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Emilio Spinozzi is the 2026 Gulf Western Oils Winternationals Top Doorslammer Champion. It was the Bondi Beach based wheel-man’s second career victory having won in Sydney in 2022. The driver of the Terra Civil Chevelle was on a march all weekend lowering his PB on multiple occasions and holding off current, dual and back to […]

After a disappointing (by his own standards) first round of the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship at Dragway at The Bend in March current and back-to-back national champion Russell Taylor steadied the ship by winning the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway yesterday. Taylor took the A-Final victory over #1 qualifier and round rocket

John Zappia took out the first round of the Australian Top Doorslammer Championship over the weekend in wild and dramatic conditions at the 2026 NDRC Riverbend Nationals at Dragway at the Bend. The eleven times national champion edged out Sydney veteran and first time A-Final combatant Peter Lovering to claim the gold Christmas tree and

It’s always dangerous to compare eras. There are always differences in environment, finances, landscape and many other factors that need to be considered. EVERYTHING seemed bigger ‘back then’. It’s hard to argue though, with the upswing in the standard of competition since the formation of the NDRC, that 2026 may well be one of the

Queensland budget racer Rob Harrington has capped off a stunning weekend to claim the 2025 Gulf Western Oils Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway over the Kings Birthday weekend. Harrington pedalled his Bad Influence Monaro to a major upset to dethrone defending Winternationals and Australian Champion Russell Taylor in front of a huge “Winters” crowd in what

A remarkable 17-car field is locked and loaded for tomorrow’s second last-round of the 2025 NDRC Australian Top Doorslammer Championship at Willowbank Raceway for the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals. An epic line-up of entries that include cars from as far afield as New Zealand (Nigel Dixon and Steve Carlsen), Western Australia (Russell Taylor, Lisa Gregorini,

Two huge crowds totalling over 23,000 people and the now beautiful almost predictable unpredictability of Slammer racing saw the sixth round of the NDRC Australian Top Doorslammer rock the proverbial house at the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs over the weekend. Current Australian Champion Russell Taylor was a dominant force at the third-last round of

For a sport based rigidly on the principle of straight lines, the NDRC Australian Top Doorslammer Championship sure does have some twists and turns. As we head into the sixth round of the Championship for the iconic Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs with fifteen cars it’s a bookie’s nightmare. Sure, some things you can set

By his own admission Canberra Doorslammer racer Jeremy Callaghan was looking at buying a boat on his way back from his ill-fated trip to the Westernationals last month. After rolling his immaculate Moits Motorsport 70.5 Camaro in his first battle on race day at the Motorplex and having had mechanical dramas at his first appearance

It’s a tasty proposition to say the least. Fourteen Doorslammers at the world class Dragway at The Bend for the Riverbend Nationals 2025 this weekend. And it’s anyone’s Christmas tree. When you delve into the victors (no pun intended – though Victor would have LOVED this joint in the 57’ just sayin) and the heartbreak