SUPER STREET CHAMPION: ROBERT WINTERBURN
In the Australian Drag Racing fraternity some drivers claim that they were born in to the sport, as if a surname or lineage of Drag Racers in the family can somehow seal their fate as an addict...
Competition Champion: Stuart Moresby
For the Moresby family, Drag Racing isn’t just a hobby it’s a way of life. 400 Thunder Competition Champion Stuart Moresby explains that the family affair transcends two generations currently, and stretches across some of the scene’s...
SUPERCHARGED OUTLAW CHAMPION- ROB COOTE
Rob Coote’s journey to 400 Thunder glory may very well have taken longer than most. In fact, if you ask Rob, he’ll cast your mind all the way back to 2005 which is when the veteran racer...
2016 MODIFIED BIKE CHAMPION: ACE EDWARDS
For Queenslander Ace Edwards, Drag Racing is less of a hobby and more of a way of life. A second-generation racer, Edwards’ first exposure to the sport was at a very formative age, helping his father pursue...
RECORD-SMASHING WINTERNATIONALS
From whichever way you looked at it, the 49th running of the Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway, generously supported by the City of Ipswich in 2016, was a record-smashing event that solidified the Winters as the premier Championship...
Ipswich drag racing spectacle
APART from watching the weather, Willowbank Raceway officials are eagerly awaiting how this weekend’s revamped City of Ipswich Winternationals measure up. However, all signs are positive just days out from the start of racing at the Ipswich...
Pro Slammer Biggest Prize Pool Ever
BIGGEST PRIZE POOL EVER FOR PRO SLAMMER IN AUSTRALIA The 2016 City of Ipswich Winternationals will see one of the largest and most-talented fields of Pro Slammers take to the Willowbank strip, and with a new Australian...
Larry Dixon’s craving for Vegemite
Former three time NHRA Mello-Yellow world champion, Larry Dixon, will be making the trip ‘Down-Under’ for the 2016 City of Ipswich Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway, June 9 – 12 for Rapisarda Autosport International. For Dixon, the trip...
Russ Pavey’s Aggressive setup
It’s been a while between “hits of the throttle” for Russell Pavey and his RPMotorsports Pro-Slammer Corvette. “Russ” and wife Caroline took some time away from the sport recently to regroup & reorganise, and to build a...
IHRA Safety Second-To-None
Recently Pro Alcohol’s Craig Glassby had one of the biggest moments in his drag racing career at the Maximum Thrust Grand Final event at Perth Motorplex. Traveling at over 265mph at around the 1200ft mark, the “compound...