It's likely that the first drag race involving cars occurred around 5 seconds after the second car was invented, and that delay was only due to difficulties in staging. Drag racing is probably the oldest form of motorsport and without doubt is the one with the highest participation rate.



Coming into 2004 the biggest news in Australian drag racing is that the nations largest city has finally got a permanent venue dedicated to the sport, the Western Sydney International Raceway (WSID). While other states have been well served with international standard complexes such as Willowbank in Queensland or the Kwinana Motorplex in Western Australia a dedicated circuit in Sydney was a long time coming.



Drag racing has been very popular with club members who's involvement ranges from the once off visit to the strip to cars being built for a serious tilt at the title of fastest Silvia in the world. If you want to keep up to date with all the news then this is the place to be.