WELCOME

LATEST NEWS

23/2/08 : CLUB DISPLAY - CENTREPOINT BUNBURY
The club held a display at the Centrepoint shopping centre in Bunbury today. 4 cars and 3 bikes made for a great display that generated a lot of interest from the shoppers. Pictures will be posted as soon as they are received and collated. They will be posted on the Club Displays Page. A raffle was held with one lucky winner taking home a silver family pass to the Westernationals to held next weekend, and another taking home a brand new motorcycle helmet donated my Ducati Bunbury. Thank you to those who participated.

13/2/08 : MEETING TONIGHT
The next monthly meeting will be held tonight at the Walkabout Cafe in Victoria St Bunbury. Meeting starts at 7:30pm but feel free to arrive earlier and enjoy a great meal before the meeting.

13/2/08 :MEMBER NOMINATED FOR SPORTS STAR OF THE YEAR
Congratulations go to the Modified Bike racer and current WA and Australian champion Adam Ewing for being nominated and becoming a finalist in the AJ Tood Buswell Sports Star of the year award. The 12 finalists will be published in the South West Times next week, with the winner being announced at a Civic reception on 27/2/08.

10/2/08 :NEXT RACE MEETING
The Western Nationals will be held on 1 & 2 March at the Perth Motorplex. Over 300 race teams from WA and Eastern States are expected to put on a 2 day show not to be missed. Qualifying is on Sat with Eliminations on the Sunday.

5/2/08 :RACER HIGHLIGHT - ADAM EWING
Current WA and Australian champion Adam Ewing has had a tremendous 2007/2008 season to date. With 6 meetings completed he has competed in 4 finals winning 3 of them. He currently leads the points score in Modified Bike. See the current pointscore from the Perth Motorplex.

5/2/08 :RACER HIGHLIGHT - MICHAEL WATERS
Super Street racer Michael Waters is currently leading the pointscore in the chase for the WA championship. He has competed in 3 finals and was victorious in 2 of them. He has achieved a 30 point buffer to the current second place with 3 meetings to go. See the current pointscore from the Perth Motorplex.

14/11/07 :MEETING TONIGHT
The next monthly meeting will be held tonight at the Walkabout Cafe in Victoria St Bunbury. Meeting starts at 7:30pm but feel free to arrive earlier and enjoy a great meal before the meeting.

14/11/07 :NEXT RACE MEETING
The next race meeting at the Perth Motorplex is on this weekend! A two day event with Qualifying on Friday and Saturday. Eliminations start Saturday afternoon with racing to finals Saturday night. The feature for this is Top Alcohol and Pro Stock Bike!!

3/11/07 :GRAND OPENING MEETING
The grand opening of the 2007/2008 season was held today at the Perth Motorplex. Local Modified Bike Racer Adam Ewing , currently the WA and Australian champion started the season with a win. "This is a fairytale start to the season, but Mod Bike in WA is ultra competative and you can go from the top to the bottom in a blink of an eye" stated Ewing.
Supercharged Outlaws competitor Lyndsay Catalano completed an awesome 6.53 second personal best pass.
Michael Waters won the super street bracket with a 11.125 second pass with a nominated handicap (dial in) of 11.10.

29/6/07 :DRAG RACE MEETING POSTPOONED
Due to rain the meeting scheduled for the 20th October was postponed until 3rd November. No racing was attempted so it is a complete meeting on the 3rd. Keep your tickets as they will be valid.

17/7/07 :DRAG LTD ANNOUNCES TV DEAL

• 26 half hour Drag Racing programs on Channel 9
• 26 full hour Drag Racing programs on SBS
• 26 full hour Drag Racing programs on Foxsports
• 3 year contract
• 12 events per year

Drag Ltd has today announced that they have secured the largest and most comprehensive television deal in the history of Australian Drag Racing, with the coverage shared across three broadcasters, including Channel 9, SBS and the Foxsports Channels.

DRAG Ltd, which holds the commercial rights for Group 1 Drag Racing, will provide national administration for the new TV package, which promises consistent, high quality media show casing all levels of drag racing.

