ANDRA AND KWINANA MOTORPLEX TO PURSUE MELBOURNE VENUE � 31/7/2006 Straight from the ANDRA Web Site........ Kwinana Motorplex to assist ANDRA in securing a Championship Drag Racing venue for Victorian drag racers. After six years without ANDRA Championship Drag Racing in Melbourne, ANDRA has appointed the Kwinana Motorplex management team, responsible for the Government funded venue in Perth, to pursue a new ANDRA Championship Drag Racing venue in Melbourne. ANDRA has appointed Gary Miocevich as ANDRA Project Director for the venue planning, lobbying and construction. Kwinana Motorplex Board members will fully fund the process in exchange for the operating rights for a period, after which ANDRA will be entitled to appoint any operator of its choosing. This approach was endorsed by the ANDRA National Executive Committee (NEC) and is supported by Australia's three major Drag Racing venue General Managers/CEOs - Steve Bettes (Willowbank Raceway), Jim Read (Western Sydney International Dragway) and Kevin Prendergast (Kwinana Motorplex). ANDRA CEO, Tony Thornton has ensured that should Government support this proposal, the Association will end up holding a permanent ANDRA Championship Drag Racing venue in Melbourne. Drag Racers in Victoria Association (DRiVA) President Helen Russo and ANDRA Victorian Division Director David Baker have been involved in developments and are supportive of this approach. Their help and encouragement is important for the success of the Melbourne Drag Racing venue.

About time. Goodbye Calder Park and it's careless track. Victoria NEEDS a government funded venue!!

Hoo Rahhhh!!!! :d

Woohooo!! Maybe this might force Calder to pull out the finger out and we can have not 1 but 2 monster tracks!

That's great news!

The Kwinana venue is excellent and very well set out, and is highly regarded by drag racers both nationally and internationally so it should be a given that they will do something at least as good or if not better over there.