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Post by admin on Dec 31, 2015 17:00:33 GMT
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Post by admin on Dec 31, 2015 17:04:46 GMT
Dates for all 2016 Australian Speedway Championship are as follows: Solo Championship •Round 1: Qualifying January 1st & Round 1 January 2nd, Kurri-Kurri Speedway
Speedway National Championship chase begins at Kurri KurriWhilst riders will be gunning for the National Title, they also have two other goals in mind when the opening round of the 2016 Australian Speedway Solo Championship gets underway at Kurri Kurri Speedway this Friday (01 January) and Saturday (02 January) night. Not only does the outright winner join the honour roll of Australia’s great speedway riders, but the top four riders at the end of the series have even greater reward. Firstly, they will be eligible for the qualifying rounds held in Europe to decide the final eight spots in the 2016 World Speedway Grand Prix. Secondly, they will also be eligible for direct seeding into next year’s Australian Championship event.Three Hunter area riders have been seeded directly into the main draw by Motorcycling Australia for this year’s Championship chase. Newcastle’s Sam Masters is the #1 seed on the back of his runner-up result to fellow Newcastle rider Jason Doyle in last year’s title. Masters got his first taste of World Speedway Grand Prix competition this year when he was given a wildcard spot in the last round held in Melbourne in October. Jason Doyle has chosen not to contest this year’s Championship to allow time for recovery from injuries sustained in the last round of the 2015 World Speedway Grand Prix in Melbourne. He has already qualified for the 2016 World Speedway Grand Prix by finishing in the top eight this year. Kurri Kurri’s Mason Campton is the #5 seed as a result of him winning the 2015 Queensland Speedway Solo Championship whilst Rohan Tungate from Pelaw Main is the #6 seed after winning the 2015 South Australian Speedway Solo Title. The other seeded riders are Victorians Max Fricke (#2), Justin Sedgemen (#3) and Ty Proctor (#8) as well as Nick Morris (#4) and Josh Grajczonek (#7) both from Queensland. Sixteen riders have been drawn to compete in the sudden-death qualifying round on Friday night and among those are six local area riders. Hunter area riders Alan and Josh McDonald, Josh Pickering and James Dimmock are joined by Central Coast riders Tyler King and Taylor Poole for a spot in the top eight point scorers that will carry them into the Championship Series. The opening round of the Championship at Kurri Kurri will be followed by rounds in Undera, Victoria then Gillman, South Australia finishing at Mildura, Victoria. ma.org.au |
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Post by admin on Jan 7, 2016 14:06:50 GMT
Aussie Champs Round 1 @ Kurri Kurri 2/1/16
Winner: Rohan Tungate
Second: Sam Masters
Third: Max Fricke
Fourth: Brady Kurtz
1. Cooper Riordan........0,0,1,0,3 = 4
2. Sam Masters...........2,1,3,3,3 + 3 = 15
3. Mason Campton.........1,3,2,2,2 = 10
4. Max Fricke ...........3,3,2,3,2 + 2 = 15
5. Rohan Tungate.........3,3,2,3,3 + 4 = 18
6. Justin Sedgmen........2,3,2,X,3 = 10
7. Josh Pickering........0,0,1,2,0 = 3
8. Alan McDonald.........1,1,0,0,0 = 2
9. Jordan Stewart........1,1,1,2,1 = 6
10. Kieran Sproule.......X,0,0,0,2 = 2
11. Ty Proctor...........2,2,0,1,1 = 6
12. Josh Grajczonek......3,X,1,3,0 = 7
13. Nick Morris..........1,2,3,2,1 = 9
14. Jack Holder..........3,2,3,1,0 = 9
15. Brodie Waters........0,1,0,1,1 = 3
16. Brady Kurtz..........2,2,3,1,2 + 1 = 11
B Final: Kurtz, Holder, Sedgmen, Campton
A Final: Tungate, Masters, Fricke, Kurtz
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Post by admin on Jan 9, 2016 23:27:26 GMT
