Drag Racing

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.

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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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.

25/8/2011 4:05pm - 7.06 @ 196mph

25/8/2011 11:37am - Scott just ran 7.2 @ 190mph. It shook badly just after the 330ft mark. Car is looking slick and positively evil in its new satin black paintjob.

Secret Agent Dave just flicked through these pics of a brand new V6 combo testing at Willowbank Raceway. The stock-stroke VQ35 runs a pair of custom Garrett T51-based turbochargers on a pair of stunning exhaust manifolds with horsepower expectations clearly on the north side of 1500! Scott Porter's Nissan Infiniti is certainly going to be one to watch and we're hoping that Phil Laird and the team get enough testing done before J21 to be compeitive. Make sure you get along to J21 on the 27th and 28th of August to see it.

See more TTV6 engine awesomeness after the fold,

***UPDATE*** Extra pics added at bottom of post.

***ADDITIONAL UPDATE*** 7.2sec @ 184mph - 1.09 60ft.

Next pass 7.7 @ 194 with heaps of shake.

7.15@197 mph on last pass with big pedal job.

When the news of not one but three full-chassis R35 GT-R drag cars appeared as if from nowhere just a couple of weeks ago it took many, including the team at Zoom, by surprise. Aaron Gregory and the ITP team did well to keep the simultaneous builds on the down-low but since those first pics, we've seen nothing. Zero. Zip.

There was plenty of on-track action last night at Sydney Dragway at the Full Throttle Friday meet. With the Sydney Jamboree on this Sunday, it was the last opportunity for teams to get some track time for testing before the big event and as a result, we were blessed with some pretty awesome passes.

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A selection of images from the 5/3/11 Full Throttle Friday meet at Sydney Dragway is now online here in the Gallery section.

The night was action-packed, with a few new cars making their debuts that really got people talking, as well as a  handful of cars coming over from the Powercruise event at the neighboring Easter Creek Raceway. 

I might go to the drags if this thing ever gets built!