The New Zealand Solo Championship is the annual individual motorcycle speedway championship of New Zealand. The championship has been running since 1929, although the event has not been held during various years.

History Throughout the history of the championship, New Zealand has produced some of the best riders of all-time. Ronnie Moore, the first world champion from the country in 1958, became the champion of the New Zealand on four occasions. Two legendary riders Ivan Mauger and Barry Briggs, who won ten world individual titles between them, only won four national championships because they spent significant parts of their careers based in England and did not always compete.

From 1979, the final of the New Zealand Solo Championship regularly doubled up as the New Zealand qualification round for the Speedway World Championship, although during various years this has not always been the case due to factors like licensing.

Since the early 1990s, the standard of speedway in New Zealand has decreased significantly and no rider has managed to win a competition of note.

Key Unless stated, all riders are from New Zealand (wc) indicates that it was a world championship qualifier

Past winners YearVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place 1929 Kilbirnie Speedway Dave Managh 1930 Kilbirnie Speedway Alf Mattson Harry Mangham Eddie Naylor 1931 Western Springs Stadium Alf Mattson Wally Kilmister 1932 not held 1933 Monica Park Charlie Blacklock Norm Grey 1934 to 1935 not held 1936 Monica Park Wally Kilmister Wally Rhodes 1937-1940 not held 1941 Western Springs Stadium Charlie Buchanan Ron Seed Henry Falls 1942-1944 not held due to World War II 1945 Western Springs Stadium Jack Hunt Ron Seed Norman Morgan 1946 Western Springs Stadium Len Perry Norman Morgan George Mudgway 1947 Western Springs Stadium Gil Craven () Harold Fairhurst George Mudgway 1948 Western Springs Stadium Jack Hunt Len Perry Alf Clarkin 1949 Palmerston North Showgrounds Harold Fairhurst Gil Craven () Bruce Abernethy 1950 Hutt Speedway Bruce Abernethy Alf Clarkin Trevor Redmond 1951 Aranui Speedway Bruce Abernethy Jack Parker () Peter Dykes 1952 Tahuna Park Speedway Ron Johnston Mick Holland Maury Dunn / Norman Parker () 1953 Not held 1954 Western Springs Stadium Harold Fairhurst Merv Neil Gerald Jackson () 1955 Not held 1956 Aranui Speedway Ronnie Moore Eric Williams () Ron Mountford () 1957 Not held 1958 Rotorua Speedway Maury Dunn Jules Benson Goog Allen 1959 Rotorua Speedway Barry Briggs Ivan Mauger Len Jelaca 1960 Western Springs Stadium Ray New Maury Dunn Bryce Subritzky 1961 Rotorua Speedway Ray New Maury Dunn Bob Anderson 1962 Palmerston North Showgrounds Ronnie Moore Merv Neil Ken McKinlay () 1963 Palmerston North Showgrounds Barry Briggs Ronnie Moore Geoff Mardon 1964 Western Springs Stadium Geoff Mardon Peter Moore () Bob Andrews 1965 Ruapuna Speedway Murray Burt Allan Brown Jack Hart 1966 Waiwakaiho Speedway Bob Andrews Murray Burt Bryce Subritzky 1967 Ruapuna Speedway Howard Cole () Doug Templeton () Ronnie Moore 1968 Ruapuna Speedway Ronnie Moore Frank Shuter Bob Andrews 1969 Palmerston North Showgrounds Ronnie Moore Bob Andrews Goog Allen / Bill Andrew / Howard Cole 1970 Western Springs Stadium Chris Bailey () Bill Andrew Bryce Subritzky 1971 Ruapuna Speedway Frank Shuter Allan Brown Roger Wright 1972 Ruapuna Speedway Bruce Cribb Roger Wright Graeme Stapleton 1973 Western Springs Stadium Gary Peterson Bob Andrews Graeme Stapleton 1974 Ruapuna Speedway Ivan Mauger Ronnie Moore Barry Briggs 1975 Palmerston North Showgrounds Dave Morton () John Davis () Craig Pendlebury () 1976 Meeanee Speedway Larry Ross Colin Farquharson