"VAN" (Sports Desk - 19.05.2025) :: The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is pleased to announce further details of the 2025/2026 ANDRA Regional Sportsman Championship.
Earlier this year, it was confirmed that the championship would open with an exciting ‘Northern Swing’ featuring Nitro Up North at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip across August 29-30, followed by the Desert Nationals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway on Wednesday September 3.
These two events will combine with the (non-championship) Red CentreNATS racing at ASID across September 5-7 to allow travelling racers to fit in up to three incredible events in one exciting trip.
Today, ANDRA is pleased to confirm the following dates which will run across the 2025 portion of the season, with details around the 2026 dates to be confirmed soon.
In September, the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association will play host to the ANDRA Sportsman Championship with its Sunset Nationals at the Atlantic Oils Sunset Strip in Mildura across September 20-21.
The very next week, the Junior Dragster and Junior Drag Bike competitors will also have a special extra opportunity to fight for ANDRA Sportsman Championship points and ANDRA Christmas Trees at the Sunset Strip, with the SDRA’s Junior Nationals announced earlier today as hosting a round of the championship for the sport’s next generation.
All of the ANDRA Sportsman Championship brackets will next be in-action at Dragway at The Bend’s Spring Nationals, to be held across October 3-5. This marquee event will also showcase Group One racing with Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car racers chasing records while the Pro Drag Racing Championship (PDRC) will host its season finale.
From Dragway at the Bend, the championship will then head across the Nullarbor to the Perth Motorplex for the Goldenstates across November 21-22, with this event also expected to host rounds of the track’s Top Doorslammer championship.
Two weeks later, South Coast Raceway will come alive with the South Coast Nationals across its traditional December 6-7 weekend, providing a perfect end to 2025 for the ANDRA Sportsman Championship ahead of what is expected to be an equally exciting 2026.
ANDRA Chief Executive Officer, Tim McAvaney, said he is pleased to confirm these dates and looks forward to unveiling further information about the second-half of the season soon.
“Putting together a championship calendar which balances the needs of ANDRA members and ANDRA tracks while avoiding event clashes wherever possible is an intense process, and one to which we are committed,” McAvaney said.
“To be able to announce the first six rounds of our title chase – and seven for the junior ranks – is very pleasing and ensures a fantastic balance of racing all around the country for the ANDRA Sportsman Championship.
“We expect to confirm up to another six events for the 2026 half of our 2025/2026 season soon, with discussions underway with South Coast Raceway, the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association, Perth Motorplex (Westernationals), Dragway at The Bend, the currently under rehabilitation Swan Hill Dragway, and also Sydney Dragway – which was recently announced as an ANDRA sanctioned track (dual-sanction) – about the possibilities now and for future seasons.
“ANDRA members should rest assured that we are doing all we can to create a sustainable racing calendar for sportsman racing and ANDRA tracks. While this means that things take a little longer, we are confident we will be able to present a full calendar soon which will excite racers and drag racing fans alike.
“We do hope that releasing the first half of the season now however allows ANDRA members the time they need to plan the rest of their 2025.”
2025 ANDRA REGIONAL SPORTSMAN CHAMPIONSHIP DATES
- Round one – Nitro Up North – Hidden Valley Drag Strip – 29-30 August
- Round two – Desert Nationals – Alice Springs Inland Dragway – 3 September
- Round three – Sunset Nationals – Atlantic Oils Sunset Strip – 20-21 September
- Junior only round – Junior Nationals – Atlantic Oils Sunset Strip – 27-28 September
Round four – Spring Nationals – Dragway at The Bend – 3-5 October
Round five – Goldenstates – Perth Motorplex – 21-22 November
Round six – South Coast Nationals – South Coast Raceway – 6-7 December
2026 event dates to be revealed soon.
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