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.

Dale Duffy won the final 60foot Rising Star Award for the season at the Australian Nationals, a fitting reward to go alongside his event win.

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.