Tuesday 5th January 2016 (SGP) Australian Championship leader Rohan Tungate hopes landing his first national title will earn him a spot in the British Elite League. The Kurri Kurri-born racer triumphed in his home event last Saturday with 18 points, putting him three points clear at the top of the standings going into Wednesday’s second round at Undera. Short lived hope  Dates for all 2016 Australian Speedway Championship are as follows: Solo Championship •Round 2: January 6th, Undera Speedway MOTORCYCLING Australia Winner: Nick Morris Second: Mason Campton Third: Sam Masters Fourth: Brady Kurtz 1. Max Fricke..........2,2,3,3,1 = 11 2. Sam Masters.........3,3,3,2,0 = 11+2 = 13 3. Ty Proctor..........1,X,1,0,2 = 4 4. Cooper Riordan .....0,1,X = 1 Withdrawn 5. Alan McDonald.......0,1,1,2,DNF = 4 6. Nick Morris.........3,2,2,3,3 = 13+4 = 17 7. Mason Campton.......1,3,3,2,3 = 12+3 = 15 8. Brady Kurtz.........2,3,3,3,3 = 14+1 = 15 9. Jack Holder.........2,3,2,2,2 = 11 10. Josh Pickering......0,1,1,1,0 = 3 11. Jordan Stewart......1,2,X,1,3 = 7 12. Justin Sedgmen......3,X,DNS = 3 Withdrawn 13. Kieran Sproule......0 = 0 Withdrawn 14. Josh Grajczonek.....0 = 0 Withdrawn 15. Rohan Tungate.......3,X,2,1,2 = 8 16. Brodie Waters.......2,2,1,3,1 = 9 17. Joshua MacDonald.....1,0,2,0,1 = 4 B Final : Masters,Fricke, Holder, Waters A Final: Morris, Campton, Masters, Kurtz (Ex) Australian Championship Standings After 2nd Round - Sam Masters 28 points, Rohan Tungate 26, Max Fricke 26, Brady Kurtz 26, Nick Morris 26, Mason Campton 25, Jack Holder 20, Justin Sedgmen 13, Jordan Stewart 13, Brodie Waters 12, Ty Proctor 10, Josh Grajczonek 7, Josh Pickering 6, Alan McDonald 6, Cooper Riordan 5, Joshua MacDonald 4, Kieran Sproule 2 Read more: speedwayupdates/aussie-champs-round-undera |
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Post by admin on Jan 9, 2016 23:38:11 GMT
Aussie Champs Round 3 @ Gillman 8/1/16
Winner: Brady Kurtz
Second: Rohan Tungate
Third: Justin Sedgmen
Fourth: Sam Masters
1. Jordan Stewart.......1,1,1,0,1 = 4
2. Josh McDonald........0,0,0,0,0 = 0
3. Kieran Sproule.......3,1,0,X,0 = 4
4. Brodie Waters .......2,0,1,2,1 = 6
5. Alan McDonald........1,0,1,2,0 = 4
6. Mason Campton........0,2,2,DNF,1 = 5
7. Justin Sedgmen......3,2,2,3,3 = 13 + 2 = 15
8. Max Fricke..........2,2,3,1,3 = 11
9. Nick Morris.........1,3,2,3,2 = 11
10. Cooper Riordan.....0,1,0,1,0 = 2
11. Rohan Tungate.....3,3,X,2,3 = 11 + 3 = 14
12. Ty Proctor........2,1,3,1,2 = 9
13. Brady Kurtz.......2,2,3,3,3 = 13 + 4 = 17
14. Jack Holder.......3,3,1,2,2 = 11
15. Josh Pickering....0,0,2,1,2 = 5
16. Sam Masters.......1,3,3,3,1 = 11 + 1 = 12
B Final : Masters, Morris, Holder, Fricke
A Final: Kurtz, Tungate, Sedgmen, Masters
Read more: speedwayupdates/aussie-champs-round-gillman
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Post by admin on Jan 9, 2016 23:46:17 GMT
Blockbuster finish for Australian Solo Championship (January 09, 2016)
The 2016 Australian Speedway Solo Championship is set for a blockbuster finish in Mildura on Sunday night after last night’s CBS Bins Round 3 at Adelaide’s Gillman Speedway saw the third different winner, and third different points leader, after a thrilling night’s racing which saw all the top runners dipping in and out of favouritism as the night went on.
One race after another one of the leading scorers would pull off a blinding ride to have people talking in terms of championship favouritism, only for someone to go one better next race.
Rohan Tungate had won the first round, and Nick Morris the second, but it was 2015 Australian Speedway Grand Prix wildcard Sam Masters who went the third round as the series leader on 28 points, 2 points ahead of Tungate, Morris, Brady Kurtz and Max Fricke all on 26 points, with Mason Campton just a point further adrift on 25.
Masters lead was quickly whittled away, however, when Tungate won his first race and Masters could only finish third, behind Jack Holder and Kurtz, to leave them tied at the top on 29 points. Second place finishes for Fricke (behind Justin Sedgmen who won in a new record time) and Kurtz also saw them claw back a point on Masters, with them moving to 28 points.
