Cackling Pipes

Cackling Pipes High quality photography and event coverage - our focus will be on NSW based events primarily, with highlights from around Australia.

Welcome to the new Cackling Pipes website – if it’s extreme and bleeds horsepower we plan to cover it with high quality imagery. Our focus will be on NSW based events primarily, with highlights from around the land, plus the wildest stuff from around the world. From street to strip, or runs on the blacktop, dirt or water – we will feature it. If you have an event you would like us at then drop us a line. The launch of this new site marks 20 years since Cackling Pipes first appeared on the internet – we were the first dedicated drag racing news site in Australia – and after various format changes we are sort of getting back to our roots with our site content. Our new venture is bold and we plan to give love to a range of extreme horsepower motorsports that don’t get much mainstream coverage, including drag racing, burnouts, speedway, boats and anything else pumps out the ponies and gets the adrenaline flowing. As said, we will be focusing on Sydney-based events and surrounding areas, but will be branching out in our travels for highlights from around the country. We will always consider any contributions for the site of local or interstate events as well. Staff

Grant Stephens – Cackling Pipes proprietor – Photographer. I have been covering motorsport events for 20 years with countless magazine credits to my name, and currently partnering in the publishing of Drag News Magazine. Michael Wyllie – Total Focus Photography – Photographer. Michael has been shooting on behalf of Cackling Pipes for a number of years and also is the proprietor of Total Focus Photography.

It's nearly go time for the NDRC East Coast Nationals this weekend, it's going to be an epic 2 days of racing. But befor...
22/09/2026

It's nearly go time for the NDRC East Coast Nationals this weekend, it's going to be an epic 2 days of racing. But before that we have had some testing last weekend, here is a few snap shots from Sunday's Test & Tune at Sydney Dragway.

2026 NDRC WINTERNATIONALS – Willowbank Raceway - PHOTO GALLERY ONLINEThe Big GO, the 2026 Winternationals was one of th...
17/09/2026

2026 NDRC WINTERNATIONALS – Willowbank Raceway - PHOTO GALLERY ONLINE

The Big GO, the 2026 Winternationals was one of the best ever seen! I finally got the gallery together and online, unfortunately I was only at the event from late Friday, but snapped what I could.

👉Want to see more photos from this event? You can check out the full highlights event gallery here: https://cacklingpipes.zenfolio.com/p115405235

All event galleries are now on the Cackling Pipes website, and are all sorted nicely for you via racer names or regos. These galleries are only a selection of photos. To see all photos of a particular vehicle, please contact us with the vehicle details and we will show you all the images

Prints, Collages, Image Event Packs available. If you have any enquires on the many more photos available from the event, please PM or email [email protected]

👀2026 NDRC NITRO CHAMPS – Sydney Dragway - PHOTO GALLERY ONLINEThe 2026 Nitro Champs was a monster! It's been a little ...
22/07/2026

👀2026 NDRC NITRO CHAMPS – Sydney Dragway - PHOTO GALLERY ONLINE

The 2026 Nitro Champs was a monster! It's been a little while but here is the full highlights gallery from the event finally.💪

👉Want to see more photos from this event? You can check out the full highlights event gallery here: https://cacklingpipes.zenfolio.com/p592700810

All event galleries are now on the Cackling Pipes website, and are all sorted nicely for you via racer names or regos. These galleries are only a selection of photos. To see all photos of a particular vehicle, please contact us with the vehicle details and we will show you all the images

Prints, Collages, Image Event Packs available. If you have any enquires on the many more photos available from the event, please PM or email [email protected]

👀Quickfire gallery from round four of the 2026 NSW Track Champs at Sydney Dragway. We lost a lot of the day to track dry...
20/07/2026

👀Quickfire gallery from round four of the 2026 NSW Track Champs at Sydney Dragway. We lost a lot of the day to track drying but got to some racing in the end.

Legendary. The machine that put C&V on the map has finally returned to the track after decades of sitting idle is now wi...
09/07/2026

Legendary. The machine that put C&V on the map has finally returned to the track after decades of sitting idle is now with the Micallef brothers.

Race In Paradise Tim Nielsen #1615Our deepest sympathies and condolences to all of Tim's family and friends.
08/07/2026

Race In Paradise Tim Nielsen #1615

Our deepest sympathies and condolences to all of Tim's family and friends.

VLGOD is an icon of the scene, and with Anthony Maatouk smashing out the first 5-second pass the other day and promptly ...
08/07/2026

VLGOD is an icon of the scene, and with Anthony Maatouk smashing out the first 5-second pass the other day and promptly retiring the VL from racing, let's look back at the iterations VLGOD evolved from over the past 20 years.

Maatouks Racing

2026 NITRO CHAMPS TEST & TUNE – Sydney Dragway - PHOTO GALLERY ONLINEAnother Test & Flog gallery upload, this time it's...
17/06/2026

2026 NITRO CHAMPS TEST & TUNE – Sydney Dragway - PHOTO GALLERY ONLINE

Another Test & Flog gallery upload, this time it's the pre-Nitro Champs Test & Tune that gave entrants to Sydney's massive Nitro Champs show their last chance to cut some laps and work on setups.

👉Want to see more photos from this event? You can check out the full highlights event gallery here: https://cacklingpipes.zenfolio.com/p319541044

All event galleries are now on the Cackling Pipes website, and are all sorted nicely for you via racer names or regos. These galleries are only a selection of photos. To see all photos of a particular vehicle, please contact us with the vehicle details and we will show you all the images

Photo quality is not what it is compared to today's, but that is not the point. Hope you enjoy this look back and let us know if you spot something you remember.

Prints, Collages, Image Event Packs available. If you have any enquires on the many more photos available from the event, please PM or email [email protected]

👀What goes up must come down! The landing for Mr Shifter with its sweet new look was a tough one, hopefully Simon will b...
16/06/2026

👀What goes up must come down! The landing for Mr Shifter with its sweet new look was a tough one, hopefully Simon will be back launching the old Vintage Gasser once again very soon.

What goes up must come down!

The landing for Mr Shifter and its slick new look was a tough one this time around. Fingers crossed Simon can get everything sorted and have the old Vintage Gasser back where it belongs — launching hard and putting on a show again very soon. Wishing the team a smooth rebuild and a quick return to action.

🔥TEST & TUNE APR 26 2026 – Sydney Dragway - PHOTO GALLERY ONLINEBeen a minute but here is the highlights gallery from t...
16/06/2026

🔥TEST & TUNE APR 26 2026 – Sydney Dragway - PHOTO GALLERY ONLINE

Been a minute but here is the highlights gallery from the Test & Flog at Sydney Dragway back on April 26.

👉Want to see more photos from this event? You can check out the full highlights event gallery here: https://cacklingpipes.zenfolio.com/p349853866

All event galleries are now on the Cackling Pipes website, and are all sorted nicely for you via racer names or regos. These galleries are only a selection of photos. To see all photos of a particular vehicle, please contact us with the vehicle details and we will show you all the images

Prints, Collages, Image Event Packs available. If you have any enquires on the many more photos available from the event, please PM or email [email protected]

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