Benaraby Dragway

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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.

๐ŸŒง๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—— ๐Ÿณ ๐—–๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—— โ€“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ & ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ ๐—ข๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐ŸŒง๏ธThis is not the announcement we wanted to make, and it's been a difficult decis...
15/10/2026

๐ŸŒง๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—— ๐Ÿณ ๐—–๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—— โ€“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ & ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ ๐—ข๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐ŸŒง๏ธ
This is not the announcement we wanted to make, and it's been a difficult decision.

With the weather forecast so unpredictable, we've reluctantly decided to cancel Round 7.

๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. Preparing a safe racing surface takes time, and wet conditions can prevent us from carrying out that work. Even if the rain holds off during racing, rainfall in the lead-up could compromise our ability to properly prepare the track and deliver safe, competitive racing.

๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†. There's always a chance the weather will turn out better than forecast, and if it does, we'll accept that we may have made a cautious call. But given the uncertainty, we'd rather make the decision early than risk competitors incurring significant travel and nomination costs, only to have the event cut short or cancelled by rain.

We're genuinely disappointed, and we know many of you will be too.

๐‘จ๐’๐’ ๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’“๐’๐’๐’ ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐‘น๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’๐’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‘ต๐’๐’—๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“, or you can request a refund in accordance with our Track Regulations. Email to: [email protected]

Thanks for your understanding. Fingers crossed for better weather in November! ๐Ÿคž

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—•๐—ฆ!We're excited to be welcoming Addictive Events and their extremely popular ...
13/10/2026

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—•๐—ฆ!

We're excited to be welcoming Addictive Events and their extremely popular ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ to Benaraby Dragway for the very first time this November!

And here's an opportunity for ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป!

This isn't just another race meeting. Drag Challenge brings together passionate racers, impressive street machines and dedicated motorsport enthusiasts, making it a fantastic opportunity to put your business in front of an engaged audience.

Whether you're in the automotive industry or simply a local business that wants to support an exciting new event for Benaraby Dragway ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†'๐’” ๐’š๐’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’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ!

๐Ÿ”ฅ DYO Challenge
๐Ÿ”ฅ 750 Shootout

๐Ÿ“ž ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ– ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ– ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ to discuss the opportunities and what's on offer.

Know a business that would be a great fit? ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜! ๐Ÿ‘‡

Interested in sponsoring the Road Trip Drag Challenge at Benaraby Dragway. Drop us a message

๐Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—— ๐Ÿณ โ€“ ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—š๐—ข! ๐ŸWe're back at Benaraby Dragway this weekend for another round of 2-wheel and 4-wheel acti...
12/10/2026

๐Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—— ๐Ÿณ โ€“ ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—š๐—ข! ๐Ÿ

We're back at Benaraby Dragway this weekend for another round of 2-wheel and 4-wheel action!

With just ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š, the battle for our 2026 Bracket Champion and Track Champion titles is heating up! ๐Ÿ†

But remember โ€“ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’…๐’๐’'๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘ ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ! Whether you're fighting for points, chasing a PB, or just keen to get some passes in, there's still plenty of racing to be had! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐Ÿ’ช ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ! Our volunteers have put in a massive effort getting the racing surface freshened up and ready for action!

โฐ แด‡แด€ส€สŸส ส™ษชส€แด… แด˜ส€ษชแด„ษชษดษข แดษชษขสœแด› สœแด€แด แด‡ า“ษชษดษชsสœแด‡แด…, ส™แดœแด› แด›สœแด‡ส€แด‡'s sแด›ษชสŸสŸ แด›ษชแดแด‡ แด›แด ษดแดแดษชษดแด€แด›แด‡!

๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? If Round 7 is cancelled, your nomination will automatically roll over to our Finals Round in November, or you can request a refund.

Check out who's already on the nomination list ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ“… ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€“ Off Street Drags & Testing from 6pm
๐Ÿ“… ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€“ Championship Event from 2pm

๐•Ž๐•™๐• '๐•ค ๐•›๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ฆ๐•ค ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•–? ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜ - ๐—™๐—˜๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐— ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—›๐—ข๐—ง, ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐——๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฌโ€ฆ๐—•๐—จ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—•๐—˜ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐Ÿ’ชEver wondered what happens when the rubber on a drag strip starts peelin...
10/10/2026

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—›๐—ข๐—ง, ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐——๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฌโ€ฆ๐—•๐—จ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—•๐—˜ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐Ÿ’ช

Ever wondered what happens when the rubber on a drag strip starts peeling or lifting off the racing surface?

There's no quick fix! ๐Ÿ˜…

All that old rubber has to be scraped off, the surface broomed, washed and thoroughly cleanedโ€ฆ before we start all over again laying down fresh rubber! ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽฅ In this short video, you'll see *๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก ๐พ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž, ๐ถ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ โ€“ just a small glimpse of the hard work involved!