Tungate and Masters maintained the status quo at the top in the second round of heats, both winning to advance to 32 points, while a good win by Morris over Kurtz saw him back in the picture, level on 30 points with Kurtz and Fricke, who was beaten by Masters.
Masters also won his third ride to advance to 35, but it wasn’t a happy result for Tungate. In the same heat as Masters, Tungate found himself in last place early on, behind Masters, Campton and much-improved Jordan Stewart. The recently turned 17-year-old Stewart, who earlier in the season earned his eligibility for a UK work permit with a podium place in the Victorian Championship, has improved in leaps and bounds since the start of the season and was able to resist continual challenges from Tungate until Tungate eventually fell and crashed into the fence trying to get past.
With every point vital, a pointless ride really brought Tungate back into the pack of chasers as wins by Fricke (over Morris) and Kurtz saw them move to 33 with Tungate and Morris on 32.
In the fight for a place in the final of this particular round, after 12 heats five riders – Sedgmen, Fricke, Kurtz, Holder and Masters – were on 7 points, and three – Morris, Tungate and Ty Proctor – on 6.
In the fourth round of heats Sedgmen beat Holder and Proctor in a race which saw them shoulder-to-shoulder into turn three; Kurtz beat Tungate and Fricke in a thriller with Fricke and Tungate passing and re-passing each other several times; while Masters and Morris had wins against riders who were out of contention, although Cooper Riordan and Alan Macdonald made it surprisingly tough for Masters, going either side of him on the first lap to relegate him to third place and it took him a couple of laps to regain the lead and leave him on track for a final spot and still as the sole series leader on 38, and now back where he started the meeting, 2 points ahead of Kurtz.
So to the last round of heats and the vital points needed for a place in the final.
Fricke was the first of the front-runners to ride, in heat 17, and he had no trouble winning against three of the bottom half riders to finish on 11 points, just enough to guarantee a semi-final place but unlikely to be enough to go straight into the final.
Heat 18 brought together Morris (9), Sedgmen (10) and Masters (10) and it was Sedgmen who raced away to the win leaving Morris and Masters to scrap over second place. After a couple of early passing moves it was Morris who prevailed, giving Sedgmen on 13 enough to go straight into the final, with Morris and Masters on 11 with Fricke.
Kurtz won heat 19 easily to join Sedgmen in the final with 13 points, while second to Proctor left him in a precarious position on 9 points, with only Holder (9) and Tungate (8) still to come in heat 20 and both likely to top his 9 points which they did, Tungate winning with Holder second to leave five riders tied on 11.
The countback saw Tungate join Sedgmen and Kurtz in the final, with Masters, Fricke, Morris and Holder in the last chance semi-final.
The series points at this stage were Kurtz, with a guaranteed start in the final, and Masters on 39, and Tungate, Morris and Fricke on 37 — it couldn’t be much tighter!
With the pressure on it was Masters who delivered, with a wheel-to-wheel finish ahead of Morris and Holder with Fricke dropping back after Morris got out of shape at one point, forcing Fricke to change his line and relegating him to last place.
The final could have gone to anyone of the four riders but it turned out to be a relatively comfortable win for Kurtz over Tungate, Sedgmen and Masters, which not only gave Kurtz his first-ever Championship round win but left him 3 points clear of Tungate and Masters in the series points.
After being in doubt for the meeting with a shoulder injury, Sedgmen did wonderfully well and picked up a bucketful of points (15) to more than double his points to 28 but he is too far behind for a podium place and with just his home track Mildura to go he would be very disappointed his fall at Undera saw him only score 3 points at a track he always does well on.
He hasn’t given up hope, however, of at least a finish in the top five which will give him a place in the GP qualifying rounds. With an expected high points haul in Mildura it is not out of the question but it won’t be easy and he is going to need other riders to drop points.
Going into Mildura Sunday night the leading point scorers are Kurtz 43, Masters 40, Tungate 40, Morris 37, Fricke 37, Holder 31, Campton 30 and Sedgmen 28. What price some run-offs to decide the finishing order of that lot?
source - Motorcycling Australia
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Post by admin on Jan 9, 2016 23:50:48 GMT
Speedway Finale to be shown live onlineMotorcycling Australia is pleased to announce that the final round of the 2016 Australian Solo Speedway Speedway Championship will be streamed live online. The event, which is the final of the four-round Championship series will take place at Olympic Park in Mildura on Sunday night, where a new Australian champion will be crowned. The event will be streamed live from 8.30am GMT on Sunday the 10th of January, and you can catch all the action simply via NRGTV at livestream.com/nrgtv/events/4659101.
