Author: Shane Lawrie

In 2020 when General Motors announced they were pulling the pin on the Australian brand Holden, I wrote an article regarding the instant jump of prices of Holden vehicles that just weren’t anything special.  Of course in true fashion, no-one actually read the article properly and accused

A 16-strong field of American Trans Am muscle cars will fight it out for a significant prize pool in the Roadways Tasmanian Ten Thousand at Baskerville Raceway this weekend – part two of the Boost Mobile Race Tasmania festival. After an exciting start to the motorsport year at Symmons Plains Raceway

Tickford Racing has welcomed its 2021 roster of sailors as part of the Team Navy Outplacement Program ahead of the looming Supercars season. As part of the program, Able Seaman Electronics Technician Nathan Steynberg, Leading Seaman Marine Technician – Electrical Damien Smith, and Leading Seaman Aviation Technician Aircraft Phillip Cowan will

The team at D1WA have released their 2021 calendar with 14 events planned over 12 months starting with Jacks Hill drifting on the 30th January 2021. The ever popular Matsuri events are scheduled in May and October with a mix of Collie, Wanneroo Raceway full, infield and Jacks Hill layouts

The 2021 season of the WA Sporting Car Club is ready to get underway with the club announcing today that registrations for Round 1 are open. The club’s calendar for 2021 features 8 meets with two night masters rounds and one full weekend meet. With most of the

Targa West head honcho Ross Tapper was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) this year alongside off road superstar Toby Price and the late Maurice Smith. Ross was our guest on Episode 0028 of Behind the Sport and rather than read about his history, have a listen

Fireworks, jet dragsters, nitro bikes and plenty of action on track kept the crowd entertained at Perth Motorplex’s Night of Fire on Saturday 23rd January 2021.

Funny name for a serious job! The Reverse Gears had their work cut out for them in the heat at Perth Motorplex’s Night of Fire on Saturday 23rd January. Here’s a few photos of these hardworking people. Impressive work by Michelle Dolan to do it all

The Banshee and Iron Horse jet dragsters took to the Motorplex drag strip individually for exhibition runs tonight and the start-up of each of them had the crowd cheering right before the first loud thump took their breath away. The Jet dragsters driven by Peter De Wit and Ian Wood

Before the main show began at Perth Motorplex’s Night of Fire, there was the licensing and qualifying to be done to see who would make it on track for the main show! Check out these 15 photo highlights from the afternoon session.