Last nights Whoop Ass Wednesday featured not only the usual off street drag racing, but also the first round of the 2007 / 2008 Summer Autocross Series run on the Speedway oval. Drivers normally spotted at tarmac speed events and both tarmac and gravel rallies were out in force.

Check out the photos from both tracks here.

December's Formula Tech Mystery Monday finished off a busy weekend of off-street drag racing and about 70 cars and bikes rolled through the gates.

Check out the photos here.

Round 2 of the Pro Auto Performance Hi Tech Titles was held at the Perth Motorplex today, 65 of Perth's finest late model and import cars and bikes turned up to take a shot of a trophy and points in the series.

Check out the photos here.

Saturdays racing at the Goldenstates started half an hour earlier than originally planned to accomodate the remaining passes in Doorslammer qualifying, and to also to minimize the impact of the rain that threatened to slow proceedings. Kath Stevens, Aaron Lynch and Ben Bray had all missed out on their final qualifying pass on Friday night, but ran at 3pm to complete the session. Only Ben's pass impacted on the ladder, with Aaron and Kath both failing to qualify.

In the finals, John Zappia ran his slowest pass of the meeting at 6.14 seconds, but still managed to cross the finish line ahead of Steve Stanic to win his first ever Western Australian Doorslammer round while Troy McLean defeated Ian Ashelford in another close race.

You can check out all 1090 photos from the racing and trophy presentations here.

Unfortunately, tonights racing at the Perth Motorplex was interrupted by rain, resulting in the Top Doorslammers being unable to complete their third round of qualifying. After some quick discussions, the Motorplex race management decided to complete the third qualifying session at 3pm on Saturday.

After two sessions of Doorslammer qualifying, John Zappia is top qualifier, with a 6.025, followed by Gary Phillips, Ben Bray, Peter Kapiris, Stuart Bishop, Robin Judd, Aaron Lynch and sitting on the bump spot, Brett Stevens with a 6.549.

In Top Bike, qualifying is complete, and Troy McLean leads the list with a 6.508, followed by Brett Stevens, Mark Drew, Athol Williams, Kim Stevens, Syd Standring, Mark Ashelford and Ian Ashelford, however this is likely to change as Kim Stevens suffered a broken leg after hitting the sand trap at high speed in qualifying today. Neville Smith is currently sitting in 9th position, just outside the field.

You can check out all the photos from tonights racing here.

Tonights Whoop Ass Wednesday featured a great field of cars and bikes, with plenty of variety, including a 12 second SR20DET powered KE70 Corolla and a 10 second Torana.

You can check out the photos here.

On the Wednesday leading up to the Goldenstates, the Motorplex run a test'n'tune event to give the visiting teams the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the local conditions.

Todays event saw Maurice Brennan licensing his VT Commodore, currently stickered as AA/AP, but destined for Top Doorslammer duties, Robin Judd getting in some extra practice ahead of the weekends racing and Peter Kapiris getting used to the new concrete at Kwinana. In addition, Athol Williams ventured out onto the Motorplex quarter mile for the first time and made sure he looked right at home, Jay Upton was doing some last minute testing for the weekend, while Rhys Naylor and Danielle Stone were out testing their Junior Dragsters.

In addition, a number of comp bike, mod bike and super street racers were also taking advantage of the mid week test session, with many staying on to race at the Whoop Ass Wednesday as well.

You can check out all the photos from the days racing here.

All Fours and Rotaries Car Club ran a test'n'tune event at Collie Motorplex on the weekend. While only a handful of cars ended up taking to the track, those who made the trek to the south west were rewarded with a full day of track time for under $100. Drivers were sent out in groups of 4 for sessions of 5 laps at a time, which gave them plenty of time to get to know the track but also got them off the circuit and back into pit lane without putting too much stress on the vehicles.

Check out the photos here. For more information about AFARCC and to find out about upcoming events, check out their website.

Fast Fridays always present a great mix of drag racing and speedway action, and last nights event was no exception. In addition to all the action on the drag strip, last night's speedway action included part of the WA Super Sedan state titles, which conclude tonight at the Perth Motorplex.

Check out the photos here, and if you need another motorsport fix this weekend, head down to the Motorplex tonight and catch some more speedway action.

Tonights Whoop Ass Wednesday was a relatively quiet night on the Drag Strip, which gave me the opportunity to change to a smaller lens for part of the night. you'll notice that the photos from the first half of the night feature a lot of wide angle, side on and low angle shots, these are shots I wouldn't normally get at drag meets as the lenses I normally use have to much zoom to be effective in that situation. However, I do think there are some really cool shots to be had, so one of the next lenses I plan on buying will be something in the range of roughly 17 - 85mm.

Check out the photos here.

Saturday night's racing at the 3rd round of the Australian Top Alcohol and Pro Stock Bike Championships saw some great racing, with 3 new national records set. Aaron Deery reset the TA/D speed record, Mark Sheehan reset the ET record in TA/Altered and Pete Cochrane took the speed record on the way to a win in Pro Stock Bike.

In Top Alcohol, Ben Bray featured in two of the closest races of the night, a win over Aaron Deery in the first round by about 2.4 metres and a loss to eventual round winner Brett Stevens in the semi's by a similar amount.

You can check out almost 1000 photos from the days racing here. The photos from Friday night can be found here and results as always can be found on the Motorplex site.

Tonight was the first night of the 2007 Top Alcohol and Pro Stock Bike round at the Perth Motorplex.

At the end of Qualifying, Aaron Lynch is top of the list for T/A, with a 5.640, while in 8th place is Gary Phillips with a 5.959.

Peter Cochrane Top Qualifed in Pro Stock Bike with a 7.260, riding for Brett Stevens Racing, so the team is currently well positioned for their best possible result for the rest of the weekend.

Racing starts at 11am tomorrow, so if you missed out today, get down there and see some great racing. Over 40 blown cars have entered for the weekend in various classes including SuperCharged Outlaws, Top Comp and Top Alcohol, so there's plenty to see.

You can check out all the first days action here.

Racer turnout at tonight's Mystery Monday, sponsored by Formula Tech in Bibra Lake, was probably affected by the hot weather, with less than a hundred cars and bikes going down the track tonight. As a result, no one was able to complain about a lack of runs, with some people making over 30 trips down the track.

A private test day during the day and the warm weather helped the track temperature stay above 40 degree's C for a large part of the night, ensuring optimum traction.

You can check out the photos from tonights racing here.

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This weeks Whoop Ass Wednesday had 2 of the key ingredients to a huge turnout, a track fresh from a National Open, promising plenty of traction, and some awesome weather all day and night. However, for some reason, racer turnout was down on previous meetings this season. For whatever the reason, this of course had an upside, with the racers who did turn up getting in heaps of runs during the night, and many going home with personal best times.

You can check out all the photos here. (Sorry, no speedway photos this week)