Since Round 1 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at Fuchs South Coast Raceway was washed out in January, the teams racing in Group 4’s Super Gas have had a long wait to get their 2014 campaign fully underway.

Wayne Patterson is the latest recipient of the ANDRA Best Engineered Vehicle Award presented to the car or motorcycle judged to be the best engineered at the 43rd Westernationals.

Ewing used a 0.005 reaction time to run a 9.521 ET from a dial in of 9.50 giving her an almost unbeatable 0.026 package to win the third 60foot Rising Star Award of the season.

Red lights were a theme throughout eliminations including the finals to decide a string of Westernationals titles in Round 3 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

The fields are now set for the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at the 43rd Westernationals.

Qualifying in the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship for Modified, Super Sedan, Modified Bike, Super Street and Junior Dragster are run and done at the 43rd Westernationals in Perth.

It was a great night for it as the 43rd Westernationals kicked into gear on Friday with qualifying for Round 3 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

Drag racing is a real family affair in more than one Adamos household as the passion and enthusiasm is passed from generation to generation, from the now closed Ravenswood International Raceway to the world class Perth Motorplex.

Dannolas Racing pilot Rhiannon Allison is the youngest competitor and one of two females in the Supercharged Outlaws field this weekend at the 43rd Westernationals.

Featuring everything from top fuel motorcycles and nitro bikes to street bikes, altered and super twins, Competition Bike is shaping up to be one of the most interesting fields at the 43rd Westernationals this weekend at Perth Motorplex.

On Valentine’s Day most people get a box of chocolates, flowers, their favourite beer or wine but not Craig Glassby. Instead his appendix was plotting against him becoming infected and resulting in surgery the following day.

In the lead up to this weekend’s Westernationals at the Perth Motorplex, Oakford drag racer Rob Pilkington has made the bold decision to hunt for national records records rather than local series points.

The 43rd annual Westernationals has always been the biggest drag racing event in Western Australia and for the Nieuwhof family has seen regular success.

If 21 year old Shane Weston can take the Competition Eliminator honours at the 43rd Westernationals, locals might just unofficially rename the event the “Weston-nationals” such is the growing support in the stands for the Byford boy.

One of the few entrants travelling to the 43rd Westernationals from South Australia, Mark Hunt is hoping to build on a personal best time set at Perth Motorplex earlier this month.