am really looking forward to getting on track and competing over the quarter-mile at this new event. “The three-round format is something that is used here in the US quite a bit for exhibition and non-NHRA events, so I am pretty familiar with it. I have actually raced it once before with Shirley Muldowney where I was fortunate enough to get the win, so hopefully I can have the same kind of success this time around. “Once we arrive in Australia after our Florida round we will be heading straight to Santo’s race shop to take a look at the equipment and get the right set up prepared, so by the time we pull in to the gates we will be ready to race.
Continue reading...ALL CHANGE AT CALDER PARK
Thursday, November 15, 2012
A major shake up for Melbourne's Calder Park Raceway with a change of management and the sacking of existing staff. December 15 will see current Calder Park staff, including track General Manager Ian MacArthur, leaving as the Bob Jane Corporation, now under the control of Rodney Jane, takes control of the venue. Mr MacArthur told In Pit Lane that until December 15 it would be business as usual for the circuit with all currently scheduled meetings, including this Friday night's Off-Street Drag Racing event, and December's Mopar Nationals going ahead as planned. Mr MacArthur said that as far as he was aware all current commercial sponsorships and contracts for 2013 would be honoured and that the track was not closing.
Continue reading...DEBBIE READ INJURED IN WILLOWBANK CRASH
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Fifty-one year old Debbie Reed of Brendale, Queensland, has suffered a high-speed crash during qualifying for round one of the New Year Series at Willowbank Raceway this evening. The incident occurred during her first qualifying pass in the Top Alcohol ANDRA Pro Series category at the Ipswich facility at 6.05pm (QLD time) after she crossed the [...]
Continue reading...CALDER SET FOR “RICHEST” PRO-STOCK SHOWDOWN
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Australia's richest Pro-Stock Drag Race and the return of the Top Doorslammers will be just two of the major announcements to come this Wednesday at Melbourne's Calder Park. Track owner Bob Jane and manager Ian Macarthur will also announce details of a rich new "Triple Crown" series to be held at the track across all major classes. The new series will kick off with the "True Blue" Nationals which will once again feature the countries Top Doorslammer stars in their 1/8th mile challenge series. As well fans of hi-tech turbos and rotaries will get to see a special match race series featuring the turbocharged Toyota Aurion of Tony Wedlock, against Rocky Rehayem in his wild rotary turbocharged Mazda 6, in a Pro FX challenge.
Continue reading...IN PIT LANE PODCAST OCT 26 Tony Thorton
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
ANDRA CEO Tony Thorton joins In Pit Lane to discuss the push for a new drag strip for Melbourne.
Continue reading...25 YEARS OF WILLOWBANK SPEED
Friday, September 10, 2010
Queensland drag strip Willowbank Raceway, will celebrate the track's 25th birthday with two days of celebrations next weekend. Saturday will see the biggest cash prize in Pro Street drag racing on offer, when the 10.5 Outlaw Pro Street Shootout hits the track. $10,500 will be on offer in a winner takes all format for the 10.5 Outlaw category. Cars of all sorts of power combinations and power adders, including Blown Injected, Turbo Charged and Nitrous injected V8’s right through to Tube chassis lightweight turbo charged fours and rotaries are eligible. Johnny Wilson, drag racer and co-owner of the Australian Pro Street Association, said that if a drag car has swinging doors and runs 10.5 inch W tyres it is eligible for this bracket. “This means that we will be seeing cars like the Pro Stock monster of Shane Tucker, Deno Brijeski and Matt Abel in their Top Doorslammers, Ben Bray’s Pro FX Gas Motorsports Scion and Tony Wedlock and his Toyota Aurion Pro FX machine competing against cars like Frank Mamone’s Black Chevy Nova and Joe Signorelli’s Toyota powered Celica." he said. Image: Frank Mamone's Blown Chevy Nova © blacktrack.com.au
Continue reading...NEW RACETRACKS FOR VICTORIA’S NORTH WEST ?
Sunday, June 6, 2010
While the Drag Racing fans of Melbourne continue to agitate for a Championship level Drag Strip to serve Australia’s sporting capital. The Victorian State Government is providing $50,000 to look at the viability of developing Mildura and Swan Hill as elite centres for motor sport. The Parliamentary Secretary for Regional and Rural Development, Jaala Pulford, [...]
Continue reading...AUSSIES ON TOP IN FUNNY CAR DUEL
Sunday, January 17, 2010
A record breaking 320mph/513kmh pass by Australian Damien Harris, was the highlight as Australia came out on top of the USA vs AUS Nitro Funny Car Challenge at Queensland's Willowbank Raceway. Harris saved the best till last with the new speed record being set in very last run of Nitro Funny Car for the night, which also saw the West Australian alongside Queenslander Ricky Steffens set the quickest Nitro Funny Car side-by side-pass for Australia as well. Harris’ 320.66mph at 4.868 second effort combined with Steffens’ 5.164s pass – a new personal best for the driver – to better the previous side-by side-mark (also featuring Harris alongside fellow West Australian Mark Sheehan in Perth on Boxing Day) by seven one thousandths of a second. “The speed record hasn’t really sunk in as yet to be honest, the guys came on the radio to tell me what had happened while I was slowing down and I was concentrating on the car and things, and it just hasn’t sunk in,” said Harris, who also won the first round on January 2.
Continue reading...NHRA GOES GLOBAL: TODAY POMONA TOMORROW THE WORLD!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
US Drag Racing sanctioning body the NHRA have signalled its intention to spread it's brand worldwide with the announcement of NHRA Worldwide Network. The new program will enable drag racing facilities around the world to conduct events under the NHRA banner. By becoming a part of the NHRA Worldwide Network, a facility will be able to use the specially-designed “Worldwide Drag Racing” NHRA oval for broad promotional purposes and will be able to draw on NHRA’s decades of experience and history. “We have been receiving many inquiries regarding how facilities outside of North America can become affiliated with NHRA,” said Tom Compton, president, NHRA. “NHRA Worldwide Network provides drag racing facilities around the globe with unique benefits and identification with NHRA.”
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