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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 31st, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day features Matt Purnell driving 'BLACKOUT', his blown, big block, HJ Holden ute, at the Perth Motorplex's 2015 Burnout Blitz presented by Kwinana Performance.



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Monday, July 30, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 30th, 2018

Today, the Photo of the Day features Matt Gullotto in his VL Holden Commodore Super Sedan. This shot was taken a few years ago, at the Perth Motorplex's Holden vs Ford drags, held on ANZAC Day in 2015.



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Sunday, July 29, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 29th, 2018

Hot on the heels of his win at Tropical Meltdown in Cairns last night, today's Photo of the Day is Benny Circle in KERMITD, lighting up the tyres at Springmount Raceway on the opening night of Northern Nats at Springmount Raceway. Benny's Tropical Meltdown win comes with a bonus as well, a ticket into Burnout Masters as Summernats 2019.



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Saturday, July 28, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 28th, 2018

The Photo of the Day for today is Chad Douglas in 2MENTAL, shot at the 2014 BadAss Burnouts at the Perth Motorplex. 2MENTAL is an insane twin turbo Holden Commodore, currently being rebuilt by Chad for the upcoming burnout season.



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Friday, July 27, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 27th, 2018

We're heading back to Bonneville SpeedWeek 2010 for today's Photo of the Day. This is the Dandy Tanaka FC RX7, owned by Toru Tokoyoda, a Japanese businessman living in Singapore at the time, and built by Dandy Tanaka, an accomplished Bonneville racer and member of the 200mph club. Dandy is credited by some sources for paving the way for Jun Auto's Koyama-san to take some of his companies legendary race cars to the Bonneville salt. Unfortunately, a couple of days after this photo was taken, the car was destroyed in a 240mph roll while being driven by Ray Shioi, who had taken over driving duties for the teams 2010 SpeedWeek campaign from Tokoyoda.



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Thursday, July 26, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 26th, 2018

The Photo of the Day for today is Townsville's Jamie Meier in his awesome HQ Holden 'TOY HQ' during the Saturday morning cruise session at Springmount Raceways Northern Nats' 2018.



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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 25th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is from the Aeroflow Nitro Hot Rod round of the Perth Motorplex' 2017/2018 season, and features Wayne and Lisa Keys' amazing Camaro Top Doorslammer. This car took out ANDRA's Best Engineered award at this years Westernationals and is a true credit to all involved in the build.



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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 24th, 2018

For the Photo of the Day today, I've gone back to 2012 and the December Nitro Funny Car meeting at the Perth Motorplex. This is Matt Treasure behind the wheel of Allan and Cheryl Greene's Chevy Monte Carlo bodied Greene Machine Nitro Funny Car.



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Monday, July 23, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 23rd, 2018

Andrew Searle is the subject of today's Photo of the Day, seen here at the 400 Thunder Nitro Slam event at Perth Motorplex in 2015. Here Andrew is seen performing a burnout in his Pro Slammer (essentially a Top Doorslammer running in IHRA competition) during the final round of Qualifying on Sunday morning. Sunday morning qualifying sessions are quite rare for Group 1 competitors at Perth Motorplex, and often provide an opportunity to shoot these cars under different lighting conditions than usual.



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Sunday, July 22, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 22nd, 2018

Today's photo of the day is from Northern Nats 2018, held at Springmount Raceway over Queensland's May long weekend. This is Glyn Smith in his Pro Mod Pontiac, running in Outlaw 10.5 Radial trim. Glyn's car is running a 700 cubic inch all-atmo big block and took him to the finals at Northern Nats.



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Saturday, July 21, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 21st, 2018

For the Photo of the Day today, I've chosen a shot of Paul Messineo driving the, Ford Mustang bodied, Dark Horse Nitro Funny Car at the Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car round at Perth Motorplex in December 2017.



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Friday, July 20, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 20th, 2018

For the Photo of the Day today, I've gone back to 2010 and a road trip through the south western corner of the United States of America. The town of Beatty, Nevada, is on the outskirts of Death Valley, and a great spot to base yourself if you want to explore the valley, including 'Scotty's Castle' (that's a story for another day). Death Valley is also popular with automotive manufacturers, who like to send teams of test drivers and engineers to test aerodynamic packages and check temperature calibrations in their ECU's here. Some of those crews like to relax after a long day with a refreshing drink at the Sourdough Saloon in Beatty, and have left behind one or two items of memorabilia, which now adorn the walls of the Saloon.



In the photo above, amongst other things, are a Porsche Motorsport shirt signed by the team developing the Porsche 997 GT3 in 2006 and part of a Bosch banner signed by members of the crew testing the PL72 platform that formed the basis of the Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche Cayenne from 2010 to 2017.

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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 19th, 2018

The subject of today's Photo of the Day is Neil Scott, seen here in his Mazda 929 Super Sedan. This shot was taken at the Perth Motorplex's rained out Grand Finals at the end of the 2014/2015 season.



