ONE driver who will be worth watching in the combined World Series Sprintcars/AHG Sprintcar Series rounds at the Perth Motorplex this Saturday and Sunday nights will be American Carson Macedo. He impressed race fans with his solid performance at Quit Bunbury Speedway last Saturday night, taking third behind Jamie Veal and James McFadden. It was…
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THE stage is set for an epic double header of sprintcar racing at the Perth Motorplex this Saturday and Sunday nights. A stellar field of 37 sprintcars have nominated for the two nights of racing where the WA-based AHG Sprintcar Series and the World Series Sprintcars series collide for an epic showdown. And there is…
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A scintillating 4.67sec. run in the second round was the quickest pass seen in Western Australia since 2016 and helped Sheehan go 3-0 against opponent Anthony Begley in the Top Fuel match racing as part of the Nitro Night event. Sheehan was doing double duty, also competing in a front engine Top Fuel dragster against…
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There has been an explosion of new machinery in Western Australian drag racing in recent weeks and fans at this Saturday’s Nitro Night at Perth Motorplex will get a chance to see some of the coolest drag cars in the country make their debut. While the ground shaking spectacle of Mark Sheehan and…
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A wild new dragster will make its first appearance at Perth Motorplex this Saturday for Nitro Night – and with plenty of nitro horsepower it is sure to excite! Mark Sheehan is ready to rumble in the ‘Black Widow’, a rare front engine nitro dragster capable of five second times with nitro flames to boot.…
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Kelvin Lyle has been one of the breakout drivers of the 2017/18 season at Perth Motorplex, moving into the points lead of the Direct Mining and Industrial Summer Slam with some strong performances in recent events. That lead is one he will aim to cement at Nitro Night on Saturday, February 17 at Perth Motorplex.…
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With a name like ‘Rude Stude’, perhaps the struggles of Shane Catalano and his Studebaker Top Doorslammer make sense. When Catalano made the shift from Supercharged Outlaws to Top Doorslammers five years ago, he could not have foreseen the difficult path ahead for the budget team. Catalano brought the car in from the USA and…
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SHAUN Bradford won round 11 of the AHG Sprintcar Series at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night, crossing the line ahead of Jason Kendrick and Brad Maiolo. It was Bradford’s third feature win of the season in the series – the only driver to claim multiple wins so far. Bradford started from P5 but made…
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Jason Kendrick and the Kendrick Racing Team will be crunching the numbers over the next few shows in a bid to chase down AHG Sprintcar Series points leader Brad Maiolo. Maiolo, the defending series champion, leads the points battle with 1680 points heading into the Round 11 clash at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday February 10. JK is second on 1636…
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AS far as a sprintcar rookie goes, Jamie Oldfield has been pretty impressive. Not that this is a surprise to people who have followed him over many successful speedway seasons. An accomplished racer in a few different divisions, Oldfield had a limited run in a sprintcar a handful of years ago, but nothing compared to…
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