This weekend Dragway at The Bend will play host to what is set to be another record-breaking nitro-throwing NDRC weekend, with the Riverbend Nationals to be held across April 5 and 6.
The event will host the latest rounds of the NDRC title chases for the 11,000hp/500kph Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car competitors, plus Top Doorslammer, and Top Fuel Motorcycle. Also set to impress is the latest outing for the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.
The last time Top Fuel, XPRO Nitro Funny Car and Top Doorslammer visited Dragway at The Bend, it was for October’s Aeroflow Spring Nationals. In front of packed grandstands, the championship ledgers were opened for the 2024/2025 seasons for these competitors while record-breaking performances and breakthrough victories were delivered.
While Top Fuel Motorcycle wasn’t on-track with the NDRC at the October Spring Nationals, it was in action there the next month for the Drag Bike Nationals, with Damian Muscat setting a new ET and Speed record while becoming only the second racer in Australia to run a ‘five second’ pass in the nitro-burning bracket.
Muscat will face off against Damian Martini, Greg Durack, Corey Buttigieg, and Danny Rickard.
“The JTS Nitro Phoenix Team are so excited to get back to The Bend as it is not only the newest track in the country, but it is the fastest track in the country,” Muscat said.
“The last time we raced there our team recorded the quickest and fastest time ever done in Australia on a Top Fuel Motorcycle, so we are ever so keen to pick up where we left off from, if the nitro gods let us.
“Either way, we’ll do what it takes to put on a show for the crowd in the stands and watching on the NDRC TV broadcast.
“We’re pretty busy in the pits but be sure to come and watch the crew frantically getting the bike ready between races.
“We’re currently leading the Championship and there’s no doubt that we’ll throw everything at it to hold our position against our competitors. We’re all friends, but when we’re on the start line, it is Game On! See you there!”
The Riverbend Nationals at Dragway at The Bend will be held across April 5 and 6, featuring NDRC racing for Top Fuel, XPRO Nitro Funny Car, Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle, as well as the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship.
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