[4] Andrew McFarlane was originally from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia where, he began to ride motorcycles at the age of 6.
[4][7] He eventually finished in fourth place but, his performance highlighted the level of talent in Australian motocross.
[7] He improved on his previous result by winning three Grand Prix races and was the runner up to Antonio Cairoli in the FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship.
[2][4][11] He returned to Australia to compete in the 2009 Australian Motocross Championship season where, he finished the year ranked third on privateer Yamaha.
[4] He announced that the 2010 season would be his final year in competition before taking a race team management role but, died of injuries sustained on 2 May 2010 in an accident during a practice lap at the third round of the 2010 Australian Motocross Championship at the Broadford Track in Broadford, north of Melbourne, Australia.