It's hot, dirty, back-breaking work, and by the time we finished yesterday, the sun had well and truly gone down!

๐Ÿ‘ ๐–  ๐–ง๐–ด๐–ฆ๐–ค ๐—Œ๐—๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—-๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐— ๐—๐—ˆ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿข ๐–บ๐—†๐–บ๐—“๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—‰๐–พ๐—ˆ๐—‰๐—…๐–พ ๐—๐—๐—ˆ ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—…๐—…๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—Ž๐—‰ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‚๐—‹ ๐—Œ๐—…๐–พ๐–พ๐—๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—‰๐—Ž๐— ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—๐–บ๐—‹๐–ฝ ๐—’๐–บ๐—‹๐–ฝ๐—Œ!

๐Ÿ’ช ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘œ, ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜, ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘–, ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘š, ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘, ๐พ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก ๐ป, ๐ถ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก, ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’, ๐บ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ, ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘–, ๐ต๐‘’๐‘, ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘™, ๐‘‡๐‘–๐‘š, ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก ๐พ, ๐พ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐พ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–.

And we're not finished yet! We're back at it today, laying down fresh rubber to get our old faithful racing surface ready for ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿณ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ! ๐Ÿ

While Project Blacktop is our future, there's still plenty of hard work going into keeping our current track race-ready.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’Š๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’„๐’†๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’Œ๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ซ๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’˜๐’‚๐’š! โค๏ธ

10/10/2026

๐Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—— ๐Ÿณ โ€“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ ๐—ข๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿ

โฐ ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—•๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—œ๐——๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง!

Racers, get those nominations in before the Early Bird pricing ends!

Don't forget that if we have to cancel due to weather โ›ˆ๏ธ then your nomination is automatically rolled to the next round (Finals), or you can request a refund. Nominations are risk free.

Nominate๐Ÿ‘‰ https://benarabydragway.com.au/go-racing/

๐Ÿ”ฅ A little more CQ GoldRush660 presented by Port City Mechanical love!How good is this! ๐Ÿ˜Ž A nice little write-up on last...
10/10/2026

๐Ÿ”ฅ A little more CQ GoldRush660 presented by Port City Mechanical love!

How good is this! ๐Ÿ˜Ž A nice little write-up on last weekendโ€™s CQ GoldRush660 at Benaraby Dragway, thanks to our very own commentator, Lara Wilde!

A big thanks to ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ and STREET MACHINE for giving our event some national exposure and showcasing the action at Benaraby Dragway!

๐Ÿ ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ด ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ต๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฐ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ ๐“ช ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ!

Brad Smith and his Chrysler Centura make it two from two as Central Queenslandโ€™s newest bracket race heats up!

๐Ÿ”ง ๐——๐—ข๐—กโ€™๐—ง ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง โ€” ๐—ช๐—˜โ€™๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›Weโ€™re kicking off from 9am for a full day of work, with a big day of track ...
09/10/2026

๐Ÿ”ง ๐——๐—ข๐—กโ€™๐—ง ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง โ€” ๐—ช๐—˜โ€™๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›

Weโ€™re kicking off from 9am for a full day of work, with a big day of track scraping ahead to make sure the racing surface is ready for Round 7 next weekend.

While weโ€™re working towards a brand-new racing surface through Project Blacktop, we still need to keep our old faithful maintained and performing at its best in the meantime.

Itโ€™s a beautiful day, so if you can spare a few hours โ€” or stay for the day โ€” weโ€™d really appreciate the extra hands.

Bring your gloves, hat, closed-in shoes and sun protection. We'll look after the rest. ๐Ÿ’ช

๐Ÿ– ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฉ๐‘ธ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’‚๐’š.

๐Ÿ”ง ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐——๐—ฆ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ! ๐Ÿ’ช

We've got a big day of facility and track maintenance planned for ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿต๐—ฎ๐—บ, and we'd love some extra hands!

Whether you can spare a few hours or stay for the whole day, we'd really appreciate your help getting Benaraby Dragway ready for our next event in just ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—˜.

๐Ÿงค ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Gloves, long sleeves and long pants (or plenty of sunscreen!), closed-in shoes and a hat.

๐Ÿ– We'll finish the day with a BBQ and drinks to thank everyone for pitching in!

If you can help, please leave a comment below ๐Ÿ›Ÿ

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›

๐Ÿ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐Š๐“๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐‘บ๐’†๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘น๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ซ๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’˜๐’‚๐’šBenaraby Dragway has officially introduced ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ...
09/10/2026

๐Ÿ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐Š๐“๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ

๐‘บ๐’†๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘น๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ซ๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’˜๐’‚๐’š

Benaraby Dragway has officially introduced ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐Š๐“๐Ž๐ โ€” a long-term vision to renew and elevate the racing surface for the next generation of drag racing in Central Queensland.

