Kings Challenge Explained

The Kings Challenge is an annual dirt track racing meeting held in Australia for Sprintcars. The meeting is held at the 372m (1,220feet) long Borderline Speedway in Mount Gambier, South Australia.

After the success of the 1995 Australian Sprintcar Championship at the speedway, the first Kings Challenge was held in 1995 and was won by Sydney-based driver Brooke Tatnell.

Traditionally run on the Friday night before the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at the Premier Speedway in Warrnambool (Victoria), the $10,000 to win event was moved to the Thursday night to accommodate the Classic's move to a 3-day event in 2014. With the Kings Challenge running prior to the Classic, the event attracts the best sprintcar drivers from Australia and the United States.[1]

Brooke Tatnell (1995), Skip Jackson (1998), Danny Lasoski (2001) and Donny Schatz (2002) are the only drivers to have won the Kings Challenge / Sprintcar Classic double in the same year.

Winners since 1995

Yearwidth=210px Winner
1995Brooke Tatnell (NSW)
1996not held (rain)
1997Gary Brazier (NSW)
1998Skip Jackson (NSW)
1999Phil Gressman
Yearwidth=210px Winner
2000Donny Schatz
2001Danny Lasoski
2002Donny Schatz
2003Donny Schatz
2004Daryn Pittman
2005Donny Schatz
2006Robbie Farr (NSW)
2007Daryn Pittman
2008Robbie Farr (NSW)
2009not held (rain)
Yearwidth=210px Winner
2010Robbie Farr (NSW)
2011James McFadden (Qld)
2012Jason Johnson
2013Robbie Farr (NSW)
2014Steven Lines (SA)
2015Kerry Madsen (NSW)*

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Borderline Speedway – Kings Challenge . 20 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160927212111/http://www.borderlinespeedway.com/kings-challenge/ . 27 September 2016 . dead .