Next weekend (October 18-20) will host two massive sportsman racing events as part of the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship at Dragway at The Bend.
Friday hosts the Street Machine Sportsman Spring Nationals with $25,000 in prize money up for grabs. Competitors will not only be duking it out for the dollars, but also valuable points in the 2024/2025 Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship and a special Street Machine Spring Nationals trophy.
Saturday and Sunday will then see racers who qualified through their performance across the Eastern and Western conferences competing to be crowned the outright Aeroflow National Sportsman Champions for the 2023/2024 season and an NDRC Grand Final Christmas Tree trophy, plus their share of an additional $25,000 prize purse.
Please see below for the full listing of racers contesting the Grand Final as part of the Aeroflow Spring Nationals event at Dragway at The Bend.
Dean Jamieson heads to the Grand Final as the Western and Eastern Conference winner for Modified Bike and was also the winner of his bracket at the NDRC’s last trip to Dragway at The Bend – the Riverbend Nationals.
“I am feeling semi-confident that we will go well; the Bend is my home quarter-mile track and I am also the current Track Champion for Modified Bike, so that gives me some confidence and hopefully will give me a bit of an edge over what is a really high quality field,” Jamieson said.
“There are some very tough racers lining up for this battle. For example, Sean Ricketts is someone who has been a benchmark in our bracket for three to four years so to take it out over him, and racers like him, would be fantastic – no one in this field will be a push over, that is for sure.
“Honestly, to win the title would be something really special – I lost my dad in November of last year and he was my biggest supporter, so to win it for him would be really huge for me.
“Family is so important, and my 19-year-old daughter Marissa goes to all the events with me and really enjoys the drag racing; she is my crew chief and does all the hard yards with me, so to win it together would be amazing.”
Super Gas Colin Griffin is another racer who has triumphed in both conferences across the 2023/2024 season.
The Craigieburn (Victorian) racer is currently doing all he can to make sure he is as prepared as possible for the winner takes all challenge which lays ahead.
“I have done really well all year and the reality is you could have one bad run and it will be all done, so I am going over the entire car and making sure everything is as good as I can get it, and then we will just hope for the best!” Griffin said.
“To win it would just be great, it has been a long season and I have done quite well already, so to get this title on top would really top it off.”
For event information, visit https://nationaldragracing.
To learn more about the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) and its Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship, visit www.nationaldragracing.com.au
Aeroflow Spring Nationals 2024 – 2023/2024 Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship Grand Final Invitational Entry List:
| Driver/Rider Name | Category | Class | State |
| Luke Cartledge | Competition | B/DA | Victoria |
| Matt Forbes | Competition | D/AA | Victoria |
| Mitch Oxley | Competition | B/DA | New South Wales |
| Peter Pisalidis | Competition | AAAPIA | Victoria |
| Raffaele Perri | Competition | A/AA | New South Wales |
| Chris Allen | Competition Bike | BB/CB | Western Australia |
| David Willis | Competition Bike | B/SB | South Australia |
| Edge Mallis | Competition Bike | DD/CB | Victoria |
| Jake Hamilton-Moderate | Competition Bike | CC/CB | South Australia |
| Joe Khoury | Competition Bike | VV/CB | New South Wales |
| Ken Collin | Competition Bike | B/AB | Queensland |
| Rob Church | Competition Bike | C/AB | South Australia |
| Lawrence Raschella | Junior Bike | A/JB | South Australia |
| James Schofield | Junior Bike | A/JB | Queensland |
| Jaidyn Schofield | Junior Bike | A/JB | Queensland |
| Lillian Hagan | Junior Bike | A/JB | Queensland |
| Marcus MacDonald | Junior Bike | B/JB | Queensland |
| Cooper Plummer | Junior Dragster | A/JD | South Australia |
| Nixon Cannuli | Junior Dragster | A/JD | Queensland |
