When Andrew Katavatis and the Beach Bomb Outlaw Nitro Funny Car thunder down the Perth Motorplex drag strip, you might have seen a very enthusiastic supporter watching from behind and cheering on its driver. That would be Michelle Katavatis, not just the loving wife of Andrew but also a capable drag racer in her own…
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The Night of Fire at Perth Motorplex on Saturday, December 30 will be one of the top drag racing shows of the season, and a hit with families. We’ve decided to give you the reasons why you should get your kids into the car and to the Motorplex for a night of real life…
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Western Australian drag racing fans will get to see a fresh category of racing as part of the Night of Fire at Perth Motorplex on December 30, with the APSA Outlaw Radial class hitting the track. Combining street cars on radial tyres with high horsepower engines, spectators can expect some wild runs from the varied…
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AMERICAN Parker Price-Miller fired the opening shot in the USA v WA Sprintcar Speedweek Series that kicked off at the Perth Motorplex on Tuesday night. The American won the incident-packed 30-lap feature race from fast-finishing brothers Jamie and Brad Maiolo. Price-Miller arrived in Western Australia the day before and only had his first drive of…
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If there is an international driver in motorsport who has been to Australia more than Billings, Montana-based Chuck Haynes, we’d like to find them. The 66 year old jet dragster racer has been visiting Perth and the rest of ‘down under’ for the past 24 years and he estimates he has made 50 trips between…
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PICKING a winner for the sprintcar feature race that will be held at the Perth Motorplex on Boxing Day as part of USA v WA Sprintcar Speedweek will not be easy. There will be plenty of attention on Americans Ryan Smith and Parker Price Miller who are intent on dishing it up to the local…
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Chuck ran 480kmh (298mph) at the Drag Racing Grand Final last season, 2mph shy of the magic 300mph mark. He is now in his second season with the moustache and is desperately hoping to shave it off on the 30th December!
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In his first ever race meeting at the Perth Motorplex, American Tucker Klaasmeyer has raced his way to a brilliant win in the inaugural Di Candilo Steel City John Day Speedcar Classic. Klaasmeyer, originally slated to start the thirty lap feature race from position five, had the angels smiling upon him from the get go…
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