Drag Racing Your R35: All You Need To Know About Andra

[Hank Scorpio]

Things are changing though,

The new ANDRA technical officer is trying to get it allowed that street rego'd cars with cams/fia certified cages can race without requiring a seperate ANDRA tech & log book etc.

That is great news! About time that old (and IMO crappy) rule got changed.

[LSX-438]

Over the years though, I have seen alot of cars that I have kicked out (and there are lot) that the owners said to me, "I dont want to cage it", but then 12 mths/2 years later I have seen the car at EC or wakefield with a cage in it etc etc. I have never understood that.

I think we've answered your query (in this thread). They "get kicked out" (of drag racing).. and guess where they go. Across the road, and run 250km/hr down the main straight, 180km/hr through T1, grinning from ear to ear. Subsequently, they're hooked. 30 track days later they have spent hundreds of hours in the sport, tens of thousands of dollars in mods, and now want a cage to continue on with a sport they have fallen in love with.

I guess it's complicated, but IMO this sort of change has to come from the top down, not the bottom up.

[Munro]

Man, I WISH I could do that regularly with my GTRs. Eastern creek is awesome, I have only driven it in a Radical ( My brother has a new SR8 he was storing at the creek)

but to be able to access that track regularly would be awesome. You guys are spoilt!

We have NO drag track to use in Adelaide, & our circuit (Mallala) while fun, just cant compare to the creek with that looooooooong straight.

I just wish they had fixed up AIR and allowed circuit racing there - then we would be able to do 300!

I think this Drag thread will just go round in circles....in the end ..........haha. Oh well. We all just have to make the best of it & have fun where we can!

[R31Nismoid]

I think we've answered your query (in this thread). They "get kicked out" (of drag racing).. and guess where they go. Across the road, and run 250km/hr down the main straight, 180km/hr through T1, grinning from ear to ear. Subsequently, they're hooked. 30 track days later they have spent hundreds of hours in the sport, tens of thousands of dollars in mods, and now want a cage to continue on with a sport they have fallen in love with.

I guess it's complicated, but IMO this sort of change has to come from the top down, not the bottom up.

Exactly!

[jas/slo32]

10.0 the new streetcar benchmark..

Stolen from CT:

The General Managers of the three tracks - Kevin Prendergast (Perth Motorplex), Tony Beuk (Sydney Dragway) and Steve Bettes (Willowbank Raceway) – who hold many years of both first-hand and top level management experience in Drag Racing, Super Speedway, domestic and international Circuit Racing - informed the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) this morning of the following changes:

- Modernisation of the rules around which vehicles are eligible for Drag Racing at the entry level - allowing all road going vehicles with airbags and four-wheel disc brakes to run to a performance level of 10 seconds or slower on the quarter mile. Road-going motorcycles will also be able to perform to this level. (Full details of the new rules can be found on the websites of all three tracks)

- The initiation of a 50 million dollar Public Liability Insurance Cover policy covering the three tracks. Engineered in conjunction with leading insurance companies and brokers, the new policy will provide coverage for more than 300 Drag Racing events across the three facilities to the same standard and coverage currently provided by ANDRA.

- As a result of the above policy, the three tracks will step away from the existing sanctioning requirements of ANDRA for minor events – allowing the new rules mentioned above to be successfully implemented.

- Major events held by the three tracks will continue to be held under ANDRA sanction, but with the new insurance policy mentioned above.

All changes are effective from November 30th and are designed to bring the sport of amateur drag racing into the future.

“With practically hundreds of years of management experience - including the witnessing and safe management of millions of runs at our three facilities - at our disposal, our three tracks have decided to take the next step to move the sport we love into the 21st century,” said Bettes.

“Every week we have been turning away amateur racers in some of the best engineered road cars and bikes, because the existing rules are completely antiquated and do not reflect or acknowledge the huge steps forward manufacturers have made in engineering, nor the safety standards of our facilities.

“For example, a top-of-the-line HSV GTS Commodore, Subaru WRX or turbo six cylinder Falcon with just a few minor tweaks in technology is capable of running well into the mid to low 11 second zone and it doesn’t take too much more to get them into the 10 second zone. A completely standard, new high-powered motorcycle will run 10 second times off the showroom floor.”

Prendergast echoed Bettes’ comments.

“This is about modernising the sport at its most embryonic starting point and bringing it into line with the safety standards of today’s modern vehicles,” said Prendergast.

“The manufacturers have for many years created safer motor vehicles with advanced technology in safety including multiple air bags, four-wheel disc brakes, anti-lock braking systems, dynamic stability controls, extremely strong passenger compartments with rollover and intrusion innovations - the list goes on and on and it is now time for the sport of Drag Racing to move with the times.

“These are some of the best engineered vehicles on the road and it is now time to allow these owners and their vehicles to drag race freely at our state-of-the-art, multi-million dollar international standard facilities.”

Beuk said the move by the three tracks has come after more than five years of lobbying for change.

“Sydney Dragway is right in the middle of the performance vehicle scene in Sydney and like all major facilities, we regularly conduct mid-week and weekend events to encourage performance car enthusiasts off the street and onto an international standard facility. Interest is also growing from various car clubs to have more events and more flexibility and we want to be able to provide those club opportunities at realistic costs ” said Beuk.

“All venues are frustrated in having to turn away some of the best engineered vehicles on the road.

We have been pushing hard for ANDRA to move with the times and the changes in technology to develop new regulations in this area at our minor events for more than five years with no success. It is vital for the growth of the sport and the sustainability of our venues that these innovative changes are implemented.

“We no longer want to see potential drag racers being turned away from our facilities due to out-of-date rules, to see the same people only days later competing freely in other motorsports like drifting, rally sprints or time attack style events or taking their racing to the street and having accidents.”

