The 2017 Individual Speedway Australian Championship is a Motorcycle speedway competition organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA) for the Australian Solo Championship.
The four round series will be held between 4 January and 14 January.
The rounds are scheduled for Gillman Speedway in Adelaide on 4 January, Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura on 7 January, Undera Park Speedway in Undera on 11 January, with the fourth and final round to be held at the Loxford Park Speedway in Kurri Kurri on 14 January.
Qualification The 16 riders announced by Motorcycling Australia were: Brady Kurtz (NSW) - Defending champion Troy Batchelor (SA) Mason Campton (NSW) Max Fricke (Vic) Jack Holder (NSW) Todd Kurtz (NSW) Jaimon Lidsey (Vic) Sam Masters (NSW) Nick Morris (Qld) Josh Pickering (NSW) Tyron Proctor (Vic) Cooper Riordan (Vic) Justin Sedgmen (Vic) Jordan Stewart (Vic) Rohan Tungate (NSW) Davey Watt (Qld)
The reserves for the series were announced as: James Davies (Vic), Matthew Gilmore (NSW), Dakota Ballantyne (SA) and Alan McDonald (NSW).Australian Solo Championship CBS Bins Round at Gillman Speedway Wednesday night.
Points System Points are standard scoring in Motorcycle speedway of 3 (1st), 2 (2nd), 1 (3rd), 0 (4th) per heat race. A bonus point is added for each position in the "A" Final (meaning even 4th gets a point unless a DNF or exclusion) and no points are scored in the "B" Final. The maximum number of points possible per rider in a single round is 19.
Gillman Round one 4 January Adelaide, South Australia - Gillman Speedway Referee: Ivan Golding Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4–7 to "B" Final "B" Final winner to "A" Final
Pos. Rider Points Heat Details1 Davey Watt 17 (3-3-3-3-1+4)2 Justin Sedgmen 17 (3-2-3-3-3+3)3 Troy Batchelor 12 (3-1-1-3-2+2)4 Nick Morris 14 (2-3-3-2-3+1)5 Sam Masters 10 (2-3-R-3-2)6 Rohan Tungate 10 (1-2-3-1-3)7 Max Fricke 9 (0-2-2-2-3)8 Tyron Proctor 6 (3-0-1-1-1)9 Jack Holder 6 (2-1-2-0-1)10 Jaimon Lidsey 5 (0-3-0-2-0)11 Todd Kurtz 5 (2-1-0-2-0)12 Brady Kurtz 5 (1-2-2-0-0)13 Josh Pickering 5 (1-1-1-0-2)14 Cooper Riordan 4 (0-0-2-0-2)15 Mason Campton 3 (1-0-0-1-1)16 Jordan Stewart 2 (0-X-1-1-0)
Gillman "B" Final 1 - Troy Batchelor 2 - Rohan Tungate 3 - Max Fricke e - Sam Masters
Gillman "A" Final 1 - Davey Watt 2 - Justin Sedgmen 3 - Troy Batchelor 4 - Nick Morris
Olympic Park Round two 7 January Mildura, Victoria - Olympic Park Speedway Referee: Brendon Gledhill Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4–7 to "B" Final "B" Final winner to "A" Final
Pos. Rider Points Heat Details1 Sam Masters 16 (3-3-3-3-0+4)2 Max Fricke 16 (3-1-3-3-3+3)3 Davey Watt 15 (3-3-2-3-2+2)4 Justin Sedgmen 12 (X-3-3-3-3+X)5 Brady Kurtz 10 (1-3-1-2-3)6 Nick Morris 8 (2-1-3-2-X)7 Troy Batchelor 8 (3-X-2-1-2)8 Josh Pickering 8 (1-2-1-2-2)9 Jack Holder 7 (2-2-0-0-3)10 Jaimon Lidsey 7 (1-2-2-2-0)11 Tyron Proctor 5 (0-2-1-1-1)12 Jordan Stewart 4 (2-0-X-0-2)13 Todd Kurtz 4 (0-1-2-0-1)14 Mason Campton 4 (0-1-1-1-1)15 Rohan Tungate 3 (1-R-R-1-1)16 Cooper Riordan 2 (2-0-0-0-0)