| Joshua Maggs | Junior Dragster | A/JD | Victoria |
| Nathaniel Kuchel | Junior Dragster | A/JD | Victoria |
| Alex Rottenbury | Junior Dragster | A/JD | New South Wales |
| Seth Jarvis | Junior Dragster | A/JD | Western Australia |
| Tyler Jarvis | Junior Dragster | A/JD | Western Australia |
| Savanna Condello | Junior Dragster | A/JD | New South Wales |
| James Barlow | Junior Dragster | B/JD | South Australia |
| Lachlan Walker | Junior Dragster | A/JD | South Australia |
| Taylor Horton | Junior Dragster | A/JD | Victoria |
| Todd Wagner | Junior Dragster | A/JD | Victoria |
| Vanz Peirano | Junior Dragster | B/JD | Queensland |
| Zayne Condello | Junior Dragster | A/JD | New South Wales |
| Cory Dyson | Modified | A/MD | Victoria |
| Daniel Batdan Carranza | Modified | A/MD | Victoria |
| Derek Wills | Modified | A/MA | Victoria |
| Fiona Crisp | Modified | A/MD | Victoria |
| Kenny Stewart | Modified | A/MD | Victoria |
| Monique Ambruosi | Modified | A/MD | Victoria |
| Peter Brown | Modified | A/MD | New South Wales |
| Simon Barlow | Modified | A/MD | South Australia |
| Cheryl MsVrod Beddoes | Modified Bike | A/MB | New South Wales |
| Dean Jamieson | Modified Bike | A/MB | Victoria |
| Derryn McGregor | Modified Bike | D/MB | Victoria |
| Johnny Hog Ireland | Modified Bike | A/MB | Victoria |
| Matthew Yard | Modified Bike | A/MB | South Australia |
| Sean Ricketts | Modified Bike | A/MB | New South Wales |
| Craig Collis | Real Street | A/RST | Queensland |
| Kilarney Back | Real Street | B/RST | Queensland |
| Bob Sherry | Super Charged Outlaws | SC/O | South Australia |
| Dale Tucker | Super Charged Outlaws | SC/S | South Australia |
| Davydd Estcourt | Super Charged Outlaws | SC/O | Victoria |
| Doina Day | Super Charged Outlaws | SC/O | Victoria |
| Mark Hunt | Super Charged Outlaws | SC/O | South Australia |
| Mike Evans | Super Charged Outlaws | SC/S | Tasmania |
| Shane Baxter | Super Charged Outlaws | SC/O | Victoria |
| Shaun Kerkman | Super Charged Outlaws | SC/O | South Australia |
| Colin Griffin | Super Gas | S/G | Victoria |
| Des Woolstencroft | Super Gas | S/G | Victoria |
| Jason Wilson | Super Gas | S/G | Victoria |
| Rob Bergamin | Super Gas | S/G | South Australia |
| Warren Bull | Super Gas | S/G | Victoria |
| Ace Edwards | Super Sedan | SS/A | Queensland |
| Alex Gkroidis | Super Sedan | SS/A | Victoria |
| Chevy Taylor | Super Sedan | SS/A | New South Wales |
| Chris Lioulios | Super Sedan | SS/A | Australian Capital Territory |
| Joe Carbone | Super Sedan | SS/A | South Australia |
| Lance Larcombe | Super Sedan | SS/A | South Australia |
| Martin Mirco | Super Sedan | SS/A | Western Australia |
| Patrick Barron | Super Sedan | SS/A | Queensland |
| Sean Maher | Super Sedan | SS/A | New South Wales |
| Tony Miskelly | Super Sedan | SS/A | South Australia |
| Victor Tsatlogianis | Super Sedan | SS/A | New South Wales |
| Adrian Vella | Super Stock | C/SMA | Victoria |
| Darrin Gay | Super Stock | B/G | Queensland |
| Graeme Simms | Super Stock | F/G | Western Australia |
| Kim Fardella | Super Stock | E/G | Western Australia |
| Leigh Donaldson | Super Stock | H/MSA | South Australia |
| Steve Norman | Super Stock | B/MPA | South Australia |
| Andrew Francis | Super Street | S/STA | Victoria |
| Andrew Waight | Super Street | S/STB | Victoria |
| Brian Keane | Super Street | S/STB | South Australia |
| Craig Warren | Super Street | S/STA | New South Wales |
| Julian Semmler | Super Street | S/STB | South Australia |
| Michael Bridges | Super Street | S/STB | South Australia |
| Tex Griffiths | Super Street | S/STA | New South Wales |
| Tony Antonino | Super Street | S/STB | South Australia |
| Troy Hutton | Super Street | S/STB | Queensland |
| Cory Read | Top Sportsman | TS/AA | South Australia |
| David Foster | Top Sportsman | TS/A | South Australia |
| Enio Marrocco | Top Sportsman | TS/A | Victoria |
| Glenn Henley | Top Sportsman | TS/A | South Australia |
| Greg Damiani | Top Sportsman | TS/A | South Australia |
| Jason Young | Top Sportsman | TS/A | South Australia |
| Leon Davies | Top Sportsman | TS/A | South Australia |
| Paul Partridge | Top Sportsman | TS/A | New South Wales |
| Peter Cates | Top Sportsman | TS/AA | South Australia |
| Vlado Turic | Top Sportsman | TS/A | South Australia |
