We know they are excitement packed machines (and will be racing this Saturday, January 20 at the NITRO SLAM), but these fan favourite race cars also have one of the longest histories in drag racing. It was the 1960s when motors from Top Fuel dragsters began to be transplanted into sedans with altered chassis by…
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The Nitro Slam is upon us for another season at Perth Motorplex and this drag racing show has been filled to the brim with the best drag racers the state can offer – and plenty of nitro, of course! Here is our list of the vehicles you should take a closer look at on…
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The ‘Nitro Madman’ Mark Sheehan believes Queensland’s ‘Chemical Warfare’ have the upper hand ahead of the Nitro Slam this Saturday at Perth Motorplex. Sheehan has been out of the seat of the 10,000 horsepower Ford Mustang-bodied Funny Car for over 12 months and said the pressure is on the team to perform. “You don’t drive…
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When the 10,000 horsepower Chemical Warfare Nitro Funny Car returns to Perth Motorplex for the Nitro Slam on Saturday January 20, it will do so armed for bear. The last time Anthony Begley was in the seat of the 500kph-capable Funny Car he was in Pomona, California, where the team competed at the NHRA World…
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TWO things came out of round 7 of the 360 Power Series at the Perth Motorplex on Sunday night. Troy Lawson continues to have a consistent year behind the wheel of the 21 machine and Tom Payet proved , that despite only his second night behind the wheel of a 360 sprintcar, he can drive just about anything.…
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CONGRATULATIONS to Shaun Bradford for winning round 10 of the AHG Sprintcar Series at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night. He won the 30-lap final from Jamie Maiolo and Jason Kendrick and in doing so became the first driver this season to win more than one feature race in the series. Bradford also claimed the first round, at the Motorplex, back…
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American Tyler Erb has won the feature race for the second round of the Di Candilo Steel City Nationals tonight at the Perth Motorplex and in the process extended the winless streak of Aussies in the Invasion Tour features. Erb became the fifth American to win a Late Model feature at the Perth Motorplex in…
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American Jason Fitzgerald has tonight driven nothing less than an epic race to grab the Di Candilo Steel City Late Model Nationals at the Perth Motorplex. Fitzgerald, who earlier set Quicktime to open up the night and recorded second and third placings in his heats, would start out of position two alongside the impressive New…
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The weather forecast for this Sunday night is not looking pretty and it is for this reason that this weekends Di Candilo Steel City Late Model Nationals will be undergoing a bit of a format change! “After discussions with the Bureau of Meteorology and the expected forecast of rain on Sunday we have made the…
DetailsJAMIE Maiolo will have plenty of spring in his step when he contests round 10 of the AHG Sprintcar Series at the Perth Motorplex this Saturday night. Maiolo showed plenty of emotion just moments after crossing the line first in the sprintcar feature race at Quit Bunbury Speedway on Saturday night. Maiolo had just beaten…
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