One of the most instrumental people in Australian drag racing, Dennis Syrmis sadly passed away this morning after a long illness.
Syrmis was a long-time promoter of Willowbank Raceway, former national director of ANDRA and champion racer with his series of fast Time Machine race-cars, including a supercharged Toyota Corolla gasser. He was also one of the first five inductees into the ANDRA Hall of Fame recently.
Mark Sheehan has claimed the win over Anthony Begley in the WASHPOD Nitro & Fire event at Perth Motorplex overnight, Sheehan recording a best of 4.93-seconds in his Mustang Funny Car in his 2-1 win over Begley.
Sheehan's best run ended early with the blower belt departing, but the incremental numbers were quite stunning, the Mustang hitting 252.5mph at the halftrack markers and 4.12secs at the 1,000ft – quick enough to qualify for most NHRA fields this season.
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Legendary Canadian NHRA Funny Car driver, "240 Gordie" Bonin passed away on Friday (US time); he was just 65 years old.
Specialist news content and public engagement agency, Veracity Media has acquired dedicated Australian drag racing website JustDragRacing.com.
First published in July last year, JustDragRacing.com has quickly established itself and boasts a solid and increasing following with almost 40,000 unique users.
Australian drag racing will continue to be shown on free to air television next year, ANDRA again committing to a partnership with Sydney production house AVE that will see shows on SBS Speedweek, Speed Channel and available online.
The Hidden Valley Drag Racing Association has inducted long-time club member, Spike Morrison into the Hall of Fame at the 2013 awards dinner.