Photo of the Day - August 31st, 2018

Shaun Walker (Porsche 930S) leads Peter McKenzie (Ultra Sports) and Walter Epple (Porsche 911 Carrera RS) in today's Photo of the Day, shot at the WA Sporting Car Clubs 2005 WA State Championship meeting.

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Photo of the Day - August 30th, 2018

In today's Photo of the Day, Shane Weston, lifts the front wheels in the Weston Racing 'Endangered Species' Top Alcohol Dragster at the Perth Motorplex during the 2014 WA Top Doorslammer and Top Alcohol Championship round.

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Photo of the Day - August 29th, 2018

Not far from Ubud, the Tegallang Rice Terraces on the island of Bali in Indonesia are the subect of today's Photo of the Day. While the single access road is usually packed with sight seers, it's still possible to find a bit of space to take in the beauty of this area.

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Photo of the Day - August 28th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is Rapisarda Autosport's Wayne Newby on his way to a 4.67 second pass, with a terminal speed of 525kmh, at the Perth Motorplex's 400 Thunder Nitro Max in 2016.

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Photo of the Day - August 27th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day features Bevan Anderson (15, Mazda MX-5) entering Turn 1 at Wanneroo Raceway during a Sports Cars, Marque Sports Cars and Sports Sedans race at the WA Sporting Car Club's 2006 Winter Classic.

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Photo of the Day - August 26th, 2018

Yesterday morning, I headed out to Perth International Airports public viewing platform, getting there shortly after the gates open to the public and spending a few hours hoping for some decent photos of jets taking off and landing. Unfortunately the wind conditions weren't conducive to flights using the strip in front of the viewing area, so most were taking off and landing on the East/West runway (Runway 06/24). As it would turn out, only a single jet would use the main North/South runway where the viewing area is situated, Runway 03/21, and that was only because that particular jet requires a runway a few hundred metres longer than 06/24 in order to take off. As such, the subject for today's Photo of the Day is China Southern Airlines' Airbus A330-300, B-5939, about to take off at Perth International Airport (PER), headed for Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) in China under flight number CZ320.

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Photo of the Day - August 25th, 2018

The Photo of the Day for today features David Hitchcock in STAUNCH, his 1970 427 powered XW Falcon Ute, shot at the Perth Motorplex's Holden versus Ford drag racing event on ANZAC Day in 2012.

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Photo of the Day - August 24th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day features Western Australia's Matt James exiting the Springmount Raceway burnout pad in UNWANTED, his blown Holden VF Commodore Ute, after finishing his final skid at Northern Nats 2018. Matt ended up taking home second place for the weekend as well as winning the power skid competition on the drag strip. Scoring for Northern Nats is more of an endurance event than most burnout competitions, with entrants having to complete three skids over three days and their score being the total score for all three attempts. Add to that the particular conditions at Springmount Raceway which, at an elevation of approximately 400 metres (or 1300 feet) above sea level, has air a little thinner than at most of Australia's burnout pads, and scoring well at Northern Nats is no mean feat.

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Photo of the Day - August 23rd, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is the Scratch and Match Camaro Top Doorslammer of Daniel Gregorini, shot at the WA Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycle Championships at the Perth Motorplex in November 2015.

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Photo of the Day - August 22nd, 2018

In today's Photo of the Day, we see Frank Taylor lifting the front wheels of his Holden Monaro Supercharged Outlaw at the Perth Motorplex's Top Fuel Challenge in November 2005.

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Photo of the Day - August 21st, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is the Barron Falls, near Kuranda, just out of Cairns in Far North Queensland. Although these falls are pretty impressive any time of year, I'd love to find myself back here during the wet season when they're in full flow.

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Photo of the Day - August 20th, 2018

In today's Photo of the Day, Australian Hot Rodding legend and founder of the Castlemaine Rod Shop, Rod Hadfield, holds an umbrella for Aussie Desert Cooler's Norm Hardinge while another Australian Hot Rodding great, Mat Lagoon, looks on. Shot on the start line at Bonneville during the SCTA's 2010 Speedweek.

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Photo of the Day - August 19th, 2018

The three Mazda RX7 Street Cars of Kerry Wade, Graham Stones and Matt Cherry heading onto the main straight at Wanneroo Raceway in today's Photo of the Day, shot during the WA Sporting Car Club's 2006 Winter Classic race meeting.

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Photo of the Day - August 18th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day comes from the idyllic Kinney Reservoir. This man made lake sits approximately 8500 feet above sea level, beside one of my favourite driving roads in America, The Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway. This narrow, winding road loaded with tight hairpins takes in some amazing scenery in the Californian high country and is well worth a visit during the 6 months or so a year that it is open. Check out the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway website here, and while you're in the area, drop in to Arnold and have a bite to eat at Giant Burger.

