The Australian Long Track Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held annually in Australia to determine the Australian Long Track champion. The event is organised and sanctioned by Motorcycling Australia (MA). Where as motorcycle speedway takes place on tracks ranging from 250–400 metres in length, Long track racing generally takes place on 800 to 1000 metre long speedways.

Prior to 1947, the championship was known as the Australian 5 Mile Dirt Track Championship and was run from 1925 to 1927 with classes including 350cc, 500cc and Unlimited. The first championship was run on 11 April 1925 at Penrith in New South Wales and was won by Billy Conoulty.

The Australian Long Track Championship has run continuously since 1947 with a few exceptions. In recent years due to the lack of genuine Long track speedways in Australia, racing has generally taken place on ½ Mile or 1 Km long Harness Racing or Showground tracks in country towns.

Winners since 1947 Year City/StateWinner 1947 Port Pirie, SA Ray Trevena 1948 Port Pirie, SA C. Jamieson 1949 Port Pirie, SA Laurie Jamieson Year City/StateWinner 1950 Port Pirie, SA G. Robertson 1951 Port Pirie, SA G. Robertson 1952 Port Pirie, SA A. Menzies 1953 Port Pirie, SA A. Menzies 1954 Port Pirie, SA Harry Denton 1955 Port Pirie, SA D. Sheard 1956 Port Pirie, SA Gerry Hussey () 1957 Port Pirie, SA Laurie Jamieson 1958 Port Pirie, SA Laurie Jamieson 1959 Port Pirie, SA Geoff Mudge Year City/StateWinner 1960 Port Pirie, SA Laurie Jamieson 1961 Port Pirie, SA Harry Denton 1962 Port Pirie, SA Ivan Mauger () 1963 Port Pirie, SA Don Prettejon 1964 Port Pirie, SA Jack Scott 1965 Port Pirie, SA Jack Scott 1966 Port Pirie, SA Jack Scott 1967-1968 Not Held 1969 Romsey, Vic Johny Dewhurst Year City/StateWinner 1970-1973 Not Held 1974 Brenton Langlois 1975 1976 Not Held 1977 Morgan, SA Brenton Langlois 1978 Rod Hunter 1979 Not Held Year City/StateWinner 1980 Garry Chasemore 1981 Not Held 1982 Morgan, SA John Boulger 1983 Bendigo, Vic Rod Hunter 1984-1987 Not Held 1988 Mick Powell 1989 Port Pirie, SA Chris Watson Year City/StateWinner 1990 Newcastle, NSW Chris Watson 1991 Port Pirie, SA Phil Crump 1992 Port Pirie, SA Craig Hodgson 1993 Parramatta, NSW Chris Watson 1994 Not Held 1995 Bathurst, NSW Chris Watson 1996 Port Pirie, SA Jason Crump 1997 Muswellbrook, NSW Craig Watson 1998 Port Pirie, SA Craig Watson 1999 Port Pirie, SA Leigh Adams Year City/StateWinner 2000 Bendigo, Vic Chris Watson 2001 Toowoomba, Qld Mick Poole 2002 Bathurst, NSW Craig Watson 2003 Bathurst, NSW Troy Batchelor 2004 Wagga Wagga, NSW Troy Batchelor 2005 Bathurst, NSW Chris Holder 2006 Wagga Wagga, NSW Chris Holder 2007 Blaney, NSW Richard Sweetman 2008 Brisbane, Qld No Long Track Class 2009 Townsville, Qld Daniel Mason Year City/StateWinner 2010 Tamworth, NSW Todd Kurtz 2011 Tamworth, NSW Todd Kurtz 2012 Tamworth, NSW Kozza Smith 2013 Townsville, Qld No Long Track Class 2014 Tamworth, NSW Joey Ringwood

See also

Motorsport in Australia List of Australian motor racing series

References

External links https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/long-track-champions.php Long Track Honor Roll]