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Press Clippings - 2001


  • Motorcycle drag-racer dies in crash
       Jon Andres loses his life during qualifying at Spokane Raceway
       © Pacific Newspaper Group    -  August 15, 2001

  • A quarter mile in 25 years
       Bob Wilson spends a life chasing speed on the drag strip
       © Lower Mainland Publishing Group    -  August 12, 2001

  • Alcohol Bracket Cutbacks
       Fewer national events; More television; Bigger purses in 2002
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  August 10, 2001

  • Shock Proposal to Promote Top Doorslammer
       Drag Racing Australia "buys" Top Doorslammer category
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  August 10, 2001

  • Walking the certification tightrope
       Australian drag racing tackles the SFI certification issue
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  August 10, 2001

  • DIAL-IN   (An Editorial)
       Communication... or lack thereof between ANDRA and its members
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  August 10, 2001

  • B.C. Old Time Drags at Mission Raceway
       The annual Langley Loafers nostalgia drags return to Mission
       © Vancouver Province    -  August 10, 2001

  • Prizemoney Cutbacks at Calder
       More details emerge about Bob Jane's latest cost-cutting tactic
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  August 10, 2001

  • Winston Quits NHRA
       The US Government Tobbaco Settlement hits drag racing hard
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  August 10, 2001

  • Pro Stock Truck Axed?
       NHRA chops the trucks and the firestorm begins
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  August 10, 2001

  • Kwinana: Year One down and moving forward
       Track manager Peter Pike looks back at the first year
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  August 10, 2001

  • Keep Your Head On
       Top Fuel vs. Top Bike match race? Only in Australia
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  August 10, 2001

  • Drag race prizemoney slashed
       Drastic purse reductions announced for Calder and Adelaide
       © Pro Stock Drag Racing Australia    -  August 8, 2001

  • Promoters secure doorslammer rights
       ANDRA sells Top Doorslammer rights to Drag Racing Australia
       © Pro Stock Drag Racing Australia    -  August 8, 2001

  • Racer-based proposal rejected
       ANDRA says no to proposals for Pro Stock & Top Doorslammer
       © Pro Stock Drag Racing Australia    -  August 8, 2001

  • Street Legal racing a winner
       Mission Raceway and the Police team up on a new racing program
       © Vancouver Province    -  August 2, 2001

  • Planners & Schemers - Top Alcohol
       A look at the prospects and players for the coming season
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  July 27, 2001

  • Plans move forward
       The latest progress updates at Western Sydney Int'l Dragway
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  July 27, 2001

  • Unless I Choose To Go
       "Icewater" Jay Upton explains his theory of Top Bike relativity
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  July 27, 2001

  • Winston Glory Years
       Norm Froscher looks back at Winston's long association with NHRA
       © AUTOSALES, Inc.    -  July 20, 2001

  • NSW Gov't confirms commitment to drag strip
       Government reps are greatly impressed at Willowbank Raceway
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  July 13, 2001

  • So that was carbon paper
       Technological revolution at Surfers Paradise Dragway
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  July 13, 2001

  • NHRA Returns to Mission
       A preview of the second Federal-Mogul Series event at MRP
       © Vancouver Province    -  June 22, 2001

  • Mark Hentges - Championship Material
       Mark Hentges loves it when a plan comes together
       ©  National Hot Rod Association  -  June 20, 2001

  • DIAL-IN   (An Editorial)
       The curious twists and turns enroute to the new Sydney drag strip
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  June 15, 2001

  • Sydney: Rapid Progress
       Moving ahead with the Western Sydney Int'l Raceway project
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  June 15, 2001

  • Planners & Schemers - Funny Car
       A look at the prospects and players for the coming season
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  June 15, 2001

  • The scrap metal collection
       Neutral start with a blown alcohol torqueflite Fiat... once
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  June 15, 2001

  • Planners & Schemers - Top Fuel
       A review of the current season and plans for next year
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  June 1, 2001

  • Calder & Adelaide submit dates for 2001-02
       Drag racing returns to Bob Jane's two southern tracks... on paper
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  June 1, 2001

