Here are some racer testimonials, why not send them to a friend (simply cut and paste the link located below each video) http://www.youtube.com/v/ksUZuA3U33k?fs=1&hl=en_US http://www.youtube.com/v/0XlXqp0qoQ8?fs=1&hl=en_US http://www.youtube.com/v/A302EYPofjw?fs=1&hl=en_US http://www.youtube.com/v/tn9zz-_nTv0?fs=1&hl=en_US http://www.youtube.com/v/Cj52lu9g50U?fs=1&hl=en_US http://www.youtube.com/v/Uz7lYFBWCLo?fs=1&hl=en_US http://www.youtube.com/v/ECoW_AFfh9Y?fs=1&hl=en_US http://www.youtube.com/v/JIyoJ1K8RiQ Sam Parker(VIC) - 04 JAN 2010 I’m entering into my eighth year of ANDRA Championship Drag Racing, having raced from Modified Bike, Competition Bike, Pro Stock Bike and now in Top Fuel Bike. Yet, I am still to compete at a Championship round in Victoria. I can not wait until the day where I can race proudly in front of my home crowd and save a fortune in travelling expenses and time on the road! Phil Parker (VIC) - 04 JAN 2010 We have been travelling approx. 30,000 klm's per year for the last ten years since Championship racing stopped in Victoria. I am asked weekly when we will see A Grade racing back in Victoria by the thousands of spectators the sport has here. I can not describe how good it would be to once again race in front of family and friends and how my son can't wait too finally race in front of a home crowd. He has been racing for 8 years but never at a Championship level in his home state. Anthony & Danny Selva (VIC) - 04 JAN 2010 Racing and maintaining a drag race car and whole operation in Victoria for the past 10 years has been a very hard and very draining experience for everyone involved. The effort and money involved to travel interstate every race meeting is something we definitely do not want to do for the next ten years. Drag racing in Victoria was once a very exciting time for the state, to see families and people of up to 35000 turn up to every meet and enjoy real entertainment was a very exciting experience. I myself have two young children who have not yet experienced live Drag Racing as it is so hard on the family to drag them interstate to enjoy what I love so much about the sport. I also run a small race engine business which without Drag Racing in Victoria makes it hard to compete with interstate business of the same nature that have a race track in their own back yard. Without a race track in Victoria the speed will stay on the streets and accidents will continue, the speed needs to be on the race track. The jobs created by having a purpose built drag racing facility in Victoria would be a huge boost for the state, we need this race track in Victoria now to keep the money in the state and to ensure that future generations have something to enjoy and have a financially stable future. Phil Lamattina (VIC) For the Fuchs Lubricant/Lamattina Farms team it is important that a Melbourne track be built as we are a team based in Melbourne. The car is serviced and maintained by Pav Tech in Epping so to have a race track in Melbourne would be a huge huge advantage for us as a team We roughly travel with 15 people and on average we spend roughly about $20 000 at any city we visit at each race meeting. Darren Morgan (VIC) Well 2 of the quickest cars (Morgans and Lamattinas) come from up our way (Wemen and Mildura) and yet we have not even got a race track in our own state. How cruel is that, we have to race as far away as Perth. It's not just the drivers, it's the mechanic's and related services including accomodation, hire cars, restaurants etcthat would benefit from an International standard venue in Australia's sporting capital. Allan Dobson (WA) Melbourne was the centre of Drag Racing in Australia for years. The biggest crowds in Australia were always in Melbourne but for nearly 10 years we have not been able to race in Melbourne. So Melbourne really needs a race track badly and the government really needs to do something for the community and for us type of people on the streets. We are lucky over here in Western Australia the government gave us an international standard facility here (in WA) to race and its just contastantly packed with all the street car enthusiasts weekly so Melbourne really needs to get on board and build the locals a race track for the local motoring community. Phil Read (NSW) Having an international standard Drag Racing facility comparible to the government funded tracks in Perth and Sydney would mean everything Drag Racing. The financial benefit to Melbourne would be second to none. When you get 500 - 600 race teams turning up at a major event spending thousand dollars plus all the interstate visitors it is quite easy to do the sums to see the economic benefit to Melbourne. I mean the national champ is from Melbourne, he is from Victoria and I mean they are missing out. This sport is growing at a rapid rate. Bob Shepherd (NSW) Victoria is the home of motorsport it is as simple as that and we need a track here and we need it now! Martin Stamatis (WA) I think that's great news our poor fellow Victorian's they are so sports minded with the football and the rugby and everything else they go out to see and yet there is no Professional Drag Racing and it's one of the greatest spectator shows to watch! They desperately need a track there and we desperately need to get ANDRA Championship racing down there. I'm the Managing Director of a company that does telecommunications, billing services for large corporate customers and we have a lot of corporate clients out there and with the sport, corporate is always involved in sport and it's a shame we cant get them on board - again there is no track down in Melbourne (which holds us back somewhat) and we need the Corporate dollar here because if we don't get it and another sport grabs it and our sport suffers.