The 2017 Individual Speedway Australian Championship is a Motorcycle speedway competition organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA) for the Australian Solo Championship.
The four round series will be held between 4 January and 14 January.
The rounds are scheduled for Gillman Speedway in Adelaide on 4 January, Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura on 7 January, Undera Park Speedway in Undera on 11 January, with the fourth and final round to be held at the Loxford Park Speedway in Kurri Kurri on 14 January.
Qualification
The 16 riders announced by Motorcycling Australia were: Brady Kurtz (NSW) - Defending champion Troy Batchelor (SA) Mason Campton (NSW) Max Fricke (Vic) Jack Holder (NSW) Todd Kurtz (NSW) Jaimon Lidsey (Vic) Sam Masters (NSW) Nick Morris (Qld) Josh Pickering (NSW) Tyron Proctor (Vic) Cooper Riordan (Vic) Justin Sedgmen (Vic) Jordan Stewart (Vic) Rohan Tungate (NSW) Davey Watt (Qld)
The reserves for the series were announced as: James Davies (Vic), Matthew Gilmore (NSW), Dakota Ballantyne (SA) and Alan McDonald (NSW).
Points System
Points are standard scoring in Motorcycle speedway of 3 (1st), 2 (2nd), 1 (3rd), 0 (4th) per heat race. A bonus point is added for each position in the "A" Final (meaning even 4th gets a point unless a DNF or exclusion) and no points are scored in the "B" Final. The maximum number of points possible per rider in a single round is 19.
Gillman
Round one
4 January
Adelaide, South Australia - Gillman Speedway
Referee: Ivan Golding
Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4-7 to "B" Final
"B" Final winner to "A" Final
Gillman "B" Final
1 - Troy Batchelor
2 - Rohan Tungate
3 - Max Fricke
e - Sam Masters
Gillman "A" Final
1 - Davey Watt
2 - Justin Sedgmen
3 - Troy Batchelor
4 - Nick Morris
Olympic Park
Round two
7 January
Mildura, Victoria - Olympic Park Speedway
Referee: Brendon Gledhill
Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4-7 to "B" Final
"B" Final winner to "A" Final
Olympic Park "B" Final
1 - Justin Sedgmen
2 - Brady Kurtz
3 - Nick Morris
4 - Troy Batchelor
Olympic Park "A" Final
1 - Sam Masters
2 - Max Fricke
3 - Davey Watt
fx - Justin Sedgmen
Undera Park
Round three
11 January
Undera, Victoria - Undera Park Speedway
Referee: Lyal Allan
Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4-7 to "B" Final
"B" Final winner to "A" Final
Undera Park "B" Final
1 - Max Fricke
2 - Jack Holder
r - Brady Kurtz
fx - Nick Morris
Undera Park "A" Final
1 - Justin Sedgmen
2 - Sam Masters
3 - Max Fricke
4 - Troy Batchelor
Loxford Park
Round four
14 January
Kurri Kurri, New South Wales - Loxford Park Speedway
Referee: David Mills
Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4-7 to "B" Final
"B" Final winner to "A" Final
Loxford Park "B" Final
1 - Nick Morris
2 - Justin Sedgmen
3 - Rohan Tungate
4 - Davey Watt
Loxford Park "A" Final
1 - Brady Kurtz
2 - Nick Morris
3 - Troy Batchelor
4 - Sam Masters
Intermediate classification
The top 8 riders are automatically seeded to the 2018 Australian Individual Speedway Championship.