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Post by admin on Jan 10, 2016 9:33:40 GMT
Jeez, got up a bit late so thought I'd have a look at this. I just caught some sort of 3 rider junior race and 20 mins of track prep (interval) & waffle from the mic - I must have foud the speedway. That 30mins & 1 heat of juniors  I do know who supplied the tractors though  Excellent stream mind  |
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Post by admin on Jan 10, 2016 9:58:44 GMT
Jeez, got up a bit late so thought I'd have a look at this. I just caught some sort of 3 rider junior race and 20 mins of track prep (interval) & waffle from the mic - I must have foud the speedway. That 30mins & 1 heat of juniors I do know who supplied the tractors though Excellent stream mind Having said that, it is 4 into the pits and 4 out - no time for waffle Oops, it's tractors & watercarts again - that's me done, I'll check updates later. |
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Post by Hodgy on Jan 10, 2016 18:36:54 GMT
You didn't need to watch it live. I started watching about 12, fast forwarded lengthy track prep every 5 races (must be a serious challenge preparing a track in 42 deg's), paused and watched at my leisure. Bloody good job too - what a boreathon.
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Post by admin on Jan 10, 2016 21:06:45 GMT
In the few races I saw I thought the same. It was pants. The commentator did say that they were worried about getting a crowd in (I assume because of the heat?). I'd be worried about putting them off for life after watching that. To be fair though as you say, producing a track which isn't gate and go in those conditions is virtually impossible. It was a Sunday afternoon job |
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Post by admin on Jan 10, 2016 21:17:41 GMT
Aussie Champs Round 4 @ Mildura, VIC 10/1/16
1st Justin Sedgmen
2nd. Max Fricke
3rd. Sam Masters
4th. Brady Kurtz
1. Josh Pickering 1, 1, 1, 0, 2 = 5
2. Alan MacDonald 2, R, 1, 0, 0 = 3
3. Josh MacDonald R, 1, 0, 0, 0 = 1
4. Rohan Tungate 3, D, 2, 3, 3 = 11
5. Jack Holder 2, 3, 2, 3, 1 = 11
6. Sam Masters 3, 2, 2, 2, 3 = 12 + 2 = 14
7. Ty Proctor 1, 3, 1, 1, 3 = 9
8. Brodie Waters 0, 1, 2, 1, 1 = 5
9. Kieran Sproule R, 0, 1, 1, 1 = 3
10. Justin Sedgmen 3, 3, 3, 2, 3 = 14 + 4 = 18
11. Mason Campton 1, 2, 0, 3, 0 = 6
12. Nick Morris 2, 2, 3, 2, 2 = 11
13. Jordan Stewart 1, 2, 0, 2, 1 = 6
14. Brady Kurtz 2, 1, 3, 3, 2 = 11 + 1 = 12
15. Dakota Ballantyne 0, F, 0, 0, 0 = 0
16. Max Fricke 3, 3, 3, 1, 2 = 12 + 3 = 15
Reserves - Jack Fallon 0 = 0
B Final: Kurtz, Morris, Holder, Tungate (Fx)
A Final: Sedgmen, Fricke, Masters
Line Up: Sedgmen, Masters, Kurtz, Fricke (Comments: Kurtz touches tapes and excluded.)
Read more: speedwayupdates/aussie-champs-round-mildura-vic
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Post by admin on Jan 10, 2016 21:29:50 GMT
Confusing end to Aussie title - Brady Kurtz declared Australian solo speedway champion
The Australian Solo Speedway Championship ended sensationallybut in a confusing manner with Brady Kurtz of Cowra declared the winner after scrapping into the A Final and being excluded by touching the tapes.
This reduced the A Final field to three and local Justin Sedgmen, who dropped only one point for the night, deliberated long and hard before taking the inside gate.
Max Fricke picked the outside gate, Sam Masters picked the gate alongside Sedgmen while B Final winner Brady Kurtz lined up in gate three..
The B Final had been a sensational event with Rohan Tungate charging around the outside after picking gate four, while Kurtz picked three,
Kurtz ran Tungate wide around the turn, forcing Tungate to switch to the inside going into the back straight and he had so much speed on the second corner that he lost control and hit the air fence causing a race stoppage.
Then Kurtz had to survive the toughest battle of his night when Nick Morris pressured him all the way with Kurtz getting to the line by a narrow margin.
It was an emotive Kurtz who took the B Final which kept his chance of winning the final being taken away from him by Masters.
In the final Sedgmen jumped to the lead and just edged Masters wider than he would like and this allowed Fricke to swoop around the outside to get into second place,.
