The 2009 Individual Speedway Australian Championship was the 2009 version of the Individual Speedway Australian Championship organised by Motorcycling Australia. The three final rounds took place between 3 January and 10 January. The championship was won by Leigh Adams, who beat the defending champion Chris Holder into second place. Rory Schlein finished third.
By winning the 2009 Australian Solo Championship, Leigh Adams won his record 10th Australian title, which he had first won in 1992. Adams was undefeated through the three rounds held at the Newcastle Showgrounds, Olympic Park Speedway, and Gillman Speedway.
Qualification Qualification 2 January, 2009 Gosford, NSW - Gosford Speedway Referee: Qualification: the top six riders and two track reserves.
Pos. Rider Points Details1 (4) Kozza Smith 14 (3,3,3,2,3)2 (13) Aaron Summers 13 (3,3,1,3,3)3 (7) Darcy Ward 12 (3,3,3,2,1)4 (16) Jay Herne 11 (2,2,3,1,3)5 (8) Justin Sedgmen 11 (2,1,3,2,3)6 (3) Lee Herne 10 (2,2,2,3,1)7 (15) James Holder 9 (1,0,3,3,2)8 (2) Hugh Skidmore 8 (1,3,1,1,2)9 (9) Sam Masters 7 (3,2,1,1,0)10 (14) Arlo Bugeja 6 (0,2,0,2,2)11 (11) Richard Sweetman 6 (2,1,2,0,1)12 (10) Michael Penfold 5 (1,1,0,2,1)13 (6) Ryan Sedgmen 2 (e,0,0,0,2)14 (12) Mitchell Davey 2 (e,0,2,0,0)15 (5) Jake Anderson 2 (0,0,1,1,0)16 (1) Kurt Shields 2 (1,1,e,0,0)
Finals Ten riders were seeded through to the finals: Leigh Adams Troy Batchelor Jason Doyle Cory Gathercole Josh Grajczonek Chris Holder Tyron Proctor Rory Schlein Davey Watt Cameron Woodward
Newcastle Round one 3 January, 2009 Newcastle, NSW - Newcastle Showgrounds Referee:
Mildura Round two 7 January, 2009 Mildura, Victoria - Olympic Park Speedway Referee:
Gillman Round three 10 January, 2009 Gillman, South Australia - Gillman Speedway Referee:
The intermediate classification Pos. Rider Points NEW MIL GIL Leigh Adams 60 20 20 20 Chris Holder 52 17 18 17 Rory Schlein 48 18 15 154 Troy Batchelor 45 10 17 185 Davey Watt 43 13 14 166 Cameron Woodward 41 15 13 137 Tyron Proctor 37 14 12 118 Jason Doyle 32 16 16 -9 Darcy Ward 34 6 11 1410 Cory Gathercole 28 12 4 1211 Kozza Smith 27 7 10 1012 Josh Grajczonek 20 4 9 713 Jay Herne 17 11 3 314 Aaron Summers 17 2 6 915 Justin Sedgmen 16 3 7 616 Lee Herne 13 9 2 217 James Holder 3 318 Arlo Bugeja 0 0
See also Australian Individual Speedway Championship Australia national speedway team Sports in Australia
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