2009 Australian Individual Speedway Championship Explained

The 2009 Individual Speedway Australian Championship was the 2009 version of the Individual Speedway Australian Championship organised by Motorcycling Australia. The three final rounds took place between 3 January and 10 January.^[1] The championship was won by Leigh Adams, who beat the defending champion Chris Holder into second place. Rory Schlein finished third.

By winning the 2009 Australian Solo Championship, Leigh Adams won his record 10th Australian title, which he had first won in 1992. Adams was undefeated through the three rounds held at the Newcastle Showgrounds, Olympic Park Speedway, and Gillman Speedway.^{[2] [3]}

Qualification

• Qualification^[4]
• 2 January, 2009
• Gosford, NSW - Gosford Speedway
• Referee:
• Qualification: the top six riders and two track reserves.

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=40px	Points	width=70px	Details
1		14	(3,3,3,2,3)
2		13	(3,3,1,3,3)
3		12	(3,3,3,2,1)
4		11	(2,2,3,1,3)
5		11	(2,1,3,2,3)
6		10	(2,2,2,3,1)
7		9	(1,0,3,3,2)
8		8	(1,3,1,1,2)
9		7	(3,2,1,1,0)
10	(14) Arlo Bugeja	6	(0,2,0,2,2)
11		6	(2,1,2,0,1)
12		5	(1,1,0,2,1)
13		2	(e,0,0,0,2)
14		2	(e,0,2,0,0)
15		2	(0,0,1,1,0)
16		2	(1,1,e,0,0)

Finals

Ten riders were seeded through to the finals:

• Leigh Adams
• Troy Batchelor
• Jason Doyle
• Cory Gathercole
• Josh Grajczonek
• Chris Holder
• Tyron Proctor
• Rory Schlein
• Davey Watt
• Cameron Woodward

Newcastle

• Round one^[5]
• 3 January, 2009
• Newcastle, NSW - Newcastle Showgrounds
• Referee:

Mildura

• Round two^[6]
• 7 January, 2009
• Mildura, Victoria - Olympic Park Speedway
• Referee:

Gillman

• Round three^[7]
• 10 January, 2009
• Gillman, South Australia - Gillman Speedway
• Referee:

The intermediate classification

width=20px	Pos.	width=160px	Rider	width=50px	Points	width=25px	NEW	width=25px	MIL	width=25px	GIL
		60	20	20	20
		52	17	18	17
		48	18	15	15
4		45	10	17	18
5		43	13	14	16
6		41	15	13	13
7		37	14	12	11
8		32	16	16	-
9		34	6	11	14
10		28	12	4	12
11		27	7	10	10
12		20	4	9	7
13		17	11	3	3
14		17	2	6	9
15		16	3	7	6
16		13	9	2	2
17		3			3
18	Arlo Bugeja	0			0

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: W styczniu mistrzostwa Australii . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2008-12-09 . 2009-01-03 .
2. Web site: Individual Australian Championship. Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. 18 February 2024.
3. Web site: The Australian Solo Championship . Vintage Speedway . 18 February 2024.
4. Web site: Smith wygrał kwalifikacje . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-01-02 . 2009-01-03 .
5. Web site: Adams wygrywa pierwszą rundę IM Australii . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-01-03 . 2009-01-03 .
6. Web site: Nie ma mocnych na Adamsa . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-01-07 . 2009-01-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090116175243/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/01/07/nie-ma-mocnych-na-adamsa/. 16 January 2009 . live.
7. Web site: Adams po raz 10. mistrzem Australii . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-01-10 . 2009-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090116175406/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/01/10/adams-po-raz-10-mistrzem-australii/. 16 January 2009 . live.