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Some of you may or may not know we were lucky enough to have Brent’s Dad stay with us for Christmas, unfortunately he had a massive heart attack on boxing day which lead to a triple bypass and extended stay in sunny Perth.  Fast forward two months and Dad was clear to fly so we got the chance to go back to NZ with him and luckily take our Rx7 to the last day of the Grass Roots NZ drift Matsuri in Taupo, and catch one of the most intense Motorsport events I have ever been to at the D1NZ...

We are proud to support the D1WA Community in their support of a family member whom last week has had an unexpected Heart Attack and has been admitted to hospital. Noone that is in these situations will ever ask for help so we are stepping up and doing our part to help out a family in need. He is the father of 3 kids and a loving wife. There are now have 6 drivers including Brent who are giving up their time tyres and fuel to take passengers rides at the D1WA Matsuri shake down event this weekend at Barbagallo Race...

  1. Why do you need a harness? A good Race Harness is one of the most vital safety components of any race car. It doesn’t matter if you’re a drifter or a drag racer a quality certified, correctly installed and well looked after harness can and will save your life.  In a crash, the sudden change in speed and direction can put massive force on the occupant’s body, causing injury or even death. The role of a harness in a crash is to prevent the mass of your body from moving within the seat and car. The wide straps...

As mentioned in the last blog, we said we would give you an update on what’s going on with our sponsorship program. We have several opportunities going on at the moment and will cover each one in future blog posts but for today would like to welcome Anthony from Cut Snake Racing to the Luxe Performance team. Anthony races the tidy blue #21 VX Commodore Street Stock and although he campaigns all across WA he calls the Ellenbrook Speedway home. We chose to offer Anthony an affiliate sponsorship program based not on his track performance, but on his attitude, keenness...

Bout time we did another blog post, we’ve got a lot going on at the moment with new products and some sponsorship announcements, so we will fill you in on these later. As promised in the last blog we were going to give you an update on the testing of the Kenda Kr20a tyres.   A couple of Fridays back we rocked up to Barbagallo Raceway to compare the Kenda Kr20a (regular) with the cheaper Newtons I was contemplating running for the season due to their price and rumoured higher grip. We only took 3 pairs of tyres as the...