Steve Reed will make the 4500km trek to Perth with his Allstar Batteries Top Alcohol Funny Car team in a bid to maintain last seasons momentum for a winning start to the 2014 championship.

Take a supercharged V8, some radical weight distribution, remove the floor and put together a lever based steering system and you have one of drag racing’s most bizarre exhibition offshoots – the wheelstander. Drag News caught up with new ‘Nitro Sheriff’ driver Josh Leahy to get a newbie’s view on what driving one of these insane cars is like.