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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 18th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is a throwback to the SCTA's Bonneville Speedweek in 2010. This is the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier Competition Coupe of Donnie Stringfellow II and Jim Kirk. During this run the car got out of shape at 270 miles an hour and was severely damaged. Jim was driving at the time and was taken to hospital for observation. I believe this car is still under reconstruction with the intention of returning it to racing at some stage.



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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 17th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is Terry Newton of Camarillo in California, in his 1953 Studebaker, competing in A/GAS at the 2010 ANRA Summer Nationals held at Bakersfield's Famoso Raceway.



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Monday, July 16, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 16th, 2018

The Photo of the Day for today is from the 2018 MacTrack Westernationals at the Perth Motorplex, and features John Zappia in the final of Pro Doorslammer.



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Sunday, July 15, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 15th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is a throwback to 2010 and this awesome 1930 Chrysler coupe out of Wrecked Metals in Idaho, seen here on the Bonneville salt at the SCTA's annual SpeedWeek event.



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Saturday, July 14, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 14th, 2018

The Photo of the Day for today is Rhiannon Allison, piloting the Felicity Dragwell Jet Dragster at the Perth Motorplex's Night of Fire event in December 2014.



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Friday, July 13, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 13th, 2018

Mildura's Darren Morgan is the subject of today's Photo of the Day, seen here in his AEG Power Tools Top Fuel Dragster. Darren is a four time Australian Top Fuel Champion, both with Lamattina Racing and also with his own team, Darren Morgan Racing.



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Thursday, July 12, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 12th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day comes from the Perth Motorplex's pre-season Test and Tune on the 12th of October, back in 2014, and features Shane Catalano in the 'Rude Stude' Studebaker Top Doorslammer.



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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 11th, 2018

For the Photo of the Day today, we have Aaron Edmondson in his VN SS Commodore, SLIPP3RY, as shot at the Perth Motorplex's Badass Burnouts in 2014.

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 10th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is one of the hundreds of hot rods that descend upon the Wendover Nugget casino each night of SpeedWeek at the nearby Bonneville Salt Flats. Every night after the racing winds up, many of the spectators and entrants head back in to town for the night, and for many of them, that means hanging out in the carpark of the Nugget with a beer and a few mates.

Monday, July 9, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 9th, 2018

Western Australia's Justen Brown hits the Springmount Raceway burnout pad in his VK Commodore WRECK IT at Northern Nats 2018 in today's Photo of the Day. Justen is well known for some of his other cars, including WONAGO and STRUGLIN and as the owner of FordHold Wreckers in Maddington.

Sunday, July 8, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 8th, 2018

The subject of today's Photo of the Day is WA's Mark Sheehan, launching his Sheehan Racing Ford Mustang Nitro Funny Car at the Perth Motorplex's 'Nitro and Fire' meeting on November 29th, 2013.

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 7th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is Shane Weston, in the Weston Racing Top Alcohol Dragster, competing in the Perth Motorplex's Top Comp class. This shot was taken at the Perth Motorplex's Night of Fire event in December 2013, as Shane warmed the tyres before his second qualifying pass of the night, during which he would record a time of 5.718 seconds at 245.23mph on this pass to top qualify for the meeting.

Friday, July 6, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 6th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is Craig Lowndes at Barbagallo Raceway in 2012. It seemed fitting, as Craig has today announced his retirement from V8 Supercars after a huge career that kicked off back in 1991 in a Formula Ford, and just three years later, a drive at the 1994 Sandown 500 with the Holden Racing Team. For a while there, it seemed like Craig would finish his career at HRT, at least until he shocked the motorsport world by signing with Gibson Motorsport, who also made a switch to run Ford Falcons in the Supercar Championship. Craig would drive Fords for a number of years, until Triple Eight Motorsport, who he was driving for at the time, switched to running Holden Commodores. Today's shot is Craig in one of those Triple Eight Commodores, sponsored by Vodafone at the time.

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 5th, 2018

The Photo of the Day for today is Simon Travaglini in the AllFast Torque Converters 'BA Baracus' BA Falcon Top Doorslammer, shot at the Pro Showdown event at Perth Motorplex in 2014.

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 4th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is singer Ronnie Dunn leaving the start line at Bonneville Salt Flats at Speedweek in 2010. Ronnie is driving Jeff Brock's Bombshell Betty, a 1952 Buick Super Riviera that ran 141.821 mph on the salt in 2010, and later ran over 165 mph.

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 3rd, 2018

Today's photo of the day is this mesmerising flame shot from Motorvation 28. Flame shots can be tricky to expose correctly, as they often blow out the highlights. However, in the middle of the day, in full sun, you can get some incredible detail out of them.

Monday, July 2, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 2nd, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is the Yosemite Valley Floor, as seen from the Tunnel View lookout at the entrance to the Wawona Tunnel at Yosemite National Park, in California.

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Photo of the Day - July 1st, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is from the RAAF's 'Anywhere, Anytime' airshow at Western Australia's RAAF Pearce in 2012. This is one of the RAAF's F/A-18F Super Hornets, A44-210, taking off at Pearce.

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