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Whether you missed the insane four, six and rotary action at J21 or if you're just dying to relive it, the official Jamboree 21 DVD is now on sale at the Jamboree website.

Fresh off the back of running the country's quickest pass for a sport compact four-cylinder at Jamboree 21, Collin Willshire and the Jett Racing team have solidified their position as the baddest four-pot in the land with an encouraging 7.18sec pass at 190.7mph.

Meeting report after the break.

The rumours surrounding a new class for full-chassis sport compact cars were clear on the money with more than a dozen racers committing to race the new four-round series in 2012. 'Factory Extreme' is the name for the new racing class that caters to full-chassis sport compact vehicles that pits fours, sixes and rotors against one another heads-up on a pro tree. Read on after the jump for more info.

To say that the big end of town in Australia's sport compact scene has been spread pretty thin over the past few years would be an understatement. While race teams and fans alike know that these cars and drivers put on an awesome show, there has been far too much confusion in terms of when and where the racing will happen and more importantly, what format and rules will be used.

The warmer weather is back once again and that has also brought with it the return of the popular Full Throttle Friday meets at Sydney Dragway. This weeks meet was unfortunitly a bit of a fizzer with only a small amount of racers turning up.

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While we put our huge event coverage together for Zoom #170 we thought you might enjoy a little taste of the sights and sounds direct from the startline at Willowbank. Remember to look out for our biggest Jamboree coverage ever in issue #170 as well as the official event DVD that will be available from www.jamboree.com.au soon. There are five videos in all so don't forget to click to see more and enjoy.

More videos after the jump...

If you're like us then you love sport compact drag racing and live for the wild engine conversions and big horsepower combinations their drivers come up with. With Jamboree 21 only a day or so away, we thought we'd help you get in the mood with something a bit special.

Resident Zoom photographer and sport compact correspondent, Jason Gynn, recently jumped on a jet plane, flew stateside and rolled up to Atco Raceway to cover the Pan American Nationals exclusively for Zoom Magazine readers. While you'll have to wait until issue #169 to see the feature in the magazine, here's a little video teaser to whet your appetite.

Enjoy the video after the break.

Wednesday 7/9/2011 4:30pm -  Joe Signorelli piloted the Gas Motorsport 2JZ Celica down the Sydney Dragway quarter mile in a world record breaking 6.38sec at over 223mph. Joe said that he had to pedal the car early and that it shook in explaining the uncharacteristically slow sixty-foot time.

UPDATE: Video below

Zoom 165 is now on shelves and I'm not sure if anyone's told you yet but you need to buy it. Seriously. There's cool stuff inside including a poster of the awesome cover car owned by Alex Cirtoski from Birrong Automotive.

When we went to print the car had run bottom 8's but Alex was confident the car would go into the 7's in the very near future. He was right and here's the video to prove it!