Paul Church 1977 Stratford Speedway Larry Ross Graeme Stapleton Robin Adlington 1978 Penlee Speedway Larry Ross Barry Briggs Mike Fullerton 1979 Ruapuna Speedway (wc) Larry Ross Mitch Shirra Ivan Mauger 1980 Western Springs Stadium (wc) Larry Ross David Bargh Tony Briggs 1981 Meeanee Speedway (wc) Ivan Mauger Mitch Shirra Larry Ross 1982 Western Springs Stadium Mitch Shirra John Goodall David Bargh 1983 Ruapuna Speedway (wc) Mitch Shirra Larry Ross David Bargh 1984 Penlee Speedway Mitch Shirra Larry Ross David Bargh 1985 Ruapuna Speedway Larry Ross Alan Mason Roger Wright 1986 Awapuni Speedway (wc) David Bargh Larry Ross Mitch Shirra 1987 Western Springs Stadium (wc) David Bargh Mitch Shirra Larry Ross 1988 Ruapuna Speedway (wc) Larry Ross David Bargh Gary Allan 1989 Western Springs Stadium (wc) Larry Ross Gary Allan Mark Thorpe 1990 Ruapuna Speedway (wc) Larry Ross Mark Thorpe Craig Wilkie 1991 Awapuni Speedway (wc) David Bargh Chris Martin Mark Thorpe 1992 Meeanee Speedway (wc) Gary Allan Mark Thorpe Paul Atkins 1993 Ruapuna Speedway (wc) Mark Thorpe Mark Lyndon Andy Walker 1994 Stratford Speedway (wc) Mark Thorpe Tony Nagel Mark Jamieson 1995 Kihikihi Speedway Andy Walker Nathan Murray Robert Davidson 1996 Ruapuna Speedway Mark Thorpe Graham Hartshorne Mark Jamieson 1997 Stratford Speedway Chris Penny Robert Price Graham Hartshorne 1998 Meeanee Speedway Paul Atkins Mark Jamieson Michael Long 1999 Ruapuna Speedway Mark Jamieson Andy Walker David Bargh 2000 Awapuni Speedway David Bargh Kris Jemmet Sean Cox 2001 Ruapuna Speedway Graham Hartshorne Daniel McKinlay Scott Boyce 2002 Kihikihi Speedway Andrew Appleton () Nathan Murray Graham Hartshorne 2003 Ruapuna Speedway Sam Taylor Blair McKinlay John Tuffley 2004 Te Marua Speedway Jason Bunyan () Simone Terenzani () Craig Ramsay 2005 Awapuni Speedway Jason Bunyan () Glen Phillips () Attila Stefani () 2006 Rosebank Speedway Jason Bunyan () Mattia Carpanese () Daniele Tessari () 2007 Ruapuna Speedway Andrew Bargh Dale Finch Jason Bunyan () 2008 Oreti Park Speedway Jason Bunyan () Larry Ross Andrew Bargh 2009 Arena Manawatu Jason Bunyan () Jade Mudgway Larry Ross 2010 Oreti Park Speedway Jason Bunyan () Grant Tregoning Larry Ross 2011 Rosebank Speedway Grant Tregoning Jason Bunyan () Ritchie Hawkins () 2012 Moore Park Speedway Jason Bunyan () Grant Tregoning Dale Finch 2013 Rosebank Speedway Jason Bunyan () Dale Finch Sean Mason 2014 Oreti Park Speedway Jason Bunyan () Grant Tregoning Sean Mason 2015 Moore Park Speedway James Sarjeant"Brytyjczyk mistrzem Nowej Zelandii", nicesport.pl, 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015 () Hayden Sims Dale Finch 2016 Rosebank Speedway Jason Bunyan () Bradley Wilson-Dean Sean Mason 2017 Oreti Park Speedway Bradley Wilson-Dean Grant Tregoning Dale Finch 2018 Moore Park Speedway Bradley Wilson-Dean Andrew Aldridge Ryan Terry-Daley 2019 Rosebank Speedway Bradley Wilson-DeanHurndell, Shane (2019) "Speedway: Wilson-Dean captures third consecutive national title", New Zealand Herald, 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019 Dylan Hancock Ryan Terry-Daley 2020 Oreti Park Speedway Bradley Wilson-Dean Andrew Aldridge Ryan Terry-Daley 2021 Moore Park Speedway Ben Whalley Andrew Aldridge George Congreve 2022 not held 2023 Oreti Park Speedway George Congreve Ben Whalley Finn Reed 2024 Oreti Park Speedway Bradley Wilson-Dean George Congreve Ben Whalley 2025 Moore Park Speedway Ben Whalley George Congreve Hayden Brookland 2026 Oreti Park Speedway George Congreve Ryan Colvin Finn Reed

See also New Zealand national speedway team Sport in New Zealand

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