Benaraby Dragway

Benaraby Dragway This is the Official site for Benaraby Dragway (Central Queensland Drag Racing Association Inc - CQDRA).

Benaraby Dragway (also known as the Central Queensland Dragway Association Inc or CQDRA) is a not-for-profit, volunteer run organisation that was established in 1980. Our Mission:
Benaraby Dragway exists to promote drag racing and other forms of motorsport by providing regular opportunities for safe, controlled and sportsmanlike competition. As a community-based not-for-profit organisation, we aim

to provide a welcoming environment for competitors, volunteers, families and spectators while creating opportunities for participation, volunteering and community connection within the Gladstone Region. Our Long-Term Vision:
Our long-term vision is to keep regional motorsport, particularly drag racing, alive and thriving in the Gladstone Region. We aspire for Benaraby Dragway to be recognised as Queenslandโ€™s leading regional drag racing facility and as a valued community asset that attracts competitors and visitors to the region, contributes to its liveability and vibrancy, supports local organisations and businesses, and gives back to the community that supports us.

02/09/2026

๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐRound 6 is coming in hot..... with ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐™๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐„๐˜ for ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐๐‘๐€๐‚๐Š๐„๐“๐’ ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’ธ

Thereโ€™s ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ & ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ-๐”๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ โ€” and nowโ€™s the time to get your nomination in.

๐„๐€๐‘๐‹๐˜ ๐๐ˆ๐‘๐ƒ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐Ž๐”๐๐“ ๐„๐๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐’๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐˜! โฐ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ | ๐๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ
Nominate here: https://benarabydragway.com.au/go-racing/

02/09/2026

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐žโ€ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž. ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿ…ฟ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…พ๐Ÿ…น๐Ÿ…ด๐Ÿ…ฒ๐Ÿ†ƒ ๐Ÿ…ฑ๐Ÿ…ป๐Ÿ…ฐ๐Ÿ…ฒ๐Ÿ…บ๐Ÿ†ƒ๐Ÿ…พ๐Ÿ…ฟ

More details coming soon. ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ!The 2026 Championship battles are well and truly on ๐Ÿ‘€Check out the current ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ...
30/08/2026

๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ!

The 2026 Championship battles are well and truly on ๐Ÿ‘€

Check out the current ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ“ below โ€” and with ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž, thereโ€™s still plenty that can change.

Whoโ€™s taking it all the way? ๐Ÿ”ฅ

29/08/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐‘๐€๐‚๐„๐‘๐’ โ€” ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š ๐‹๐„๐…๐“ - ๐‘๐Ž๐”๐๐ƒ ๐Ÿ”! ๐Ÿšจ

The countdown is on for ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ๐ญ. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Œ๐š๐ฑ๐ฑ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Youโ€™ve got ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• 1 ๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’Œ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’“๐’… ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” โ€” and with ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฌ, thereโ€™s even more reason to get yourself on the start line. ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ“… Saturday 12 September
๐Ÿ’ธ Early Bird pricing ends in ONE WEEK
๐Ÿ† Prize money on offer

๐Ÿ‘‰ Enter now: https://benarabydragway.com.au/go-racing/

๐ท๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”. ๐บ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

28/08/2026

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐†๐Ž โ€” ๐๐Ž๐–๐„๐‘๐Œ๐€๐—๐—๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐†! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ โ€” 1/8-mile racing, PRO tree, big power and plenty to play for. ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ || ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐›๐จ || ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐
๐Ÿ’ฐ $๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ
๐Ÿ† ๐€ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ + ๐ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ*
๐Ÿ’ต ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ($1,200 - $600 - $360 - $180)

More chances to make a final. More chances to take home cash. More reason to get that nomination in.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐€๐“๐„ ๐๐Ž๐–: https://benarabydragway.com.au/go-racing/

Off Street Drags & Championship Round 6 ft. PowerMaxx660 presented by Insane Performance

* ๐ต ๐น๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ 8 ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ .

๐Ÿ“ท Fee Powell Photography

๐ŸŒญ ๐•๐Ž๐‹๐”๐๐“๐„๐„๐‘๐’ ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐„๐ƒ โ€“ ๐๐”๐๐๐ˆ๐๐†๐’ ๐’๐€๐”๐’๐€๐†๐„ ๐’๐ˆ๐™๐™๐‹๐„ ๐ŸŒญOur next Benaraby Dragway Bunnings Sausage Sizzle is coming up on:๐Ÿ“…  ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ...
27/08/2026

๐ŸŒญ ๐•๐Ž๐‹๐”๐๐“๐„๐„๐‘๐’ ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐„๐ƒ โ€“ ๐๐”๐๐๐ˆ๐๐†๐’ ๐’๐€๐”๐’๐€๐†๐„ ๐’๐ˆ๐™๐™๐‹๐„ ๐ŸŒญ

Our next Benaraby Dragway Bunnings Sausage Sizzle is coming up on:

๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ“ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ
โฐ 7:30am โ€“ 4:00pm

Weโ€™re looking for a few volunteers to help throughout the day with ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ , and keeping things running smoothly.

You ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ โ€” even a couple of hours would be a huge help. If we can get enough hands, we can split the day into shifts and make it easy on everyone.

These fundraising days are a great way to bring some extra money into the club. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’๐’†๐’š ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’”๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’”๐’Š๐’›๐’›๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‘๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’†๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐‘บ๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’‘๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‘ ๐’Œ๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’†๐’…๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’. ๐Ÿ’ช

Every person who lends a hand helps make these things possible. ๐Ÿ’›

๐Ÿ‘‡ If you can help, please comment below and we will reach out to you.

Thanks everyone! ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฑ!We were lucky enough to have ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ capturing all the action from our Vintage...
26/08/2026

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฑ!

We were lucky enough to have ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ capturing all the action from our Vintage Gassers round โ€” and Motorsport Photography by Stella has delivered another stack of awesome shots! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Make sure you check out Stellaโ€™s photos, tag your mates and see if she caught your favourite moment from the weekend. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ“ธ

26/08/2026
๐Ÿ“ธ ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ!One of our photographers for Round 5, Dtrain Photography, was busy captu...
25/08/2026

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ!

One of our photographers for Round 5, Dtrain Photography, was busy capturing all the action โ€” and the albums are starting to roll out!

Lots of absolutely cracking shots from a huge weekend with Vintage Gassers Qld. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Have a flick through, tag your mates and keep an eye out โ€” there are ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ! ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ“ธ

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