The ANDRA Board will have a new chairman for 2014 with Michael Fotheringham to take over from Liam Waldron who has decided to relinquish the role.

ANDRA Hall of Fame member Dennis Syrmis, the man who led Australian drag racing from the early years of ANDRA and was instrumental in the establishment of Willowbank Raceway, was farewelled in a moving ceremony last week at Willowbank Raceway.

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Former ANDRA national director and Hall of Fame inductee Dennis Syrmis has passed away, aged 71, following a long illness.

Australian drag racing will continue to be on free to air television for 2014 with Sydney production house AVE and ANDRA again committing to a partnership that will see shows on SBS Speedweek, Speed Channel and available online.

Willowbank Raceway’s Board has confirmed that the iconic FUCHS Winternationals will return to a traditional Thursday to Sunday event format from 2014 while remaining on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend.

ANDRA wishes to announce that media manager Luke Nieuwhof will be leaving the organisation on December 20.

One of ANDRA drag racing’s traditional trophies will be in for a change next season with the ANDRA plaque to be replaced by a silver version of the iconic gold Christmas tree trophy handed out at national championship events.

The plaques have been awarded to winners of championship rounds outside of national events (the Nationals, Winternationals, Nitro Champs and Westernationals) for several decades of ANDRA’s history.

While tradition is important to maintain in drag racing, it is also important to ensure that the trophies symbolise the efforts put in by racers to earn wins at championship rounds and it was felt the time was right to move to a trophy that better rewards teams.