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PERTH RENEW WITH ANDRA FOR 2017/18 SEASON
As owner and manager of Perth Motorplex, VenuesWest has
renewed its agreement with the Australian National Drag Racing
Association (ANDRA) for a second year as the sanctioning body for
Drag Racing for the 2017/18 racing season.
“ANDRA has a long association with Perth Motorplex and we’re
excited to once again be involved with the venue and the Perth
drag racing community,” ANDRA Acting General Manager, Brett
Stevens, said.
The drag racing season at the Perth Motorplex kicked off on 1
October with the 2017 Nostalgias Drag Racing event.
“ANDRA has consistently proven themselves in providing
outstanding sanctioning services, both to Perth Motorplex and
other motor sports venues around Australia. We look forward to
working with them to produce another great season,” VenuesWest
CEO, David Etherton, said.
VenuesWest delivers world class sport and entertainment
experiences across its portfolio of thirteen venues which include
Perth Arena, nib Stadium and Perth Stadium due to be completed
in early 2018.
These are in addition to HBF Stadium, HBF Arena, WA Athletics
Stadium, Bendat Basketball Centre, SpeedDome, Perth Motorplex,
Champion Lakes Regatta Centre, WA Rugby Centre, State Netball
Centre and the Western Australian Institute of Sport High
Performance Service Centre.
NEW COPPER ANDRA CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
One of the most prized trophies
in Australian championship drag
racing has always been the ANDRA
Christmas Tree trophy.
Sometimes referred to as the ‘holy
grail’, it is the one everyone wants
to show off to family and friends.
Now, ANDRA has introduced a new
edition to the championship line-up:
the copper ANDRA Christmas Tree.
Following the announcement in
June of the 2017 Summit Racing
Queensland Championship series,
ANDRA approved the addition of the
copper trophy for all class winners.
“When we were putting together
the concept for the Summit Racing Queensland Championship we
wanted to come up with something
unique which initially was to be
a half scale silver Christmas tree
trophy,” ANDRA General Manager,
Brett Stevens, said.
“But after some more thoughts,
we agreed on a full-size trophy in
copper. We are hoping that it will
stimulate some interest from not
only local Queensland racers but
also some interstate racers who
want to add a copper tree to their
display cabinet.”
The tri-series has already hosted
rounds one and two at Palymra
Raceway and Benaraby Raceway
respectively, with the Grand Final to be held at Ironbark Raceway
on November 4th.