  • He who pays the bills
       Driving a blown alcohol car on the street can be expensive
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  June 1, 2001

  • NSW Drag Racers' Big Barbecue
       Drag racers celebrate at the site of the new Sydney drag strip
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  May 18, 2001

  • Steve Harker - Living A Dream
       The first Aussie Pro to win an NHRA event tells us about it
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  May 18, 2001

  • Motor Racing can be dangerous
       Getting there (to the races) can be half the fun (or less)
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  May 18, 2001

  • Haven for Hot Rods
       Mission Raceway starts its Street Legal racing program
       © Vancouver Province    -  May 13, 2001

  • Love of drag racing drives kid Bernstein
       A look at the heir apparent to the Budweiser King Top Fuel car
       © Vancouver Province    -  May 6, 2001

  • Don't run over the lights, okay?
       Townsville's unique solution to top-end photocell damage
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  May 4, 2001

  • Their Mission's A Real Drag
       "Dragon" Don Murray's 7-second street legal '56 Corvette
       © Vancouver Province    -  May 3, 2001

  • NSW Drag Racing Celebration
       Plans announced for the long-awaited "Big Barbecue"
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  April 20, 2001

  • Another Job for Bob
       More delays for "Canada Bob's" Top Alcohol debut downunder
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  April 20, 2001

  • Any landing that you can walk away from
       Risking life and limb on Parramatta Road in peak hour traffic
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  April 20, 2001

  • Red Gobel: ABT bowler and Dragster legend
       Legnedary Northwest Top Fuel & Alcohol racer finds a hobby
       © Northwest Bowling News    -  April, 2001

  • DIAL-IN   (An Editorial)
       The Western Sydney Motorplex goes from dream to reality
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  March 23, 2001

  • New South Wales Decision
       NSW Government announces Sydney track decision
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  March 23, 2001

  • The Great Tool Pick-Up of 1985
       The longest hour of Kym Petterwood's life at Surfers Paradise
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  March 23, 2001

  • Cynical Stunts
       Behind the scenes at the 1966 Australian Dragfest
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  March 9, 2001

  • Canberra Strip to Become an Election Issue
       Canberra issue moves from the courts to the parliament
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  February 23, 2001

  • DIAL-IN   (An Editorial)
       ANDRA to promote its own "Racers Nationals" at Calder Park
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  February 23, 2001

  • Newcastle Still Simmering
       Proposal for a Newcastle drag strip still proceeding
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  February 23, 2001

  • Keep your pistons to yourself
       It was early days and we were younger and not as wise...
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  February 23, 2001

  • Future Plans for Seattle Int'l Raceway
       The Fiorito Family outlines their plans for 2002 and beyond
       © BMW Car Club Of America    -  February 10, 2001

  • Government confirms commitment to drag strip
       More good news about the new Western Sydney Int'l Dragway
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  February 9, 2001

  • ANDRA asked to run Nationals
       Bob Jane abandons the Nationals; asks ANDRA to take over
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  February 9, 2001

  • 1999-2000: The Year That Was
       One step forward, Two steps back for Australian drag racing
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  February 9, 2001

  • Chickenman is dead
       A whole new meaning to tarred and feathered
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  February 9, 2001

  • Dear ANDRA Member
       ANDRA solicits support for the "Racers Nationals" from the members
       © Australian National Drag Racing Association    -  February, 2001

  • Dear South Australian Member
       An open letter to the racers in South Australia about future prospects
       © Australian National Drag Racing Association    -  February, 2001

  • Give us our parts
       Not all sharks are in the water: Buyers Beware!
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  January 26, 2001

  • DIAL-IN   (An Editorial)
       Despite the current gloom, drag racing is evolving downunder
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  January 12, 2001

  • Calder & Adelaide Suspend 2001 Schedules
       Bob Jane announces the almost total closure of his tracks
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  January 12, 2001

  • Tarmak Dragway Under New Management
       Tasmania's only dragstrip gets a new lease on life
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  January 12, 2001

  • It's about a quarter to three
       Record keeping problems in the earliest days of Oz drag racing
       © DRAGSTER Australia    -  January 12, 2001

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