It was a great night for it as the 43rd Westernationals kicked into gear on Friday with qualifying for Round 3 of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship.

The ANDRA Drag Racing Series and the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship is set for Perth Motorplex from tonight until Sunday March 2 for the 43rd Westernationals.

We will bring you live tweets on the pro results as they happen, keep you up to date with Group 2, 3 and 4 plus add photos from behind the scenes through the event.

Drag racing is a real family affair in more than one Adamos household as the passion and enthusiasm is passed from generation to generation, from the now closed Ravenswood International Raceway to the world class Perth Motorplex.

Dannolas Racing pilot Rhiannon Allison is the youngest competitor and one of two females in the Supercharged Outlaws field this weekend at the 43rd Westernationals.

This weekends ANDRA Drag Racing Series Top Doorslammer Rounds 2 and 3 at the Westernationals in Perth will be very hot – both in temperature and competition, and the champ John Zappia is ready to give it all.

Featuring everything from top fuel motorcycles and nitro bikes to street bikes, altered and super twins, Competition Bike is shaping up to be one of the most interesting fields at the 43rd Westernationals this weekend at Perth Motorplex.

On Valentine’s Day most people get a box of chocolates, flowers, their favourite beer or wine but not Craig Glassby. Instead his appendix was plotting against him becoming infected and resulting in surgery the following day.

Four times ANDRA Drag Racing Series Top Fuel champion Darren Morgan and current series leader Phil Lamattina are crossing the Nullabor to put on a show and come away with the first ANDRA Gold Christmas Tree of the season at the 43rd Westernationals this weekend.

In the lead up to this weekend’s Westernationals at the Perth Motorplex, Oakford drag racer Rob Pilkington has made the bold decision to hunt for national records records rather than local series points.

West Australian drag racing star Murray O’Connor is looking to take his team’s good form in ANDRA Top Doorslammer to the biggest drag racing event on the Perth Calendar – the Westernationals.

The 43rd annual Westernationals has always been the biggest drag racing event in Western Australia and for the Nieuwhof family has seen regular success.

Our American-based Aussies were in action again this past weekend at the Carquest Auto Parts NHRA Nationals in Phoenix, Arizona.

All 20 Top Doorslammers entered are capable of doing something special but keep an eye on West Australian Pino Priolo and WA ex-pat Grant O’Rourke at the 43rd Westernationals this weekend.

Earlier this month, Priolo broke through for his first ANDRA Drag Racing Series Top Doorslammer championship final taking out Murray O’Connor and Marty Dack before eventually going down to first time winner Stuart Bishop in the final.

Returning to his hometown, Grant O’Rourke defeated John Zappia in a match up reminiscent of their early 2000s rivalry in Top Comp and Top Doorslammer before Bishop would take their semi-final pairing on the way to his historic win.