For further information on the new eligibility rules and the Perth Motorplex, Sydney Dragway and Willowbank Raceway, please visit the websites below:

- www.motorplex.com.au

- www.sydneydragway.com.au

- www.willowbankraceway.com.au

Edited March 4, 2012 by jas/slo32

[1q2w3e4r]

Great result!

[Munro]

Excellent, now...........how do we get 1/4 mile happening in Adelaide?

[domino_z]

anyone from calder watching?

[R31Nismoid]

This is what happens when you don't evolve... You get eventually get left behind and/or replaced.

Well done to the tracks/organisations involved. Certainly a step in the right direction.

Lets hope everyone else is watching and 2 Vic tracks follow suit.

Going on past displays, Calder probably won't change at all for a quite some time however.

[Speedah]

10.0 the new streetcar benchmark..

Stolen from CT:

What is "CT" ?

Nothing about these changes on the Sydney dragway website

[NXTIME]

calaisturbo.com.au

[NXTIME]

Jason,

This is old news (Nov 2011) and I don't think that it has been implemently at all three tracks just yet.

[LSX-438]

Wow, this is great if true! never thought i would see it..

10.0 the new streetcar benchmark..

Stolen from CT:

The General Managers of the three tracks - Kevin Prendergast (Perth Motorplex), Tony Beuk (Sydney Dragway) and Steve Bettes (Willowbank Raceway) – who hold many years of both first-hand and top level management experience in Drag Racing, Super Speedway, domestic and international Circuit Racing - informed the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) this morning of the following changes:

- Modernisation of the rules around which vehicles are eligible for Drag Racing at the entry level - allowing all road going vehicles with airbags and four-wheel disc brakes to run to a performance level of 10 seconds or slower on the quarter mile. Road-going motorcycles will also be able to perform to this level. (Full details of the new rules can be found on the websites of all three tracks)

- The initiation of a 50 million dollar Public Liability Insurance Cover policy covering the three tracks. Engineered in conjunction with leading insurance companies and brokers, the new policy will provide coverage for more than 300 Drag Racing events across the three facilities to the same standard and coverage currently provided by ANDRA.

- As a result of the above policy, the three tracks will step away from the existing sanctioning requirements of ANDRA for minor events – allowing the new rules mentioned above to be successfully implemented.

- Major events held by the three tracks will continue to be held under ANDRA sanction, but with the new insurance policy mentioned above.

All changes are effective from November 30th and are designed to bring the sport of amateur drag racing into the future.

“With practically hundreds of years of management experience - including the witnessing and safe management of millions of runs at our three facilities - at our disposal, our three tracks have decided to take the next step to move the sport we love into the 21st century,” said Bettes.

“Every week we have been turning away amateur racers in some of the best engineered road cars and bikes, because the existing rules are completely antiquated and do not reflect or acknowledge the huge steps forward manufacturers have made in engineering, nor the safety standards of our facilities.

“For example, a top-of-the-line HSV GTS Commodore, Subaru WRX or turbo six cylinder Falcon with just a few minor tweaks in technology is capable of running well into the mid to low 11 second zone and it doesn’t take too much more to get them into the 10 second zone. A completely standard, new high-powered motorcycle will run 10 second times off the showroom floor.”

Prendergast echoed Bettes’ comments.

“This is about modernising the sport at its most embryonic starting point and bringing it into line with the safety standards of today’s modern vehicles,” said Prendergast.

“The manufacturers have for many years created safer motor vehicles with advanced technology in safety including multiple air bags, four-wheel disc brakes, anti-lock braking systems, dynamic stability controls, extremely strong passenger compartments with rollover and intrusion innovations - the list goes on and on and it is now time for the sport of Drag Racing to move with the times.

“These are some of the best engineered vehicles on the road and it is now time to allow these owners and their vehicles to drag race freely at our state-of-the-art, multi-million dollar international standard facilities.”

Beuk said the move by the three tracks has come after more than five years of lobbying for change.

“Sydney Dragway is right in the middle of the performance vehicle scene in Sydney and like all major facilities, we regularly conduct mid-week and weekend events to encourage performance car enthusiasts off the street and onto an international standard facility. Interest is also growing from various car clubs to have more events and more flexibility and we want to be able to provide those club opportunities at realistic costs ” said Beuk.

“All venues are frustrated in having to turn away some of the best engineered vehicles on the road.

We have been pushing hard for ANDRA to move with the times and the changes in technology to develop new regulations in this area at our minor events for more than five years with no success. It is vital for the growth of the sport and the sustainability of our venues that these innovative changes are implemented.

“We no longer want to see potential drag racers being turned away from our facilities due to out-of-date rules, to see the same people only days later competing freely in other motorsports like drifting, rally sprints or time attack style events or taking their racing to the street and having accidents.”

For further information on the new eligibility rules and the Perth Motorplex, Sydney Dragway and Willowbank Raceway, please visit the websites below:

- www.motorplex.com.au

- www.sydneydragway.com.au

- www.willowbankraceway.com.au

[Adelaideprosound]

Excellent, now...........how do we get 1/4 mile happening in Adelaide?

You are into property development John, to get it happening you will need to build a STATE OF THE ART track, not a Jane hack

[1320ft]

Yes gents, this is very old.

And wont be happening at SD.

[LSX-438]

too good to be true bugger

[N1GTR]

Yes gents, this is very old.

And wont be happening at SD.

What caused it to not go ahead?

[NXTIME]

Yes, Aaron...what was the reason for this not going ahead at SD? And, I assume that PM and WB have gone with this new rule?

[R31Nismoid]

ANDRA probably said you go out alone for that section, you lose all of it.

[1320ft]

SD is a Govt owned facility & the lease with the Govt states that ALL events must be run under full ANDRA sanction.