Coverage will include all major ANDRA Group One rounds, from tracks all over the country. The new coverage will make it much easier for fans to keep up to date with the latest results from all the events, no matter where they are run.

The content will differ significantly from previous drag racing coverage, with a real focus on the people and stories behind the performances. As the drag racing road show makes its way around the country, there will be tales of inspiration, stories of heartbreak and celebrations of triumph.

DRAG Ltd has been working on the project for an extended period and DRAG Ltd Spokesperson, Tony Beuk was excited with the announcement, “The TV deal has taken some time and a considerable amount of effort but everything is now in place and we look forward to doing a great job. DRAG Ltd understands that it has been entrusted with an extremely important task and we are ready to take drag racing to the next level in terms of its packaging.”

The partnership between the media channels and DRAG Ltd secures broadcast television rights for the next three years and will see a series of significant developments that will expand the television coverage of Australia’s fastest motor sport.

The total coverage will consist of 26 half hour shows shown on Channel 9 fortnightly, 26 one-hour shows on SBS also shown fortnightly and 26 one-hour shows on Foxsports with repeats through out the week. The hour-long shows will include highlights from Groups 2, 3 and 4 as well as Group 1 action.

DRAG Ltd is currently finalizing the best team of television professionals to produce the material for broadcast.

Over 100 hours of television. Hundreds of the country’s fastest racers at each meeting. 12 huge events per season. Pro Stock, Top Doorslammer, Pro Stock Motorcycle, Top Alcohol, Top Bike and Top Fuel – TOP TELEVISION!

Posted on www.andra.com.au

29/6/07 :MOTORPLEX CALENDAR RELEASED
The 2007 / 2008 Motorplex Season Calendar has been released (subject to change). It is available at the Motorplex website here. It includes Drags as well as Speedway.
Not Long Now!

25/6/07 :SPECIAL MEETING ANNOUNCED
There will be a apecial meeting at the usual meeting place (Walkabout Cafe Victoria St Bunbury) at 7:30pm. Terry Jongen, ANDRA WA divisional director will be present and available to answer questions. See you all there.

25/6/07 :PERTH MOTORPLEX 2007/2008 CALENDAR TO BE RELEASED JUNE 29
The new season calendar for the Perth Motorplex is due to be released on the 29th June (thats this Friday!).ANDRA have already released the Group 1 Calendar and this will complete the picture for most SWDRA racers whoare heavily involved in preperation for the next season. Check out the Perth Motorplex site for the calendar. Also check out the ANDRA Calendar.

25/6/07 :ANDRA DRAG RACING DEVELOPMENT FUND QUESTIONS ASKED
On behalf of all members SWDRA has expressed concerns and questions regarding the Drag Racing Development Fundbeing implemented by ANDRA next race season. Read the letter sent to ANDRA hereand the response from Mr Tony Thornton ANDRA CEO here.

10/6/07 :EWING WINS WINTERNATIONALS & AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Club member Adam Ewing travelled to Willowbank Raceway in Queenslandto compete in the Winternationals on 8-10th June.This meeting is the final round of the National Championship. Adam had a small points lead that prompted him to make the trip and compete. 51 modifid bikes entered for the event including other SWDRA member Wayne Patterson.In his first trip to the track and only 3 qualifiers available it meant that quick learning of track and weatherconditions was required. 6 rounds of elimnations were completed and Ewing made it through to win the event and take the Australian Championship. He is now WA #1 and Australian #1. Patterson made it to the 3rd round.

14/4/07 :EWING WINS WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Club member Adam Ewing completed the 2006-2007 season and was crowned Western Australian Champion, or WA#1 at thefinal event of the season this weekend. With wins at meetings 7 and 8 he had a small lead going into the final meeting, but nothing was guarranteed. First round saw him break out and with this the possiblility of his nearestrival passing him on the points score. However luck was with him and the only rider capable of beating him also lost in round 1.

11/3/07 :CLUB DISPLAY AT EATON FORESHORE
The club presented 4 vehicles at the Eaton Foreshore Festival today. Alex Best, Michael Waters, Gary Arthur and Adam Ewing all displayed their vehicles. A lot of interest was shown by the public. Photos will be included on the Club Displays Page as soon as possible.

