With a name like ‘Rude Stude’, perhaps the struggles of Shane Catalano and his Studebaker Top Doorslammer make sense. When Catalano made the shift from Supercharged Outlaws to Top Doorslammers five years ago, he could not have foreseen the difficult path ahead for the budget team. Catalano brought the car in from the USA and…
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SHAUN Bradford won round 11 of the AHG Sprintcar Series at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night, crossing the line ahead of Jason Kendrick and Brad Maiolo. It was Bradford’s third feature win of the season in the series – the only driver to claim multiple wins so far. Bradford started from P5 but made…
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Jason Kendrick and the Kendrick Racing Team will be crunching the numbers over the next few shows in a bid to chase down AHG Sprintcar Series points leader Brad Maiolo. Maiolo, the defending series champion, leads the points battle with 1680 points heading into the Round 11 clash at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday February 10. JK is second on 1636…
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AS far as a sprintcar rookie goes, Jamie Oldfield has been pretty impressive. Not that this is a surprise to people who have followed him over many successful speedway seasons. An accomplished racer in a few different divisions, Oldfield had a limited run in a sprintcar a handful of years ago, but nothing compared to…
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THERE will be plenty on the line for sprintcar drivers who will contest the next Super Speedway event at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday, February 10. For some drivers it will be a chance to get their machinery and car set-ups right before the invasion of the World Series Sprintcars’ teams and for others it…
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Top five new things to check out at Motorvation Motorvation 32 is planned to be a return to glory for one of WA’s favourite car shows. While changes in the management at Perth Motorplex necessitated a lighter one day format for Motorvation 31, Motorvation 32 is back to a whole-weekend festival of horsepower featuring the…
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Motorvation 32 this Saturday and Sunday will mark the homecoming for Western Australia’s own national burnout champion Matt James and his collection of incredible burnout cars. James impressed the judges and the crowd enough in his UNWANTED Holden VF ute to earn his first Burnout Masters title – a battle royale of the top burnout…
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The greatest show car Australia has ever seen will be hitting Motorvation 32 – and this time it will be rolling! Western Australia’s Chris Bitmead lived out a dream when he built XBOSS, a 1976 Ford Falcon XB Coupe that has been customised in almost every way. Bitmead is well acquainted with Motorvation, having been…
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When it comes to supercharged burnouts, George Separovich was combining tyre smoke and blower whine before it was cool. Now he is back with a vengeance in NUTTR, a Holden Commodore with a ridiculously big PSI supercharger towering above the bonnet. Motorvation 32, taking place from January 27 to 28 at Perth Motorplex, will mark…
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