1983 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

Australian motorcycle speedway championship February 2024 February 2024 1983 Australian Individual Speedway Championship 1982 1984 The 1983 Australian Individual Speedway Championship was held at Speedway Park in Adelaide, South Australia on 21 January 1983.http://speedwayfansite.com/champs/ausim.html Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Australii Speedway Fansite 19 February 2024https://www.australianspeedwaychampionships.com.au/results/ Australian Speedway Championship Results Australian Speedway Championship 19 February 2024 Sydney rider Billy Sanders won his fifth Australian Championship and his record fourth in a row.http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmaustralii.php Individual Australian Championship Historia Sportu Zuzlowego 19 February 2024http://www.vintagespeedway.com/Titles.html The Australian Solo Championship Vintage Speedway 19 February 2024 Sanders caused a stir when he famously told the unruly crowd that after the reception he got he might consider changing nationalities. He then told the crowd to "Get Stuffed" at the end of his victory speech while being unfairly booed following the unpopular decision by Adelaide-based meeting referee Sam Bass to exclude crowd favourite Phil Crump from their heat 14 clash which ultimately Crump the title. Sanders had won the start, but Crump had moved under him in turn 2 and sent the Sydney rider crashing into the concrete wall. To that point of the meeting, Crump had easily won his previous heats as well as twice breaking the 3 lap track record, while Sanders, who was also undefeated, had only just won his opening race after trailing Gary Guglielmi until finally passing him in the final turn. Ironically, in the re-run of the heat after Crump's exclusion Sanders would lower Crump's new track record by 5/100th's of a second with a new time of 51.22 for 3 laps of the 430 m yd off long clay surfaced track.1983 Australian Solo Championship The leading local rider was Steve Baker who finished 8th with 7 points. Later in the year Baker would win the 1983 European (World) Under-21 Championship in Italy. 1983 Australian Solo Championship Australian Championship 21 January 1983 South Australia Virginia, South Australia - Speedway Park Referee: AUS Sam Bass Qualification: The top two riders go through to the Overseas Final in Manchester, England. Pos. Rider Points DetailsGold Billy Sanders (New South Wales) 15 (3,3,3,3,3)Silver Glyn Taylor (Western Australia) 13 (3,2,2,3,3)Bronze Phil Crump (Victoria) 12 (3,3,3,X,3)4 Gary Guglielmi (New South Wales) 11+3 (2,1,3,2,3+3)5 Rod Hunter (Victoria) 11+2 (2,2,2,3,2+2)6 Danny Kennedy (Victoria) 8 (1,1,3,3,0)7 Les Sawyer (Western Australia) 8 (1,3,1,2,1)8 Steve Baker (South Australia) 7 (3,0,2,0,2)9 Mark Fiora (South Australia) 7 (2,2,0,1,2)10 John Titman (Queensland) 7 (X,2,1,2,2)11 Steve Regeling (Queensland) 6 (0,3,0,2,1)12 David Jackson (Northern Territory) 4 (1,2,0,1,0)13 Dean Johnson (Tasmania) 4 (0,1,1,2,1)14 Rod Ashton (Queensland) 4 (2,0,1,1,0)15 Kevin O'Connell (South Australia) (Res) 2 (-,-,2,-,-)16 Wayne Baxter (Northern Territory) 1 (0,0,0,0,1)17 Tony Boyle (South Australia) (Res) 1 (1,-,-,-,-)18 Chris Higgs (Tasmania) 0 (0,0,0,0,0) References See also Australia national speedway team Sport in Australia Motorcycle Speedway Category:Australian Individual Speedway Championship Australia Individual Speedway Championship