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Photo of the Day - August 17th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day features one of the nicest cars and one of the nicest men you'll find at the Perth Motorplex. Vince Belladonna competes in Supercharged Outlaws in this immaculate Torana, modelled after his street registered (and now retired from racing duties) Super Street SLR5000 Holden Torana.

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Photo of the Day - August 16th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is a shot of Ian Foster warming the tyres in his Holden Commodore Ute Supercharged Outlaw at the Perth Motorplex's Top Fuel Challenge in November 2005.

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Photo of the Day - August 15th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day comes from the West Coast Jet Sprint Clubs meeting on December 6th, 2014 and features Rod Wood and Kylie Morris in their Group A jet sprinter, Triple xXx.

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Photo of the Day - August 14th, 2018

David Bartlett (74 - Ford Escort MKII) leads Glen Brocklehurst (64 - Ford Falcon) onto the main straight at Wanneroo Raceway in today's Photo of the Day, shot at the WA Sporting Car Clubs 2006 Winter Classic race meeting. Bartlett and Brocklehurst were competing in the combined Improved Production and Street Cars races.

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Photo of the Day - August 13th, 2018

Nathan Vince (17, Ford Falcon EL) leads Claude Giorgi (29, Porsche 911) into Turn 1 at Wanneroo Raceway in today's Photo of the Day. Nathan is driving a former Dick Johnson Racing V8 Supercar, still wearing Dick's race number.

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Photo of the Day - August 12th, 2018

The Photo of the Day for today features Peter Screen leading Kim Ledger through Turn 1 at Wanneroo Raceway. Both are driving Mazda RX7 Street Cars in the combined Street Car and Improved Production race at the WA State Championship meeting hosted by the WA Sporting Car Club.

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Photo of the Day - August 11th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day comes from the 2017 Westernationals at the Perth Motorplex and features John Cannuli warming the tyres in the Nova LED Top Alcohol Funny Car.

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Photo of the Day - August 10th, 2018

The Photo of the Day for today features Clive Hudson driving his Chevy C10 Supercharged Outlaw at the Perth Motorplex's Top Fuel Challenge in November 2005, in the other lane is Lindsay Catalano in his Valiant Charger.

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Photo of the Day - August 9th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day comes from the WA Sporting Car Club's 2005 State Championship Meeting, and features Simon Emmerling driving his Schnitzer built BMW 635Csi touring car. Simon's car was powered by a Larry Perkins built Australian Touring Car Championship spec Holden V8.

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Photo of the Day - August 8th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is Michelle Morrison, then Michelle Osborn, launching hard in her hot pink altered at the Perth Motorplex's 2013/2014 Season Opener.

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Photo of the Day - August 7th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is a shop display from Sacramento Vintage Ford, in Sacramento, Northern California. The large display area at Sacramento Vintage Ford includes a diner and a number of static displays amongst the floor stock. This was one of the displays when I visited in late 2010.

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Photo of the Day - August 6th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is Allan 'Dobbo' Dobson, driving the Santo's Cranes Top Fuel Dragster at the Perth Motorplex's NitroMax event in 2014. This was one of two cars campaigned by the Santo Rapisarda owned team at the event.

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Photo of the Day - August 5th, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day is Mark Drew on his Perth Harley Davidson Top Fuel Bike, seen here at the Perth Motorplex's 2015 Night of Fire meeting. Mark has a long history in both speedway and drag racing, with multiple titles under his belt in both sports.

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Photo of the Day - August 4th, 2018

Jason Foekens, in BLWNWGN, is the subject of today's Photo of the Day. This shot was taken during the burnout finals at Motorvation 28, back in 2014.

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Photo of the Day - August 3rd, 2018

Today's Photo of the Day features the Death Valley Ranch, also known as Scotty's Castle, in Death Valley, California. Currently closed to the public after flash floods in October 2015 closed the access road and damaged some rooms, construction of the ranch began in 1922.

The National Park Service has more information on Scotty's Castle on their website.

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Photo of the Day - August 2nd, 2018

The Photo of the Day for today comes from New Zealand. This is the crater of Mount Eden, shot at dawn with the city of Auckland in the background. Mount Eden is one of a number of dormant volcanoes in the Auckland region and in my opinion, one of the best places to watch the sunrise over the city.

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Photo of the Day - August 1st, 2018

The Photo of the Day today is Richard and Mike Collison's 1950 Buick Straight Eight, at the SCTA's Bonneville SpeedWeek 2010. This car was built with a little help from Gary Hart and sponsored by DIYAutoTune.com. The teams SpeedWeek 2010 campaign was cut short by a couple of holes in the block courtesy of the number 2 con rod. As you can see here, this is one beautiful race car, and hopefully still ready to race, although I can't find any mention of it on the salt much after 2010.

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