Darren Morgan’s domination over Top Fuel remained in place following day one of qualifying at Perth Motorplex in the ANDRA Drag Racing Series.

The tough, USA-experienced Rapisarda Racing outfit will be out to stop Darren Morgan’s championship charge come this weekend’s third round of the ANDRA Top Fuel championship at Perth Motorplex.

The 8000 horsepower nitro dragsters of Top Fuel are crossing the desert expanses of Australia in readiness to attack Perth Motorplex in what will be a crucial round of the ANDRA Drag Racing Series.

The Top Fuel arms race is heating up with Mark Sheehan enlisting help from USA Top Fuel powerhouse Alan Johnson Racing ahead of next weekend’s ANDRA championship round at Perth Motorplex.

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.