The 44th Westernationals at Perth Motorplex was the site of seven new national records including a world record Top Alcohol Funny Car elapsed time.

Craig Glassby had been threatening to put Gary Phillips’ previous TA/FC record of 5.424 under pressure but he did more than that to surpass Frank Manzo’s 5.411 world record with a 5.410 second pass! 

Phillips was also on record setting pace bumping Steven Ham’s record 265.38 mph off the charts my maxing out at 267.85 mph!

We look forward to seeing both Glassby and Phillips battle it out for the rest of the season.

In Competition Eliminator Russell Ladbrook set a new record for AA/FC with a 5.756 to bypass the previous best of 5.842.

Allen Puglia reset both ends of the A/G record in Super Stock with a 7.218 and 190.67 mph good enough to surpass the previous marks of 7.254 and 186.98 mph. 

Elsewhere is Super Stock Steven Norman set a new record for C/APA with his 173.34 mph enough to push past the previous best of 167.34 mph and Brett Glover’s 178.92 mph on his way to a Westernationals win set a new mark for RR/API defeating previous record of 175.78 mph. 

Congratulations to all teams for their efforts across a great weekend at Perth Motorplex.

Image courtesy: Jon Gall Photography