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

Darren Morgan is very proud of the fact that he and his crew are based in Mildura, Victoria. He was once told that he would never succeed in Top Fuel because of his country location. About the only thing this achieved was to make him more determined to succeed and win.

As well as awarding national championships each season, ANDRA also recognises divisional champions who scored the highest points in their respective categories for the season.

The professional ANDRA category of Top Bike will be renamed Top Fuel Motorcycle for the 2014 season in a rebranding move for some of the most powerful motorcycles on the planet.

Steve Read’s Australian Nationals campaign did not quite go to plan when engine parts being sent from America went missing on the way to Australia.

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.

The Australian Nationals was a roller coaster ride of emotion and nail biting action for Pro Stock racer Jason Grima who, on the cusp of winning the 2012-13 ANDRA Pro Stock Championship, was also looking to make it a double celebration by winning his first national Pro Stock event.

Bill Goonan is quickly establishing himself in the ranks of Top Doorslammer with his first steps in the category producing positive results.

TSP Racing’s Steve Ham has boldly claimed the runner up spot in the ANDRA Top Alcohol Championship with a finals appearance at the Australian Nationals in Sydney Dragway.

Colin Brassington has joined ANDRA as its new technical officer.

The first five people to be inducted into the ANDRA Hall of Fame were honoured on Monday night at the ANDRA Championship Dinner presented by Aeroflow Performance Products.

The Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA), the drag racing sanctioning body of Australia, has announced a tie up with AKT Strategic Consulting as part of its overall strategy to expand overseas and seek global partners.