Three times Top Bike champion Chris Matheson’s life in the commercial and industrial property game keeps his mind busy, though perhaps not as much as when he is aboard his 350kmh nitro-fuelled Top Bike.

The quiet times without a phone or email to intrude are valued and for Matheson he finds that solitude on the cross country trips he makes to travel at Perth Motorplex each season in rounds of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series.

Old sparring partners Victor Bray and John Zappia matched up again at Perth Motorplex on Saturday night with Bray emerging as the upset winner in round two of the ANDRA Top Doorslammer championship.

It was a night to remember for Bray, with the Queensland-based tomato farmer also running his first ever five second passes, a 5.96 in the semi finals backed up with a 5.95 in the final.

Follow along from the action as it happens at Perth Motorplex for the 41st annual Goldenstates as we bring you the highlights straight from the track. Eliminations for the championship rounds of Top Doorslammer and Top Alcohol begins at 6pm WST.

Reigning ANDRA Top Doorslammer champion John Zappia went from a non-qualifying performance in the opening round of the series in Sydney to top qualifier in Perth following day one of the 41st annual Goldenstates.

Less than two weeks after an action-packed outing at Sydney Dragway, Team Bray Racing's Victor and Ben Bray have arrived in Perth for the 41st annual Goldenstates this Friday and Saturday.

With a 19 car field battling for just eight spots on race day, the father and son team will be looking to repeat the achievements of days past at Perth Motorplex.

John Zappia will unveil a new look this weekend at Perth Motorplex for the 41st annual Goldenstates, hoping it brings some renewed race form to go with it.

The reigning Australian champion failed to qualify at the Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway, handing down a serious blow to his chances for a sixth straight title.

Double duty is no foreign concept to John Cannuli, a fierce competitor in both ANDRA Top Doorslammer and Top Alcohol.

The challenge of remaining focused has only increased for Cannuli in recent events, with wife Kirsten Cannuli-Tucker entering Pro Stock for the first time.

When Peter Kapiris was taken to hospital following his clutch explosion at the Australian Nationals, his thoughts were pre-occupied with getting his Top Doorslammer back together and being able to make race day.

It would have been easy for him to miss just how concerned his supporters were about him. He was reminded of that when young fan Jordan Spencer approached him in the ambulance.

The inaugural round of the Aeroflow Sportsman Drag Racing Championship at Sydney Dragway saw many impressive performances last weekend, not the least of which was Greg Clayton's win in Competition with new performance standards in the BB/A class.

Defending Goldenstates Top Alcohol champion Rob Pilkington is the most confident he has ever been after some improving runs in state championship competition ahead of the national round.

Nineteen Top Doorslammers and nine Top Alcohol Funny Cars and Dragsters are ready to do combat next weekend as the ANDRA championship moves on to the west coast for the 41st annual Goldenstates at Perth Motorplex.

Among them will be an amazing seven new drivers stepping up to the professional ranks for the first time, providing an influx of new blood into two of Australia’s most hotly contested drag racing categories.

Victor Bray and his long time friend Peter Kapiris will be hoping they aren't so close next weekend at Perth Motorplex following a wild encounter during qualifying for the Australian Nationals.

Bray and Kapiris collided during the second session of qualifying (check out the video below) when Kapiris experienced a major clutch failure and fire, sending him blindly into the other lane and the driver’s side door of Bray’s Sidchrome Chev.