Australia’s premier Drag Racing facilities – the Perth Motorplex and Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway – have today introduced a wave of new initiatives designed to make it easier for new Drag Racing enthusiasts to start out in the sport.

Fifteen time national champion Gary Phillips recorded the quickest and fastest run in Australian Top Alcohol history on Friday night before a parachute failure beached his Lucas Oils Top Alcohol Funny Car in the sand trap at the Perth Motorplex 40th Annual Goldenstates event.

Current Australian Top Fuel Champions, Darren Morgan Racing are heading across to Perth for the first of two ANDRA Pro Series Championship rounds at the Perth Motorplex on December 2-3 with an eye on the double prize.

The Australian National Drag Racing Association Limited (ANDRA), the organisation delegated by CAMS as the governing body for drag racing in Australia, has announced the development of an increased and improved national calendar for the ANDRA Pro Series and Rocket Allstars Racing Series.

ANDRA has announced the appointment of Rob Sharp and Victorian-based marketing agency YBI Creative to manage the marketing and sponsorship activities for the series of national events managed by ANDRA.

Australian Pro Street Association co-owner John Habib wraps up the Pro Street season just finished and looks to the future.

Moving two a single day format round 4 of the NSW Championship followed in quick succession over the previous round before the series goes into a hiatus over the summer.

The NSW Championship reached its halfway point with the running of round 3, the planned Friday night qualifying washed out but the sun pushed through on the Saturday for what turned out to be a laid back day of racing.

As part of the on-going re-structuring of Australia’s Fastest Motorsport, ANDRA is pleased to announce that a new television package for the sport has been secured.

The Australian Drag Racing Association Limited Annual General Meeting will be conducted at 10.30am on Saturday November 12 at the St George Rowing Club, 1 Levey Street Wolli Creek, Sydney.