The first season of the new Australian Drag Racing Championship has come to a crowd-pleasing conclusion at the Perth Motorplex, with Daniel Gregorini and Greg Durack claiming the Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle Championships respectively
Author: Shane Lawrie
Shane Lawrie
Head unpaid intern of Behind the Sport and former gimp at Drive Tribe, he might not be the most technical motorsport fan, but enjoys a good race!
Saturday’s two Supercars races at the Melbourne 400 proved a challenging affair for Tickford Racing, with a podium for James Courtney and a top five finish for Cam Waters evaporating following incidents in the second half of Race 7, the first of two races on Saturday at the Australian Grand Prix
The smiles on faces were there for all to see as Penrite Racing captured an exciting double podium result in championship Race 7 at the Melbourne 400 today
After two poor races for the Shell V-Power duo of Anton De Pasquale and Will Davison, they managed to finish the weekend on a high placing 4th and 2nd respectively as SVG took out the win in both Saturday races
Before the heavens opened to bring a premature close to today’s EGT ANDRA Grand Finals proceedings, opening qualifying was completed for Burson Auto Parts Top Fuel, Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle, and the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series brackets
David Reynolds has scored a season best result for Penrite Racing with a second place finish in the opening race of the Beaurepaires Melbourne 400 today
Macauley Jones has recorded a Supercars career-best 6th place for a single driver event in Race 6 of the Repco Australian Supercars Championship at Albert Park today
Spare a thought for the Shell V-Power Racing Team who were running in 1-2 with just seven laps to go before suffering tyre issues end ending up 23rd and 16th in the standings
After starting at the back of the pack for the Friday race, Shane van Gisbergen managed to make up 20 places to stand on the third step of the podium by the time the flag was dropped at the end of the race
The South Coast Drag Racing Association, Wimmera Off Street Drag Racing Club and Beat the Heat (Victoria) have all been successful as part of the latest round of funding for Sport and Recreation Victoria’s Community Motorsport Program