2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

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The 2017 Individual Speedway Australian Championship is a Motorcycle speedway competition organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA) for the Australian Solo Championship.[1]

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[edit]

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).[2]

## Points System[edit]

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[edit]

* Round one[3]
* 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 Details

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1 | 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[edit]

1 - Troy Batchelor
2 - Rohan Tungate
3 - Max Fricke
e - Sam Masters

### Gillman "A" Final[edit]

1 - Davey Watt
2 - Justin Sedgmen
3 - Troy Batchelor
4 - Nick Morris

## Olympic Park[edit]

* Round two[4]
* 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 Details

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1 | 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[edit]

1 - Justin Sedgmen
2 - Brady Kurtz
3 - Nick Morris
4 - Troy Batchelor

### Olympic Park "A" Final[edit]

1 - Sam Masters
2 - Max Fricke
3 - Davey Watt
fx - Justin Sedgmen

## Undera Park[edit]

* Round three[5]
* 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 Details

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1 | 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[edit]

1 - Max Fricke
2 - Jack Holder
r - Brady Kurtz
fx - Nick Morris

### Undera Park "A" Final[edit]

1 - Justin Sedgmen
2 - Sam Masters
3 - Max Fricke
4 - Troy Batchelor

## Loxford Park[edit]

* Round four[6]
* 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 Details

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1 | 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[edit]

1 - Nick Morris
2 - Justin Sedgmen
3 - Rohan Tungate
4 - Davey Watt

### Loxford Park "A" Final[edit]

1 - Brady Kurtz
2 - Nick Morris
3 - Troy Batchelor
4 - Sam Masters

## Intermediate classification[edit]

Pos. | Rider | Gil | Mil | Und | Lox | Points

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| Sam Masters | 10 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 58
| Justin Sedgmen | 17 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 55
| Davey Watt | 17 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 50
4 | Troy Batchelor | 12 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 49
5 | Max Fricke | 9 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 47
6 | Nick Morris | 14 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 43
7 | Brady Kurtz | 5 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 42
8 | Rohan Tungate | 10 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 30
9 | Jack Holder | 6 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 26
10 | Tyron Proctor | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22
11 | Mason Campton | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20
11 | Jaimon Lidsey | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19
13 | Todd Kurtz | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17
13 | Josh Pickering | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17
15 | Jordan Stewart | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15
16 | Cooper Riordan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9

* The top 8 riders are automatically seeded to the 2018 Australian Individual Speedway Championship.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Motorcycling Australia - National Speedway Results". Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
2. ^ Australian Solo Championship CBS Bins Round at Gillman Speedway Wednesday night.
3. ^ Davey's Delight at Gillman
4. ^ Sam Masters' Mildura
5. ^ Sedgmen Snatches Aussie Lead
6. ^ Sam Masters Storms to Aussie Gold
7. ^ Sam Masters' the 2017 Australian Championship

## See also[edit]

* Australian Individual Speedway Championship
* Australia national speedway team
* Sports in Australia