The Australian Under-21 Speedway Championship is a motorcycle speedway championship held each year since 1986, to determine the Australian Under-21 national champion. The event is organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA).[1][2][3]
 Chris Holder, four time winner | |
| Sport | Motorcycle speedway |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| Most titles | Leigh Adams, Max Fricke, Chris Holder (all 4) |
History
editThe event was run as the Australian Under-18 Championship in 1986. This lasted just one year and was changed to the Under-21 Championship in 1987, to bring it in line with the Individual Speedway Junior World Championship which was also for Under-21s.[4]
The inaugural Under-21 Championship in 1987 was held at the Undera Park Speedway in Victoria. The championship was won by Queenslander Gary Allan. It would take another 22 years (2009) before another Queenslander Darcy Ward won the event.
Leigh Adams from Mildura, Sydney's Chris Holder and Victorian rider Max Fricke, jointly hold the record for most wins in the Australian Under-21 Championship with four wins each. Leigh Adams, Darcy Ward and Max Fricke are the only Australian Under-21 Champions to have won the Under-21 World Championship.
Past Winners
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* 1986 run as the Australian Under-18 Championship.
** 2008 No third place awarded. Troy Batchelor fell & was excluded on lap 2, Robert Ksiezak suffered engine failure in lap 2 of the re-run Final leaving Chris Holder and Tyron Proctor as the only finishers
Medals classification (2 or more)
edit| Pos | Rider |  |
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leigh Adams | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Max Fricke | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 3. | Chris Holder | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4. | Jaimon Lidsey | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 5. | Travis McGowan | 3 | 3 | ||
| Darcy Ward | 3 | 3 | |||
| 6. | Rory Schlein | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7. | Ryan Sullivan | 2 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Australian Junior Solo Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ http://speedwaystats.wordpress.com/nationals/down-under/australia-2/ Australian Under-21 Solo Title's
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110929185040/http://www.ma.org.au/index.php?id=425 Motorcycle Australia results since 2003
- ^ Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. p. 66. ISSN 1036-4404.
- ^ "Fricke Flies to Aussie Crown Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine", speedwaygp.com, 19 January 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013
- ^ "Max Fricke wins thrilling Aussie U/21 Title Archived 14 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine"
- ^ Title No.4 for Fricke
- ^ "Riders Drawn for 2019 Australian Speedway U21 Championship". Motorcycling Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "Jaimon Lidsey Takes His Third Under 21 Speedway Championship Title". 27 January 2020.
- ^ "COVID-19 Forces Cancellation of 2021 & Postponement of 2022 Australian Speedway Championships". 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Rew roars to Aussie U21 crown". FIM. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Michael West Wins Dramatic Australian U21 Speedway Title". Full Noise. Retrieved 23 February 2024.