TOP FUEL CHAMPION: DAMIEN HARRIS
One of the most spectacular racing categories in the world, and by far and away the fastest, Top Fuel is Australian Drag Racing’s main event. At the forefront of the 2016 400 Thunder Championship is Damien Harris,...
PRO ALCOHOL CHAMPION: GARY PHILLIPS
Pouring through the Australian Drag Racing records, few names come up as often as Gary Phillips. In fact, his claim as ‘Australia’s Winningest Driver’ isn’t unsubstantiated – including the inaugural 400 Thunder Championship, Gary has 19 other...
TOP BIKE CHAMPION: MARK DREW
Drag Racing is a sport obsessed with speed and power. It’s the endless pursuit of that hazy grey area beyond what others see as the ‘limit’ – the limit of mechanical performance, and in many classes the...
PRO SLAMMER CHAMPION: JOHN ZAPPIA
Right back at the very birth of Door Slammer racing in Australia, when the class was nothing more than a demonstration support category, was a much younger John Zappia who’s HQ Monaro had already been through an...
PRO STOCK CHAMPION: LEE BEKTASH
“It’s the adrenaline. The thrill and the rush. The competition. I’m addicted to the speed!” lists 400 Thunder Champion Lee Bektash as we ask what keeps him engaged with Drag Racing, and Pro Stock. Rising up through...
Pro Bike Champion: Glenn Wooster
“I started racing street bikes in ’93 and I reckon it was around 2010 that I moved up to Pro… man, that time goes quick!” laughs Victorian Pro Bike Champion Glenn Wooster, who kick started his Pro...
SUPER GAS CHAMPION: DALE O’DWYER
“I’m the only one in my family that tangles with cars!” laughs Dale O’Dwyer as we ask when he was first bitten by the racing bug. “Straight out of school I had mates messing around with street...
JUNIOR DRAGSTER CHAMPION: JOSH LEONELLO
Josh Leonello admits that racing hasn’t always been a fixture in the Leonello household however after a brush with Joe Princi, one of Junior Dragster’s most prominent figures, Josh and his family graduated their casual interest in...
COMPETITION BIKE CHAMPION: MATT WALKER
Matt Walker’s 400 Thunder Championship story reads like a Hollywood blockbuster – mateship and camaraderie, triumph through adversity and a nail-biting finish to the season that saw the Queensland racer crowned with his first ever National Championshi... read more
2016 SUPER STOCK CHAMPION: MATT LISLE
With a shake up for Super Stock that saw it combined with several other classes early in the season, it quickly became one of the most diverse categories in the field. “I like the variety of cars....
