In his first ever appearance at Calder Park Raceway, three-time Top Fuel Motorcycle Champion Chris Matheson picked up the Australian Nationals title, defeating friend Chris Porter in the final.

Matheson reacted the quickest at the line and steered his Nitro Voodoo machine to low ET of the weekend with a 6.587-second time at 178.26 mph against Porter on a 7.050 ET at 169.25 mph.

In the semifinal Matheson defeated Phil Parker to advance to the final while Porter knocked out Graeme Morell.