After that there was no change to the order in the A Final as Sedgmen won from Fricke with Masters third.
If Masters had got to second he would have forced a run-off against Kurtz for the Australian title.
“I’ve dreamt of this since I was a kid and first started to ride,’ Kurtz said when accepting the trophy at the end of the night.
Several riders remonstrated about the result before the referee of the meeting handed down his decision that Kurtz, who had been excluded from the final for touching the tape, still secured a point for finishing fourth on the night, by coming from a B Final win and lining up at the tapes for the A Final.
The unlucky riders of the series were undoubtedly Justin Sedgmen and Rohan Tungate.
Sedgmen got only three points from one ride at Undera but was the most productive rider at both Gillman and at Mildura on Sunday night.
Tungate’s bad luck at Mildura continued with a tape exclusion in heat eight and his fall when leading in the B Final.
The series was so close that there was nothing in it between several riders after the Mildura heats.
Luck went with Kurtz when he fell on the first corner in heat 20 when Tungate was going past him but in the re-run Tungate did it again and with Kurtz getting second it pushed both riders into the B Final.
“I was happy to win at Mildura – that was my aim all along,” Sedgmen said. “I probably tried too hard at Kurri Kurri and Undera which are tracks I normally do not go well at.”
“It forced me into a couple of schoolboy errors I should have avoided,” he said.
ROUND FOUR: AUSTRALIAN SOLO SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MILDURA:
14 pts – Justin Sedgmen 12pts Max Fricke, Sam Masters; 11pts Rohan Tungate, Brady Kurtz, Jack Holder, Nick Morris. 9pts Ty Proctor, 7pts Josh Pickering 6pts Mason Campton, Jordan Stewart; 5pts Brodie Waters, 3 Kieran Sproule, Alan MacDonald, 1pt Josh MacDonald.
AUSTRALIAN SOLO CHAMPIONSHIPS: Final Order:
1 Brady Kurtz (Cowra) 55 pts
2- Sam Masters (NSW) 54 pts
3 – Max Fricke (Vict) 52 pts
4 – Rohan Tungate (NSW) 51 pts
5 – Nick Morris (NSW) 48pts
6 – Justin Sedgmen (Mildura) 46pts
7 – Jack Holder (NSW) 42 pts
8 – Mason Campton (NSW) 36 pts
9- Ty Proctor (Victoria) 28 pts
10- Jordan Stewart (Mildura and Brodie Waters (Mildura) 23 pts
12- Josh Pickering (NSW) 18 pts
13- Alan McDonald (NSW() 13 pts
14 - Keiran Sproule (NSW) 12pts
15 – Josh Grajczonek (Qld) 7pts
16 – Cooper Riordan (Mildura) 6pts
(milduraindependent.com/confusing-end-to-aussie-title-brady-kurtz-declared-australian-solo-speedway-champion - 10 January 2016)
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Post by Hodgy on Jan 10, 2016 23:06:19 GMT
In the few races I saw I thought the same. It was pants. The commentator did say that they were worried about getting a crowd in (I assume because of the heat?). I'd be worried about putting them off for life after watching that. To be fair though as you say, producing a track which isn't gate and go in those conditions is virtually impossible. It was a Sunday afternoon job Yes very boring meeting but good to have the option to watch some Speedway. Shame racing wasn't very entertaining, read most of the other rounds were great. The commentary was shocking - certainly makes me appreciate Smashy and Nicey. Oz Championship hit a bit of a dull, looks like Australian PLRC. |
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Post by admin on Jan 11, 2016 9:23:13 GMT
In the few races I saw I thought the same. It was pants. The commentator did say that they were worried about getting a crowd in (I assume because of the heat?). I'd be worried about putting them off for life after watching that. To be fair though as you say, producing a track which isn't gate and go in those conditions is virtually impossible. It was a Sunday afternoon job Yes very boring meeting but good to have the option to watch some Speedway. Shame racing wasn't very entertaining, read most of the other rounds were great. The commentary was shocking - certainly makes me appreciate Smashy and Nicey. Oz Championship hit a bit of a dull, looks like Australian PLRC. Australian speedway all feels a bit PL these days with a few exceptions. When I started watching speedway it was Britain in the summer and Australia (and to a lesser extent NZ) in the winter. Speedway in both countries suffering IMO due to the SGP and the emergence of a higher quality demanding European season and the influx over the years of anyone to British speedway who doesn't wear the Australian or British flag? Probably that's not 100% accurate or the real reason but it does feel like that. |
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