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Once we had heard that Matt had the RX7 drivetrain back together and ready for the Private Track Hire we knew that it was a 7 second ET in the crosshairs….

As shown in the full feature video we did previously, what an awesome bit of kit this car is. The simple cut back look of this car coupled with those weld wheels, the stunning Black Cherry Mica paint and that ride height give this car a stance like no other we’ve seen. You have to check this car out in person if you get the opportunity!!

There were no parts carnage this time out, so jump in and check out the days action and watch Matt finally get that magic PB he has been chasing!

Build specs again below:

1997 MAZDA FD RX7

Engine -13B Rotary, S6 Plates, S4 Housings and Rotors,
RX8 Eshaft and Gears, CND’d and Balanced by Xtreme Rotaries
Port – Semi PP/Bridge

Seals – I-Rotary Apex Seal, Mazda Side Seals/Springs, Atkins Solid Corners
Turbo – Precision 8284mm

Fuel – Methanol

Fuel System – Ron’s 1.5 Mechanical Pump, 12x 1600cc Injectors
Gearbox – GForce 2000 Clutchless Trans, McLeod Drag Mag Clutch,
Browell Steel Bellhousing
Driveline – 3.5” Moly Driveshaft, Mark Williams Yoke

Diff – Moly Sheet Metal Housing, Mark Williams Center, Light Weight Spool,
5.1 Pro Gears, Strange Full Floaters, Mark Williams 40 Spline Gun Drilled Axles
Chassis – Moly Back Halved Car by Pete Cleary (Pro Racing Chassis)
Wheels and Tires – Rear Weld V Series 15×15 Double Bead Locks, 31×13 Slicks

– Front Weld V Series Spindle Mount
Suspension – Rear Strange Ultra Double Adjustable Shocks

– Front Strange Ultra Spindle Mount Struts
ECU – MicroTech LT16C, Racepak Data Logger, ams2000 Boost Controller

Power Figure – 800hp+ (30psi)
Weight – 2370lbs

Personal Best ET – 8.15@ 167mph with a 1.18 60ft
Built and Tuned by Matt Esplan

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It finally happened!! We have our first 6 second radial car in Western Australia, now held by none other than Ed Tassone of Active Automotive Performance Centre.

With several of the big hitters pushing hard to claim the title, it was the Billet Noonan powered GTO that managed to wrap off an absolute monster pass to light the board up with that magic number.

As featured in a previous video, the car is owned and driven by Ed Tassone who has previously led the race to the 6’s in running as quick as a 7.02 second pass some time ago. The private track hire organised by Jeff Johnson was always going to provide the surface needed to get the job done, the weather was perfect and the only variable were the cars and drivers.

It took a few passes to settle the car in but once that happened this was inevitable.

A huge congratulations to Ed, Tony and all the team for the achievement!

We look forward to seeing that ET record being smashed even more as the cars get quicker and quicker.

Build specs below:

2006 VZ HSV GTO
Engine – 454ci Billet Noonan
Heads – Billet Energy Manufacturing
Rotating Assembly – Callie’s
Camshaft – Custom
Turbos – Precision Promod 88’s
Fuel Type – Methanol
Intake – Billet Energy Manufacturing
Fuel System – Waterman
Gearbox/Converter/Driveline – TH400, Billet Bolt Together
Diff – 9 Inch
Wheels and Tires – 315/60/15 Pro Radial
Suspension – Strange
Ignition/ECU – Fueltech FT600
Power Figure – 2763rwhp
Tuned by – Ed Tassone
Weight – 3710lbs
Personal Best ET – 7.02@208 with a 1.26 60ft

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When you own an AU Falcon there’s only 2 options available to you. You either wire up some fans, weld the diff, call it a build and thrash it on a Burnout Pad. Or take it to the Tip..

LS2 GEMINI “OUT ON BAIL” AT BURNOUT KING

A few weekends ago we headed down to Wanneroo Raceway for the Wanneroo Sporting Car Club Nightmaster Series where we caught up with the GHR Racing Team and Car Number 76.

The car is an EX V8 Supercar (VE Commodore) and is owned and driven by Garry Hills who travels all over the country competing.

This car makes ALL the right noises and just quietly we were majorly excited to be involved in this one, having grown up watching V8 supercars, to get up close an personal with one in this fashion is definitely an item ticked off the list.

This was the first time the car had been out in a little while so the GHR team are just shaking the car down and making sure they and the car are all good to head over East with to compete interstate. This car has previously competed in the Kumho Tyre Super3 Series and the Kumho Tyre Australian V8 Touring Car Series.

Mike (WA Racing Developments) who has worked on top tier V8 Supercar teams in his earlier years and is a part of the GHR Team was on hand to check over the data and was also on the intercom throughout the whole race.

We definitely are keen to get more of this car on camera, I mean really – who wouldn’t be!?

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Video Segments:
0:00 #BRC Intro
0:30 Warm Up Lap
3:59 Race Coverage
18:17 Car Montage
19:25 #BRC Outro

Specators who came down to check out all the action from Day Four Targawest 2020 at the Malaga Street Stage were treated to a few sessions of drifting by the D1WA Pro Drift Cars.

