The Australian Formula 500 Championship is an annual dirt track racing championship meeting held in Australia for Formula 500 cars. Formula 500's in Australia evolved from the old TQ's (Three Quarter Speedcar Midget) of the 1950s and 1960s.
The first Australian Championship was held on 28 December 1964 at the Point Pass Speedway and was won by South Australian driver Bob Lane.
A 40 and 50 year reunion for the event was held in November 2004 and 2014.1964 Australian TQ Championship Reunion's
The current Australian Champion is Liam Williams who won the title at the Gunnedah Speedway in New South Wales.Formula 500's Australia
The championship was known as the Australian TQ Championship from 1964-1976, after which it was renamed the Australian Formula 500 Championship.Australian TQ/Formula 500 Championship
The 2017 Australian Championship was held at the Murray Bridge Speedway in Murray Bridge, SA on 17 April and was won by Queensland's Liam Williams who won his 3rd national championship.
Winners since 1964 YearVenueCity/StateWinner 1964/65 Point Pass SpeedwayPoint Pass Speedway Point Pass, SA Bob Lane (SA) 1965/66 Myrtleford Speedway Myrtleford, Vic Kevin Yeomans (Vic) 1966/67 Latrobe Speedway Latrobe, Tas Les Redpath (Tas) 1967/68 Carina Speedway Bundaberg, Qld Jack Threadgate (NSW) 1968/69 Myrtleford Speedway Myrtleford, Vic Bob Haag (Vic)YearVenueCity/StateWinner 1969/70 Latrobe Speedway Latrobe, Tas Jack Threadgate (NSW) 1970/71 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge, SA Viv Wilks (SA) 1971/72 Premier Speedway Warrnambool, Vic Viv Wilks (SA) 1972/73 Latrobe Speedway Latrobe, Tas Ken Redpath (Tas) 1973/74 Claremont Speedway Perth, WA John Andersson (WA) 1974/75 Carina Speedway Bundaberg, Qld John Andersson (WA) 1975/76 Heddon Greta Speedway Kurri Kurri, NSW Ken Nielson (WA) 1976/77 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge, SA John Andersson (WA) 1977/78 Arunga Park Speedway Alice Springs, NT George Higgs (WA) 1978/79 Fraser Park Speedway Canberra, ACT William Broadwood (WA)YearVenueCity/StateWinner 1979/80 Western International Raceway Melbourne, Vic Max Dumesny (Vic) 1980/81 Hobart Speedway Bridgewater, Tas LLoyd Thornley (NSW) 1981/82 Bibra Lake Speedway Perth, WA Max Dumesny (Vic) 1982/83 Archerfield Speedway Brisbane, Qld LLoyd Thornley (NSW) 1983/84 Newcastle Motordrome Newcastle, NSW Don Bowey (SA) 1984/85 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge, SA Don Bowey (SA) 1985/86 Arunga Park Speedway Alice Springs, NT Vince Chapman (WA) 1986/87 Bibra Lake Speedway Perth, WA Vince Chapman (WA) 1987/88 Tralee Speedway Canberra, ACT LLoyd Thornley (NSW) 1988/89 Sonic Raceway Swan Hill, Vic Clive Baxter (NT)YearVenueCity/StateWinner 1989/90 Carrick Speedway Carrick, Tas Roy Urpeth (NSW) 1990/91 Cairns International Speedway Cairns, Qld Graeme Odger (Qld) 1991/92 Wagga International Speedway Wagga Wagga, NSW Michael Pronger (Qld) 1992/93 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge, SA Don Bowey (SA) 1993/94 Arunga Park Speedway Alice Springs, NT Don Bowey (SA) 1994/95 Goulburn Speedway Goulburn, NSW Tony Pryor (NSW) 1995/96 Western Speedway Hamilton, Vic Tony Pryor (NSW) 1996/97 Latrobe Speedway Latrobe, Tas Philip Woodberry (Tas) 1997/98 Bunbury Speedway Bunbury, WA Trevor Harding (WA) 1998/99 Cairns International Speedway Cairns, Qld Luke Dillon (SA)YearVenueCity/StateWinner 1999/2000 Newcastle Motordrome Newcastle, NSW Luke Dillon (SA) 2000/01 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge, SA Luke Dillon (SA) 2001/02 Arunga Park Speedway Alice Springs, NT Jason Loveday (SA) 2002/03 Goulburn Speedway Goulburn, NSW Lee Dillon (SA) 2003/04 Premier Speedway Warrnambool, Vic Darren Mollenoyux (Vic) 2004/05 Latrobe Speedway Latrobe, Tas Matt Brown (WA) 2005/06 Esperance Motor Raceway Esperance, WA Ben Devlin (WA) 2006/07 Maryborough Speedway Maryborough, Qld Ben McLeod (Vic) 2007/08 Lismore Speedway Lismore, NSW Michael Pronger (Qld) 2008/09 Tolmer Speedway Bordertown, SA Brock Hallett (Qld)YearVenueCity/StateWinner 2009/10 Arunga Park Speedway Alice Springs, NT Daniel Harding (WA) 2010/11 Goulburn Speedway Goulburn, NSW Liam Williams (Vic) 2011/12 Laang Speedway Laang, Vic Jessica Moulden (Vic) 2012/13 Carrick Speedway Carrick, Tas Marcus Kelly (Tas) 2013/14 Perth Motorplex Speedway Kwinana Beach, WA Brock Hallett (SA) 2014/15 Rockhampton Speedway Rockhampton, Qld Dylan Willsher (Vic)2015/16Gunnedah speedway Gunnedah, NSWLiam Williams (Qld) 2016/17 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge, SA Liam Williams (Qld)
See also
Motorsport in Australia List of Australian motor racing series
References
External links Australian Formula 500 Championship honour roll