From surviving cancer, to becoming an amputee, to riding the most powerful motorcycles on the planet, Perth Nitro Bike drag racer Benny Stevens’ wild life has been put into words for the first time with the release of his new book Fuelled. Fuelled is a collection of entertaining tales from a young Australian larrikin who…
A spirited charge along the high line for the final laps of the Sprintcar Westernapolis feature race on Saturday saw Tasmania’s Jock Goodyer take home a surprise win in his first ever visit to Perth Motorplex. Goodyer had to pass tough Perth driver Jason Kendrick in order to take the chequered flag, but while Kendrick…
ANYONE who has followed the racing career of Ben Ellement knows he is a gasser. Previously in sedans, and now in sprintcars, Ellement is a master of his craft and is always a threat when he nominates for a speedway show. And this Saturday night’s Westernapolis at the Perth Motorplex, that is round 12 of…
Five rounds remain in the Maddington Toyota Sprincar Series and it is game on. Heading into the Sprintcar Westernapolis at the Perth Motorplex this Saturday night, defending and two-time series champion Jason Kendrick is in the box seat on 1828 points, but given the very nature of sprintcar racing, that can mean very little. Not…
By DTN Media It has been a massive season so far for Late Models and it just gets bigger this weekend as a great field of drivers will fight it out for the right to wear the WA#1. That list will be released shortly, but for now it is time to look back over the…
The Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series will get an influx of fresh faces this Saturday for the Sprintcar Westernapolis at Perth Motorplex and among them is South Australian Brock Hallett, who will be driving the W60 for the J&S Drilling team. Hallett shot to prominence recently at the opening round of World Series Sprintcars at Murray…
Brent Vosbergen, the grandson of the late legend Bert Vosbergen and son of former WA Late Model Champion Craig Vosbergen, will be all fired up to become the first driver to go back-to-back in the WA Late Model Championship since brad Blake in the 08/09 and 09/10 seasons this Saturday at the Perth Motorplex. Vosbergen…
The fourth round of the WA Summer Slam Series saw a heart-stopping finish on Saturday at Perth Motorplex as veteran racer John Zappia’s braking parachutes failed at over 400kmh. Zappia had just completed a 5.70sec. final round run and deployed his parachutes only to have them separate from the car, leaving him unable to stop…
Tim Roads is fast earning a reputation for spectacular runs in the Outlaw Radial division at Perth Motorplex. Roads has taken a unique path to speed, combining a Datsun ute, a turbocharged 12A Mazda rotary engine and a manual transmission, which have produced a quickest time of 7.88sec. The reason for most of the attention…
Perth Motorplex’s home grown Nitro Bike series has been gathering pace in recent events and class veteran Greg Durack is seeking quicker times from his Kawasaki thanks to a new motor combo. Durack’s turbocharged motorcycles have been a staple of drag racing events in Western Australia for decades, and the current iteration takes advantage of…