2013 finished with driver Andrew Fishtail Fisher being awarded the prestigious Service Star by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and the coveted Piston Cup by the Auto One V8 Ute Series.
The Service Star is only occasionally given out to a person nominated from amongst all of the codes of motor racing that belong to CAMS who has given exemplary service in a variety of roles. CAMS recognised the immense amount of work that Andrew does on and off the track for motor racing, the community and youth. Each year he donates more than 200 days to take the Life Choices presentation to tens of thousands of young people in schools and correctional centres across the nation and he challenges them to make good life decisions. He also speaks to business people and people of all ages about living a life of integrity.
The Piston Cup is the "Brownlow Medal" of V8 ute racing and is presented to the driver who has performed at the highest level on and off the track and made the biggest contribution to the category. In addition to his speaking engagements Andrew had a solid on-track year behind the wheel of the Jesus Racing Ford Falcon ute winning the Masters Award four times, winning a race, standing on the podium several times, breaking lap records and always threatening for pole position. His lightning starts and "heart in the mouth" overtaking maneuver's thrilled the hundreds of thousands of trackside spectators and millions of television viewers.
Other highlights included:
- the Jesus Ute leading the convoy of 10,000 utes and 25,000 people into the Deni Ute Muster
- Fishtail being introduced by the organisers of the Deni Ute Muster as "Our favourite son"
- presenting the topic 'Christianity-Seeking The Right To Speak' to the next generation of church leaders at Bible Society Australia's Master Classes
- hosting the inaugural Jesus Racing dinner 'Life In The Fast Lane' event in the Hall of Legends at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre with hundreds of men in attendance
- being the feature artist at "Men and Machines" and "Cops and Rodders" community events
- having the race ute feature in a pit lane wedding at Mount Panorama televised on Channel 7
- being chased out of WA by the Atheist Foundation when delivering the Life Choices program. Delivering the program to around 30,000 young people in 53 high schools across the country.
…and of course challenging the paradigms of every day Aussies on their view of Christians and the person of Jesus.
