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The Western Australian Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held annually in Western Australia to determine the WA State champion. The event is organised by the Speedway Motorcycle Club of WA and is sanctioned by Motorcycling Australia (MA).
Legendary Danish rider Ole Olsen and Australia's own Jason Crump are the only riders who have won the championship while being the reigning Speedway World Champion. Olsen's controversial win at the Liverpool Speedway in Sydney in 1976 was the last win by a non-Australian rider.
He dominated Western Australian speedway during the early days of the sport in the 1920s. [1] He was the first ever winner of the Western Australian Individual Speedway Championship in 1927/28. [4] The following season he won the first of his two Australian national titles at the Claremont Speedway (where Johnnie Hoskins was the manager). [5]
Unlike other national championship meetings in Australian speedway racing, overseas drivers are permitted in the Australian Speedcar Championship. Ten winners of the title since 2002–03 have been Americans , while one New Zealander Michael Pickens has won the title to date, in 2015–16.
Australian Individual Speedway Championship (37 P) Pages in category "Speedway competitions in Australia" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Barriers and fences were improved over time to prevent out of control vehicles from entering the spectator areas. During its 72-year operation the speedway hosted numerous Western Australian championships as well as national championships including the Australian Sprintcar Championship, the Australian Speedcar Championship, the Australian Super Sedan Championship, the Australian Solo ...
Glenn Doyle (born 3 March 1965 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a retired Australian Motorcycle speedway rider. Doyle is a twice Australian Champion [1] and won the Western Australian Championship in his adopted state on six occasions. He earned 20 caps for the Denmark national speedway team. [2]
Other Australian Speedway Championships held at the speedway include the Australian Sprintcar Championship (1977, 1998, 2004 and 2015), Australian Formula 500 Championship (1998), [3] and the Australian Street Stock Championship in 2004/05. It is operated by the Bunbury Car Club who built have held the lease on the venue since 1972.