Less than two weeks after an action-packed outing at Sydney Dragway, Team Bray Racing's Victor and Ben Bray are set to head across the country for the Perth Motorplex's 41st annual Goldenstates this Friday and Saturday (16-17 November).

With a 19 car field battling for just eight spots on race day as the 'Fremantle Doctor' ensures unpredictable conditions, the father and son team will be looking to repeat the achievements of days past at the revered Western Australian facility.

At this same event in 2003, Victor set a world record terminal speed of 245.23 miles per hour (394.57kmh) while in 2004 Ben reset the national elapsed time record of the day at 6.02 seconds before taking victory in an all-Bray final.

Since taking the win at the season ending Winternationals, the off season was productive but time consuming and before Reed knew it, the nationals were fast approaching and time had run out to do some much needed testing prior to last weekend at Sydney Dragway.

11 Top Alcohol funnycar & dragsters fronted to compete for the prestigious gold Christmas tree win. All 3 qualifying sessions were scheduled for Saturday and fortunately rain only delayed qualifying for very brief moments and all 3 sessions for group 1 were able to be completed.

Greg Clayton - 2012 NationalsThe QLD tyre and retreading team of Greg and Kim Clayton, reaped the rewards for all the hard work put in over the past four seasons , claiming their first Gold Christmas Tree and taking maximum points for the first round in the Aero Flow Sportsman, Australian drag racing championship.

While the week started off somewhat in chaos, with Greg badly twisting an ankle while loading the car for the Sydney road trip. The team put that behind them during qualifying, where the car recorded another number one qualifying position with a stout 6.13 second run, in the Competition eliminator bracket." We knew we had the power with the new PSI supercharger and Ken Lowe fuel system on board, plus Fuchs Lubricants now protecting the internals of the engine, we only needed to stay consistent and drive well to be in with a chance of winning the event" , explained Clayton.

VPW have decided to continue their Racer Payouts Program for the 2012-13 season. As per last season's program, participating racers will receive $100 for a win and $50 for coming runner up. But as a special BONUS for the 2012-13 season, Sunoco Racing Fuels an M & H Tires have jumped onboard, offering a 50% bonus each for racers who use their products and display their decals, along with the VPW decal.

Located 43kms west of the border with South Australia, the Victorian town of Casterton can lay claim to a number of historic events. For example, did you know Casterton is the birth place of the Kelpie breed or working dog? Neither did I.

More importantly to drag racing fans though is the fact that every year since 1991, the Casterton and District Drag Racing Club has run Australia's only legal drag race on a public road. This year the club will celebrate 21 years of the Casterton Street Drags with the running of the event this Saturday, the 17th of November 2012.

It all started when a couple of local lads, who were into drag racing, decided to hold a local event rather than having to drive to Melbourne, Adelaide or Heathcote to satisfy their need for speed. So back in 1991 they went looking for options and came up with the idea of closing off one of the local roads.

After a huge weekend we finally finished the last round and the finals of the JP Racing Eighth Mile Drag Racing Series. A great big thanks goes to the Officials of Warwick Dragway who took up the challenge and got the final result on Sunday following the rain on Friday and Saturday.

This dedication gave us the final result we were chasing. A good few of the Series Finals came down to the last race which is great considering it is held over four rounds. From speaking to our sponsors they all want to come on board for the 2013 series and for this I thank then wholeheartedly. As soon as we have all of the sponsorships in place we will announce the dates for the 2013 Series.

Sydney Dragway was the place to be last weekend with the running of the 2012 ANDRA Drag Racing Nationals. Coming off a win in the 1st round of the championship, Darren Morgan Racing was in town to solidify their number 1 position in the point standings.

After a forgettable Saturday where they qualified 4th in a 7 car field, the team came out on Sunday and blasted through 3 rounds of racing to take the win and top mile-an-hour points for the event, collecting their second ANDRA Gold Christmas Tree for the season and extending the lead in the Top Fuel Championship.

"It was a great win," said Darren, "particularly after the troubles we had on Saturday. The boys did a magnificent job of servicing the car every run. I'm really proud of the crew - to take it up to and beat the best Australia has to offer."

Phil Lamattina - Top Fuel (Photo courtesy Fred Dwyer)The Australian Nationals saw the LTFR team take its FUCHS dragster to the final for the second consecutive ANDRA championship round and although the team made some valuable gains in the performance of the car, the runner-up result was not what the team were looking for.

Team driver Phil Lamattina smiled, "I wasn't looking to come second, that's for sure."

"We went to Sydney to win and of course I'm a little but disappointed with the result. Hats off to Darren Morgan and his team, they have done a good job and deserve the win."

Lamattina did hint at improved performances in his own car.

"We did make some great gains - the car recorded at .84 60-foot time, which was very strong. Very strong," Lamattina said with a knowing grin.