Olympic Park "B" Final 1 - Justin Sedgmen 2 - Brady Kurtz 3 - Nick Morris 4 - Troy Batchelor
Olympic Park "A" Final 1 - Sam Masters 2 - Max Fricke 3 - Davey Watt fx - Justin Sedgmen
Undera Park Round three 11 January Undera, Victoria - Undera Park Speedway Referee: Lyal Allan Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4–7 to "B" Final "B" Final winner to "A" Final
Pos. Rider Points Heat Details1 Justin Sedgmen 17 (3-3-3-3-1+4)2 Sam Masters 17 (2-3-3-3-3+3)3 Max Fricke 14 (3-3-3-1-2+2)4 Troy Batchelor 15 (3-3-2-3-3+1)5 Jack Holder 10 (3-2-2-3-0)6 Brady Kurtz 10 (2-1-3-2-2)7 Nick Morris 9 (1-2-2-2-2)8 Davey Watt 7 (1-2-1-X-3)8 Jordan Stewart 7 (2-1-1-2-1)10 Rohan Tungate 6 (X-X-2-1-3)11 Mason Campton 5 (1-2-0-0-2)12 Tyron Proctor 4 (2-1-0-1-R)12 Jaimon Lidsey 4 (1-0-0-2-1)14 Josh Pickering 2 (0-1-1-0-0)14 Todd Kurtz 2 (0-0-1-0-1)16 Cooper Riordan 1 (0-0-0-1-0)
Undera Park "B" Final 1 - Max Fricke 2 - Jack Holder r - Brady Kurtz fx - Nick Morris
Undera Park "A" Final 1 - Justin Sedgmen 2 - Sam Masters 3 - Max Fricke 4 - Troy Batchelor
Loxford Park Round four 14 January Kurri Kurri, New South Wales - Loxford Park Speedway Referee: David Mills Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4–7 to "B" Final "B" Final winner to "A" Final
Pos. Rider Points Heat Details1 Brady Kurtz 17 (2-3-2-3-3+4)2 Nick Morris 12 (1-3-1-1-3+3)3 Troy Batchelor 14 (3-2-2-2-3+2)4 Sam Masters 15 (3-3-3-3-2+1)5 Rohan Tungate 11 (3-1-3-3-1)6 Davey Watt 11 (3-2-2-2-2)7 Justin Sedgmen 9 (2-2-1-2-2)8 Max Fricke 8 (R-1-3-1-3)8 Mason Campton 8 (2-3-1-1-1)10 Todd Kurtz 6 (2-1-2-0-1)11 Tyron Proctor 6 (1-2-1-0-2)12 Jaimon Lidsey 4 (0-0-0-3-1)12 Jack Holder 3 (0-0-3-R-R)14 Jordan Stewart 2 (0-0-0-2-0)14 Josh Pickering 2 (1-1-0-0-0)16 Cooper Riordan 2 (1-0-0-1-0)
Loxford Park "B" Final 1 - Nick Morris 2 - Justin Sedgmen 3 - Rohan Tungate 4 - Davey Watt
Loxford Park "A" Final 1 - Brady Kurtz 2 - Nick Morris 3 - Troy Batchelor 4 - Sam Masters
Intermediate classification Pos. Rider Gil Mil Und Lox Points Sam Masters 10 16 17 15 58 Justin Sedgmen 17 12 17 9 55 Davey Watt 17 15 7 11 504 Troy Batchelor 12 8 15 14 495 Max Fricke 9 16 14 8 476 Nick Morris 14 8 9 12 437 Brady Kurtz 5 10 10 17 428 Rohan Tungate 10 3 6 11 309 Jack Holder 6 7 10 3 2610 Tyron Proctor 6 5 4 7 2211 Mason Campton 3 4 5 8 2011 Jaimon Lidsey 5 7 4 3 1913 Todd Kurtz 5 4 2 6 1713 Josh Pickering 5 8 2 2 1715 Jordan Stewart 2 4 7 2 1516 Cooper Riordan 4 2 1 2 9
The top 8 riders are automatically seeded to the 2018 Australian Individual Speedway Championship.Sam Masters' the 2017 Australian Championship
See also Australian Individual Speedway Championship Australia national speedway team Sports in Australia
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