In an interesting break with tradition DJR and newly revealed naming rights sponsor Norton, revealed James Moffat's number 18 Ford Falcon V8 Supercar in Parramatta today. Instead of just pulling a sheet off the car to make the reveal, a special few spectators were picked out of the crowd to help DJR crew members fit the panels to the Falcon.

Over 7 minutes and 45 seconds the panels were bolted onto the Falcon to reveal the striking yellow and black colour scheme. With James Moffat giving fans an extra little treat by starting the engine and giving a few stabs on the throttle, no doubt signalling his intent to be at the very pinnacle of the field this year.

"I think the car looks really amazing and it reflects the enthusiasm that all the Norton team is feeling for the year ahead. Naming rights sponsorship has been a natural evolution, from the time Norton started sponsoring me in the Development Series a couple of years ago. I can't thank Norton enough for their support and commitment," said James Moffat.

The crowd agreed with this, with many stating how great the car looked and their hopes that it would often be seen at the front of the field. There is no doubt that fast looking cars usually do well, and Moffat's 2012 car certainly looks fast.

"We're thrilled to have Norton as the naming rights sponsor for car 18," said team boss, Dick Johnson. "They're the leaders in the Australian market and we're going to try our hardest to make them #1 on the race track."

We certainly hope that Moffat and DJR do get to make the Norton car the #1 on the track. Take a look at some more of our pics from the day and join the discussion about the livery on our forum HERE.

In exciting news for Sydneysiders DJR has decided to unviel the livery of James Moffats 2012 V8 supercar in the centre of Parramatta on monday. The unvieling will take place at 12 midday outside the Town Hall on Church Street.
In a break from the traditional unveiling, the car will be bolted together in front of your eyes. It is bound to be a awesome spectical with Parramatta providing an excellent backdrop.

At this moment in time major interest surronds who the sponser of the 2012 car will be. However, Street Fords believes, through reasonable deduction, that the car will feature major backing from Norton.
Take a look at the teaser image, it shows a car which looks like it will be a beautiful looking race car.

If you can't get to the event on monday, keep an eye out with Street Fords. We will be covering the event and will have all the updates as they happen.

Think you know more about the car? Or have a better idea who the major sponser will be? The join the discussion on our forum HERE.

We often get asked is CNC porting worth the effort? So setting ourselves the task of definitevely answering the question, we set out with our mates from Extreme magazine to find the answers.

Not content to just put this in writing for you, (it'll be out in issue 92 of Street Fords and 88 of Exteme) we decided to film the day and put together a little documentry style piece. So click here to go over to our forum, check out the video and join the discussion.

By Daniel Beckinsale


Picture courtesy Dave Hope Photography / Racing Onn Promotions

As we reported recently in the magazine, Drag Racing has made a triumphant return to Adelaide with the November 26th event seeing the maximum capacity of entrants. Determined to follow this up the next major event on the calendar will be held over the weekend of 13-15th in April 2012. A feature of this event will be the return of Top Fuellers to Adelaide, the first time in eleven years!

Future Street meets and Pro series racing will be advertised soon. Keep and eye out both here on the forum and on http://www.racingonn.com.au for more details. Alternatively if you are in the Adelaide area and would like to race then send an expression of interest to racingonnpromo@yahoo.com.au and get your name on the list.

As always, we will have more news as it develops. Want to discuss this topic further? then head over to our forum HERE and tell us what you think.