"VAN" (Sports Desk - 30.04.2025) :: This weekend’s Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway is set to deliver an absolutely immense drag racing show across May 2-4, featuring the complete line-up of elite Group One brackets for the first time in the 2024/2025 National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) season.
The 11,000hp/500kph+ Top Fuel dragsters and XPRO Nitro Funny Cars will roll out on track alongside their fellow group one categories Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle, and the Pro Drag Racing Championship’s Pro Alcohol, Pro Stock, FuelTech Pro Mod, and Pro Stock Motorcycle competitors, supported by the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.
Nearly 80 group one competitors will hit the track alongside 200+ sportsman racers for what is one of the showcase events of the National Drag Racing Championship, with the three-day schedule optimised to provide back-to-back group one thrills (see below for more information).
The line-up isn’t limited to our local drag racing heroes either, with Rapisarda Autosport International bringing over US drag racing star Larry Dixon – who won at this event in 2023 – to drive their third Top Fuel dragster.
“With nearly 80 group one competitors and more than 200 sportsman racers hitting the track for the Nitro Champs, it is going to be wall-to-wall action at Sydney Dragway this weekend,” NDRC Co-Founder, Andy Lopez, said.
“This is the first time this season we’ve had all eight group one categories on-track at the same event. Each of the three days will be amazing, plus Top Fuel is coming off the back of record-breaking times and speeds. The teams are in form and ready to race!
“The action on track will be astonishing, but the huge perk unique to drag racing where you can get right up close and personal with the teams, cars, and bikes in the pits.
“In Top Fuel in particular it is great to have international legend Larry Dixon here from the US to race with us – with the locals keen to score one back over him after he took the win here in Sydney back in 2023 at this same event, you are in for a real Aussie v USA battle for the ages!”
“This event is not to be missed! Make sure you get your tickets now at www.ndrc.tv and plan your trip to enjoy the biggest group one show around.”
Gates will open at 10.30am on Friday 2 May with Aeroflow Sportsman Championship qualifying from 11.00am, before across two huge hours (3.30pm – 5.30pm), Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle and the PDRC brackets will lay down their first qualifying runs of the event.
On Saturday, the sportsman action will open proceedings from 8.00am, before fans are treated to almost five hours of group one thrills with XPRO Nitro Funny Car and Top Fuel qualifying at 1.30pm and 4.30pm. Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle and PDRC will have their second round of qualifying from 2.00pm and their first round of racing from 4.30pm, ahead of further racing for the sportsman racings through to 9.00pm.
Come Sunday, after more great sportsman racing the opening ceremony at 10.45am will precede 5.5 hours of back-to-back group one performances, including three rounds of racing for Top Fuel and XPRO Nitro Funny Car and two rounds for the other group one brackets – click here for the full schedule.
The Gulf Western Oils Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway will be held across May 2-5, featuring NDRC racing for Top Fuel, XPRO Nitro Funny Car, Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle and the Pro Drag Racing Championship (Pro Alcohol, Pro Stock, FuelTech Pro Mod, Pro Stock Motorcycle) as well as the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.
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