We managed to capture just a taste of what they had on offer between racing rounds!

Curb to curb, smoke pouring out, and all the right noises! Featuring the likes of Pro Drivers Mitch Larner and Adam Monck plus more!

Stick around for the race coverage of Day Four very shortly, and if you haven’t seen the first 2 days coverage of the Harrop Blown Lotus GT at Targawest 2020 make sure to check those out on our channel also!

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Day Three and the Lotus continued it’s campaign – making the drive to the East of Perth City and into the quaint country town of Toodyay.

Long loose surfaced roads at speed certainly made for some edge of the seat action, the temperature today was in the high 30’s so not only was the heat from the sun peaking, the heat in the race for the stage wins was also sky high!

Unfortunately there was one temperature that was high, and it ended the day early for the Lotus. Unfortunately the boys broke a drive belt in the later stages of Toodyay and had to retire the car to the service park for the afternoon to get it repaired to be able to drive it back to Perth. It was a massive shame as the car had overall lead for the last 3 days up until then… And even during the second half of the stage in which the car was at a significantly reduced power level (due to no drive to the Harrop Supercharger, and the coolant temp off the dial) the boys still managed to place second for that stage!

Precision driving by Peter Rullo and Navigated by Jimmy Marquet the boys pushed hard right until the end. Mike (WA Racing Developments) and the team from Lotus Perth were quick to get the car turned around in the Service Park (in a near 40 degree heat tarmac carpark) so that the car could be driven back to Perth and compete on the final day.

These have taken some time so I do apologise for such a long delay between these videos, but they are worth it 🙂

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Video Segments:
0:00 #BRC Intro
1:04 Special Stage Seventeen – Harvester 1
6:20 Special Stage Eighteen – Harvester 2
10:03 Special Stage Nineteen – Coondle West (Conostylis)
12:41 Special Stage Twenty – Timberden West
17:47 Special Stage Twenty One – Toodyay 1
21:59 Special Stage Twenty Three – Toodyay 2
26:25 Toodyay Service Park – Fixing the Shredded Belt
29:44 #BRC Outro

When we were approached by Michelle and asked if we would be interested in doing some video for them of the Beach Bomb in action I think we’d shouted YES before the question had even finished!

Watching Nitro cars since a kid and knowing how incredible everything about the experience is – the sight, the smell, the sound, the feeling…. To be standing right next to one holding a camera is a completely out of this world experience. Imagine all of those feelings and senses but times 1000!!

We wanted to prove that we can adapt to all situations and that we were capable of delivering a high quality product no matter what was in front of the lens, this was no exception. Although we only spent a short amount of time with the Beach Bomb crew on the day, it has definitely created a massive desire to jump onboard the minute this car is back at the track! The learnings from filming the car at this round are massive and the next video we put together of this car will be even more impressive.

The creativity bar was definitely raised for the making of this video, really raised…. 😀

We hope it’s well received, it will be hard to trump this one for at least a little while!

A massive thankyou to Michelle, Andrew, the Katavatis Family and Beach Bomb Crew for having us onboard and we can’t wait to do it again next season!

Also a big thanks to the Perth Motorplex for providing some of the track footage included in this video!

We really hope you enjoy this one, we really are spoilt with such an awesome group of people in our Drag Racing Community.

Bring on the 21/22 Season!

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This video was special to us, we wanted to take the time to really portray the importance of this family in the sport of Drag Racing in Western Australia.

We really hope you enjoy this, and a big thankyou to the McClures for helping with the write up below.

Wayne and the whole Keys family are absolute stalwarts of W.A Drag Racing for 30 plus years.

His first real race car was his home built LX Torana Hatch that he had great success running in Supergas in W.A and around the country. He then spent some time crewing on the Boston Strangler Funny Car (Which still races to this day).. Before purchasing a Murray Anderson Doorslammer Chassis, fitting a BMW body to it and then campaigning it in the AA/AP class.

Some years later a Monaro body was fitted to this chassis and went on to set National Records many times, becoming the first AP car into the 5 sec zone. He also won the Australian Championship in 2013.

The Monaro finished with an awesome best ET of 5.83, which was faster than a lot of Doorslammers at the time. Wayne then decided he needed a new car and set about importing a Tim McAmis Promod Chassis kit. He proceeded to build an absolute work of art with his very talented crew and family and of which you will see as featured in this video. The Camaro won back to back WA Championships and Wayne reset his own National Record to a 5.86 – capping off a brillant career.

We hope you all enjoy this as much as we do, and we wish Wayne, Lisa and the Keys Family and Team a well earned retirement. But we do hope to see you all down the track for many more years!

We’ve mentioned it several times lately, but we really are spoilt with such an awesome group of people in our Drag Racing Community.

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Time for us to take a bit of a trip back to the beginning of the year when the Summernats team took over Motorvation and raised the bar for the event’s future runnings! The video looks at various parts of the event and was put together by one