Callaghan Racing

Top Doorslammer Australia is really made up of the greatest group of people, I can’t tell you how blown away I’ve been at the support that has come our way over this week. Thank you all.

Little things....

Looking back on the amazing Winternationals over the weekend and it's been on my mind to share my thoughts since Friday night.
Drag racing is cool.
Derrr.
It's fast, it's loud, it's spectacular and it can also be very violent.
The very nature of the competition means that tempers fray, jealousies surface, insecurities breed and sarcasm and cynicism can often drown out even the loudest engine.
We had two scary moments over the weekend for two guys who pit right alongside each other.
Lovo and Jeremy.
Lovo's mechanical chaos was a lot less serious than Jeremy's frightening qualifying wreck but it could have been much worse than it was for the Shoebox too.
Jeremy's crash was terrifying.
Standing there with him with his kids on Friday night at the end of the event brought some things back into perspective for me.
The only reason I'm even bringing it back up is to remind us as a community and highlight it for us as humanity that people are far more important than ET's, MPH and Christmas trees.
Top Doorslammer has a tight community right now.
A unity and a commonality in all that it's doing that is both powerful and vital.
It's easy though to get derailed from that vision.
Inner politics can be potentially very harmful.
It's important to focus on what is truly important.
TD races as a family.
Fierce competition no doubt - and that will never (nor should it ever) change.
You want to beat the guy or girl in the opposite lane - that's the whole point.
But at the end of the day is racing the be all and end all of what we do?
I don't think so.
For me the camaraderie, the community, the mateship and the common passion we share for drag racing, Top Doorslammer and most importantly OUR FAMILIES (both track family and blood family) should always be our first and last focus.
Jeremy's crash should serve as a reminder that we're all in this together.
There's a deep and healthy respect amongst all our teams for what our rival teams do.
Sometimes the perspective can get a little blurry though.
Moments like Friday night should bring it all back into laser focus.
WHAT we do is never more important than WHO we are.
We're all glad you're OK Jez.
I'll come right out and say it - I love and respect you all as racers and teams - but I love and respect you all more as my friends and human beings than what you'll ever do in or near a race-car.
Race safe.
Stay safe.
Be kind.
Always remember.


W...

Jeremy Callaghan
Spinozzi Racing
Taylor Motorsports
ACDelco Slammer Drag Racing Team
A Civil Motorsport
Zappia Racing
Scratch & Match Motorsport
Jack Danaher Motorsport - St******se Racing
NDRC - National Drag Racing Championship
Rob Harrington Motorsport
Davies Racing
Catalano Family Racing
Taylor Racing
Shoebox Motorsport
Mick Mahoney

Just want to say thanks for all the phone calls and messages. Im very grateful to have walked away from the accident.
Congratulations to Russell Taylor on the new pb.

Not how we wanted Q1 to go but Jeremy is okay and that’s all that matters.

We will provide more updates soon. Thank you all for your support.

Frightening ride for Jeremy Callaghan with a sizzling 5.602 before a chute issue saw the immaculate Luci Civil Z28 go beyond deep through both nets.
Importantly and thankfully Jeremy is out of the car and Ok.
Thank goodness.

While we continue the countdown to our 5.00pm Q1 this afternoon here at Willowbank Raceway | Drag Racing's Finest, here's a look back at some more pics from last year's event 📸😎

And guess what? If you aren't here at the track today, you can still watch today's Winternats running! Just head to https://bit.ly/4frwqRx for the track's Friday stream 🖥

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Top Doorslammer Australia
NDRC - National Drag Racing Championship

It's Friday at the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals and we couldn't be more excited - because that means it is only hours until we can finally get on-track here at Willowbank Raceway | Drag Racing's Finest!

We are scheduled for Q1 at 5.00pm this afternoon, before two further qualifiers on Saturday. And remember - this is an eight-car field, which means five Doorslammers will miss out on Sunday race day, so the pressure is sky high right from the get-go, and we are here for it! 💪

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We’ve made it.

☀️Queensland, here we come! ☀

Later this afternoon we hit the road up to the Sunshine State for the biggest championship drag racing event held outside of the US: the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway.

After our very productive Nitro Champs, we have given The Missile a freshen up and are ready and rearing to go, with our eye on capturing as many championship points as we possibly can.

Something that will be a little different about this weekend compared to the other NDRC events we contest is that Willowbank Raceway employs the elimination racing format for the Winternats, instead of the all-run format.

This means that first, you must qualify for the eight-car field on Saturday, and then come Sunday's race day, if you lose a race, you are on the trailer – no second chances. So, with another competitive Top Doorslammer field lining up, the intensity is going to be sky high right from the get-go. But don't worry, we are ready for the challenge 💪

For all the event info, schedules, and tickets, go to https://bit.ly/4fl6tCZ

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