Established in 1980, the racing surface has seen many partial upgrades over the decades, with some original sections still remaining today. After more than four decades of use, now is the time to plan for a comprehensive long-term solution.

๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐Š๐“๐Ž๐ is about delivering a safer, stronger and more capable racing surface that can support the future growth of the sport, attract higher-level racing and major events, and bring broader tourism and economic benefits to the Gladstone Region.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ:
๐Ÿ Full-length concrete racing surface with bitumen run-off
๐Ÿ Properly engineered subgrade and pavement construction
๐Ÿ Comprehensive drainage improvements
๐Ÿ Sand-trap and braking area improvements
๐Ÿ Expansion of staging lanes from two to four
๐Ÿ Long-term performance, safety and durability

This is expected to be a ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง-๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, so our focus now is on developing a technically sound, funding-ready proposal.

To drive that process, we have established a small ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐Š๐“๐Ž๐ subcommittee with extensive experience across major project delivery, project management, contracting and commercial management.

๐Ÿค Weโ€™re also incredibly grateful to ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฟ๐‘ข๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก at ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, and ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ค at ๐‰๐…&๐ ๐”๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, who were quick to put their hands up and support the project with engineering and surveying expertise.

๐Ÿ”Ž And the groundwork has already begun.

The photos with this post show soil sampling underway to help us better understand the existing subgrade.

A big thank you to ๐๐จ๐› ๐Œ๐œ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ซ for the use of his excavator and ๐–๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐ž ๐Ž๐ซ๐ซ for operating it.

Itโ€™s a great example of motorsport people, local businesses and professionals working together to help futureproof racing at Benaraby Dragway. ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–ค ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐Š๐“๐Ž๐ โ€” a vision for the next generation of racing at Benaraby Dragway. We're excited to bring you all along for the ride!๐Ÿ’ช

๐Ÿ† ๐—•๐—˜๐—ก๐—”๐—ฅ๐—”๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—š! ๐Ÿ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅA massive congratulations to all the winners and placegetters in the inaugural 202...
09/10/2026

๐Ÿ† ๐—•๐—˜๐—ก๐—”๐—ฅ๐—”๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—š! ๐Ÿ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ

A massive congratulations to all the winners and placegetters in the inaugural 2026 Queensland Allbike Super Series!

A special shoutout to our ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ who have done us proud! ๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ† ๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’” ๐‘บ๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’‡๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’… โ€“ Junior Drag Bike WINNER
๐Ÿฅˆ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’ โ€“ Junior Drag Bike Runner-Up
๐Ÿฅ‰ ๐‘ฒ๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“ โ€“ King of the Streets 3rd Place
๐Ÿฅˆ ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’” โ€“ V-Twin/Cruiser Runner-Up

Fantastic to see our local racers mixing it with the best across Queensland and bringing home some silverware!

Congratulations to the organisers on a successful inaugural series, and to everyone who competed across the three venues.

ส™แด‡ษดแด€ส€แด€ส™ส ษชs แด˜ส€แดแดœแด… แด›แด ส™แด‡ แด˜แด€ส€แด› แดา“ ษชแด›! ๐Ÿ

AND THE WINNER IS:

The inaugural 2026 Ballistic Performance Queensland Allbike Super Series came to a close at All Bike Day // Willowbank Raceway yesterday with all of the championships decided, including Modified Bike and King of the Streets that came down to the wire and were separated by just a few points. So here they are:

Winner of the inaugural John Kreis Clockwork Orange Trophy for most points of all brackets: Russell Bell. 86 points

Dave Oliver Motorcycle Tyres Modified Bike:
Winner: Russell Bell - Palmyra
Runner up: Brian Alvisio - Willowbank
3rd place: Dale Marshall - Willowbank

Coochie Hydrogreen Rockhampton King of the Streets:
Winner: Ben Searles - Palmyra
Runner Up: Ben McEnroe - Willowbank
3rd place: Kirsten Oliver - Benaraby

A.P.E. V-twin/Cruiser:
Winner: Max Jordan - Willowbank
Runner Up: Kate Collins - Benaraby
3rd place: John Maher - Palmyra

Juniordragbikeoz Junior Drag Bike:
Winner: James Schofield - Benaraby
Runner Up: Blake Hagan - Benaraby
3rd Place: Rhys Mason - Willowbank (Roma)

Thank you to Palmyra Drag Racing Club Inc, Benaraby Dragway and Willowbank Raceway - Drag Racing's Finest for allowing us to run this fantastic championship at 3 great events. Bring on next year.

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