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The Queensland Solo Championship is a motorcycle speedway championship held annually in Queensland to determine the Queensland State speedway champion. The event is organised by the Motorcycling Queensland and is sanctioned by Motorcycling Australia (MA). [1] Josh Grajczonek head the list of Championship wins with eight. [2]
The track has been a significant venue for important motorcycle speedway events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship (the first in 1982). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It has also held the final of the Australian Solo Championship in 1985 and 1986 [ 6 ] and the Queensland Solo Championship on eleven occasions from 1976 to 2018.
Ray's son Howard was a successful Speedcar driver [1] [140] [141] [142] who became known as the Marathon Man [31] because of his success in 100 lap races.. Grandson Craig also competed in Speedcars without achieving any feature race wins, but has had victory as a car owner.
Motorcycle speedway has been held at the venue since 1925 and throughout its history has held many important events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship, starting in 1982, [28] [29] the finals of the Australian Championship in 1962 and 1963 [30] and the Queensland Solo Championship on multiple occasions since 1960.
The Australia national speedway team are one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway with the country regarded as the birthplace of the sport in the 1920s. The current team is managed by former rider Mark Lemon, (who also managers the Australia national under-21 speedway team) and captained by 2012 World Champion Chris Holder.
Morgan Park Raceway is a motorsports complex located at Old Stanthorpe Road near Warwick, in Queensland, Australia and is operated by the Warwick District Sporting Car Club Inc. The venue features a race circuit with five different layouts.
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Queensland Raceway is located with the bounds of the Ipswich Motorsport Precinct, which is also home to the Willowbank Raceway dragstrip, a kart track, a short dirt circuit and a junior (under-16) motorcycle speedway. The track is also located near RAAF Base Amberley and shares the base's 6 km (3.7 mi) noise exclusion zone.