2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship Explained

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

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

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^[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

width=25px	Pos.	width=175px	Rider	width=40px	Points	width=90px	Heat Details
1		17	(3-3-3-3-1+4)
2		17	(3-2-3-3-3+3)
3		12	(3-1-1-3-2+2)
4		14	(2-3-3-2-3+1)
5		10	(2-3-R-3-2)
6		10	(1-2-3-1-3)
7		9	(0-2-2-2-3)
8		6	(3-0-1-1-1)
9		6	(2-1-2-0-1)
10		5	(0-3-0-2-0)
11		5	(2-1-0-2-0)
12	Brady Kurtz	5	(1-2-2-0-0)
13		5	(1-1-1-0-2)
14		4	(0-0-2-0-2)
15		3	(1-0-0-1-1)
16		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^[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

width=25px	Pos.	width=175px	Rider	width=40px	Points	width=90px	Heat Details
1		16	(3-3-3-3-0+4)
2		16	(3-1-3-3-3+3)
3		15	(3-3-2-3-2+2)
4		12	(X-3-3-3-3+X)
5		10	(1-3-1-2-3)
6		8	(2-1-3-2-X)
7		8	(3-X-2-1-2)
8		8	(1-2-1-2-2)
9		7	(2-2-0-0-3)
10		7	(1-2-2-2-0)
11		5	(0-2-1-1-1)
12		4	(2-0-X-0-2)
13		4	(0-1-2-0-1)
14		4	(0-1-1-1-1)
15		3	(1-R-R-1-1)
16		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^[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

width=25px	Pos.	width=175px	Rider	width=40px	Points	width=90px	Heat Details
1		17	(3-3-3-3-1+4)
2		17	(2-3-3-3-3+3)
3		14	(3-3-3-1-2+2)
4		15	(3-3-2-3-3+1)
5		10	(3-2-2-3-0)
6		10	(2-1-3-2-2)
7		9	(1-2-2-2-2)
8		7	(1-2-1-X-3)
8		7	(2-1-1-2-1)
10		6	(X-X-2-1-3)
11		5	(1-2-0-0-2)
12		4	(2-1-0-1-R)
12		4	(1-0-0-2-1)
14		2	(0-1-1-0-0)
14		2	(0-0-1-0-1)
16		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^[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

width=25px	Pos.	width=175px	Rider	width=40px	Points	width=90px	Heat Details
1		17	(2-3-2-3-3+4)
2		12	(1-3-1-1-3+3)
3		14	(3-2-2-2-3+2)
4		15	(3-3-3-3-2+1)
5		11	(3-1-3-3-1)
6		11	(3-2-2-2-2)
7		9	(2-2-1-2-2)
8		8	(R-1-3-1-3)
8		8	(2-3-1-1-1)
10		6	(2-1-2-0-1)
11		6	(1-2-1-0-2)
12		4	(0-0-0-3-1)
12		3	(0-0-3-R-R)
14		2	(0-0-0-2-0)
14		2	(1-1-0-0-0)
16		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

width=20px	Pos.	width=160px	Rider	width=50px	Gil	width=50px	Mil	width=50px	Und	width=50px	Lox	width=50px	Points
		10	16	17	15	58
		17	12	17	9	55
		17	15	7	11	50
4		12	8	15	14	49
5		9	16	14	8	47
6		14	8	9	12	43
7		5	10	10	17	42
8		10	3	6	11	30
9		6	7	10	3	26
10		6	5	4	7	22
11		3	4	5	8	20
11		5	7	4	3	19
13		5	4	2	6	17
13		5	8	2	2	17
15		2	4	7	2	15
16		4	2	1	2	9

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

Notes and References

Web site: Motorcycling Australia - National Speedway Results . 2017-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141215055658/http://www.ma.org.au/index.php?id=445 . 2014-12-15 . dead .
http://www.gillmanspeedway.com/news/australian-solo-championship-cbs-bins-round-at-gillman-speedway-wednesday-night/ Australian Solo Championship CBS Bins Round at Gillman Speedway Wednesday night.
http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/5460/daves-delight-at-gillman Davey's Delight at Gillman
http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/5466/sam-masters-mildura Sam Masters' Mildura
http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/5470/sedgmen-snatches-aussie-lead Sedgmen Snatches Aussie Lead
http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/5473/sam-storms-to-aussie-gold Sam Masters Storms to Aussie Gold
http://www.ma.org.au/index.php?id=12&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=16431&cHash=db10ae26dc130495b098f3e75f3ca2bf Sam Masters' the 2017 Australian Championship