Pick Ten: 2013 WASCC April Race Meeting

The feature of this years April race meeting was the Sedan Super Cup races, home to a number ex-V8 Supercars, Porsche Cup car and a couple of Ferrari 458's. Support categories included Historic Sports and Racing Cars, Historic Touring Cars, Formula Vee, Formula Classic and a Formula 1000 demonstration event. Here are ten of my favourite shots from the day.


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/250 @ f/7.1, 400 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/1000 @ f/6.3, 135 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/1000 @ f/8, 400 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/800 @ f/8, 400 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/800 @ f/8, 400 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/800 @ f/8, 190 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/500 @ f/8, 400 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/1250 @ f/7.1, 400 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/1000 @ f/7.1, 400 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/1000 @ f/7.1, 400 mm

Pick Ten: 2013 Good Friday Burnout King

The Good Friday Burnout King is one of the biggest events on the Perth Motorplex's calendar, and always pulls a huge crowd. Here is a selection of some of my favourite shots from this years event.
Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/320 @ f/3.5, 108 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/125 @ f/2.8, 90 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/160 @ f/2.8, 70 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/160 @ f/2.8, 98 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/160 @ f/2.8, 195 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/160 @ f/2.8, 78 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/160 @ f/2.8, 108 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/160 @ f/2.8, 70 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/160 @ f/2.8, 200 mm


Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/160 @ f/2.8, 90 mm

Pick Ten: 2013 Night of Fire

Here's a few of my favourite shots from last nights Night of Fire event at the Perth Motorplex.

Antony Begley has been driving Nitro Funny cars lately, but is back in this Alcohol powered FC for the rest of our local season.

1/2500s @ f/6.3, 400 mm

Clive Hudson has recently made a return to the Motorplex quarter mile, and is returning to his trademark big burnouts.

1/800s @ f/3.2, 70 mm

Marty Mirco took out the win in Super Sedan in his awesome Camaro.

1/400s @ f/2.8, 100 mm

Nigel Benson was back in the Aussie Bandit wheelstander and flamethrower.

1/4000s @ f/2.8, 108 mm

Clint Urban took a win in Mod Bike on his Suzuki GSX-R.

1/250s @ f/3.2, 140 mm

South African born Pieter DeWit, now living here in Perth, was driving the Gravity Storm Jet Dragster, and after 2 successful passes, Pieter had a chute failure in the final round, sending him into the sand trap.  More details can be found on the Motorplex website

1/320s @ f/3.2, 200 mm

Chuck Haynes piloting the other jet dragster, Volcano.

1/250s @ f/3.5, 130 mm

Andrew Katavatis took out yet another Super Comp win, taking him to four wins in a row.

1/160s @ f/3.2, 100 mm

Rob Pilkington took home a win in the Top Comp 'A' final.

1/160s @ f/4, 50 mm

Neil Anderson held out Daniel Natalotto in a heads up Comp Bike final.

1/160s @ f/4, 47 mm

Pick Ten: Perth Motorplex 2012 Season Opener

The Perth Motorplex's 2012/13 Drag Racing season kicked off in style on the 27th of October. Here are a selection of 10 of my favourite photos from the night.

Pick Ten: Perth Motorplex Pre-Season Test and Tune

This season's pre-season Test and Tunes at the Perth Motorplex were scheduled as a Saturday - Sunday affair, however rain over the course of the weekend ended up giving us a much reduced session, with Saturday cancelled and Sunday shortened by a couple of hours.

Here are 10 of my favourite shots of the day, in chronological order.



Rhiannon Allison was licensing in her dads dragster. At this stage, Craig will be back in the car for the regular season, but this is definitely not the last time we'll see Rhiannon in a race car.



The name Pete Veersma is well known to Western Australian drag racers, Pete made a return to the sport last season to help out Jeff Clarke in his final season, and is now running a car for his son, Luke Veersma.





Another car from the Hort racing stable, I believe this is Ethan's girlfriend Jayme behind the wheel of the teams third car.



Sam Treasure had a very busy couple of weeks getting the Cleveland Express back together with a new motor. The work paid off when the team ran their first ever 7 second pass on their first full track pass with the combo.





Kyle Putland has a new car this season, and had brought a tuner from the USA to help out for the weekend. In his first hit out with the new AMA deal, Kyle ran under the national record with a 6.85 second pass.



Simon 'Gonzo' Travaglini was out testing 'BA Baracus' and laid down a 6.44 second pass during the afternoon. With a previous best of 6.41 seconds, Gonzo was happy with the way the track and car performed in testing.



Supercharged Outlaw racer Ian Foster has a new Funny Car on track.



Mosman Park racers the Champan Brothers have a new Saratoga Doorslammer on track this season. This will also be a car to watch this season.