3-4/3/07 :EWING WINS WESTERN NATIONALS
Adam Ewing's Adrenaline Performance Suzuki completed 6 rounds of racing to take a win at the western nationals.This event is a round of the Australian Championship and is the biggest held at the Perth Motorplex. 44 modified bikes competed for the title of Western Nationals Champion. This places Adam second in the pointscore with only2 meetings left.

24/4/07 :CLUB DISPLAY AT CENTREPOINT SHOPPING CENTRE
The club presented 5 vehicles at the Centrepoint Shopping Centre Bunbury. Alex Best, Michael Waters, Gary Arthur, Adam Ewing and Craig Head all displayed their vehicles. A lot of interest was shown by the public. Photos will be included on the Club Displays Page as soon as possible.

25/1/07 :EPITOME RACING DRAGSTER LEADS POINTSCORE
Brad Bakers Epitome Racing A Modified Dragster is leading the WA championship with 4 meetings to go in the currentseason. Brad says although he is not driving the car at the moment (Kelvin Hill has assumed the driving duties) he is happy with the cars performance to date. You can review the current point score here. Just click on the Modifed Tab at the bottom of the page.

30/12/06 :EWING AND WHITE SUCCESSFUL
It was a successful meeting for members Adam Ewing (Modified Bike) and Darren White (Supercharged Outlaws)with both recording wins at the Nitro Funny Car Challenge held at the Perth Motorplex today.For full event results see our results page.

30/12/06 :CATALANO RUNS FIRST 6 SECOND PASS
Congratulations go to Lyndsay Catalano for completing a personal best time of 6.95 seconds at 199.55 mph.The pass being the first trip into the 6 second zone for him. He however was not finished at that and cameback out to run 6.98 seconds at a terminal speed of 200 mph.

22/10/06 :SOUTH WEST DRAG RACERS SHINE IN SEASON OPENER.
The seventh season of drag racing at The Perth Motorplex in Kwinana has begun, and for 2 South West Drag Racers it couldn't have been a better start.

Supercharged Outlaw racer Lindsay Catalano from Brunswick sometimes battled with a car that didn't want tokeep the front wheels on the ground, but in an impressive display of driving, Catalano was able to beat a field of 10 cars, his 1000 horsepower supercharged Valiant Charger was not happy in the final race, and a slow 8.33 at just under 200 kmh would not have been enough to win the race, fortunately for Catalano, a red light start from the dragster of Nigel Johnson in the next lane handed him the points and the winners trophy.

In Modifed Bike, Bengers' Adam Ewing was lucky to be racing after an incident with a grinder saw an injured finger threaten to proclude him from the opening event. Holding onto the bike proved difficult, but his tenacity was rewarded with a place in the final two. Adam has his crew chief, and brother in law, Sean Arthur to thank for a last minute clutch adjustment that saw Adam run a fast 8.45 second pass at over 250 kmh to beat ultra competitive David Gajsek to pickup the winners trophy.

It was a day of challenges for all racers, 30 degree heat greeted racers early in the day, while rain threatend to stop the meeting by late afternoon and a stiff tail wind blowing down the track all day made handling difficult for some of the cars and bikes. It was a good opening to the seaon with a few South West racers debuting new cars, and many chalking up personal best times with new or refreshed combinations. Paul Morrisey from SouthWest Harley Davidson debuted his new V Rod Destroyer, a bike that has been factory built for drag racing by Harley Davidson. The bike ran impressive 10 sec passesand Morrisey made it to the semi finals when a brain fade moment saw him roll off the throttle to early and get pipped at the post by David Gajsek. Morrisey is confident with a bit of tuning, the bikewill be running 9 sec passes before too long.

Todd Patterson, was excited going into the opening meet, having run an awsome 8 second pass on his turbo charged Ducatti, but electrical problems plagued the bike and he was eliminated early.Racers will now have to wait a few weeks before getting their machines out of the shed again, the next meet is on November 18, when local racers will be on the same bill as some of the nations best Top Alcohol racers