PremiAir Hire Racing will travel 8,000 kilometres (round trip) for 24 seconds of racing over the next two weeks, and they couldn’t be happier about it.

When the 49th annual Westernationals hits the Perth Motorplex later this month (29 February – 1 March), it will feature not only the latest round of the 2019/2020 Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series, but also the WA Top Doorslammer Challenge as well as Top Fuel Motorcycle and Top Fuel action.

John Zappia’s decades of drag racing experience helped prevent a major incident during round four of the WA Summer Slam Series when his Dananni Hotshots/Zappia Racing Monaro lost its parachutes at over 250mph.

The first new Australian Top Fuel team in some time is aiming for a debut next season on the west coast.

Jim Read Racing welcomed new partner Hydraulink to Top Fuel drag racing in spectacular fashion by setting a new Sydney Dragway track record at Santo’s Summer Thunder last weekend, as part of round three of the 400 Thunder Top Fuel Series.

There’s a colourful new Funny Car ready to rumble out in Western Australia, with Michael King looking forward to getting into Supercharged Outlaws next season.

Sydney’s Maatouks Racing has been a hotbed of quick Skyline and Nissan RB motor action lately and the pace is not slowing up, with Nader Nader’s new-to-him Pro Mod chassis arriving from the USA.

Water, earth, wind and fire were unable to stop John Zappia from claiming his fifth straight event win at Santo’s Summer Thunder at Sydney Dragway on Saturday.

Tim Roads is fast earning a reputation for spectacular runs in the Outlaw Radial division at Perth Motorplex.

Perth Motorplex’s home grown Nitro Bike series has been gathering pace in recent events and class veteran Greg Durack is seeking quicker times from his Kawasaki thanks to a new motor combo.