2009 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

The 2009 Individual Speedway Australian Championship was the 2009 version of the Individual Speedway Australian Championship organised by Motorcycling Australia. The three final rounds took place between 3 January and 10 January.[1] The championship was won by Leigh Adams, who beat the defending champion Chris Holder into second place. Rory Schlein finished third.

By winning the 2009 Australian Solo Championship, Leigh Adams won his record 10th Australian title, which he had first won in 1992. Adams was undefeated through the three rounds held at the Newcastle Showgrounds, Olympic Park Speedway, and Gillman Speedway.[2][3]

Qualification

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Pos. Rider Points Details
1 (4) Kozza Smith 14 (3,3,3,2,3)
2 (13) Aaron Summers 13 (3,3,1,3,3)
3 (7) Darcy Ward 12 (3,3,3,2,1)
4 (16) Jay Herne 11 (2,2,3,1,3)
5 (8) Justin Sedgmen 11 (2,1,3,2,3)
6 (3) Lee Herne 10 (2,2,2,3,1)
7 (15) James Holder 9 (1,0,3,3,2)
8 (2) Hugh Skidmore 8 (1,3,1,1,2)
9 (9) Sam Masters 7 (3,2,1,1,0)
10 (14) Arlo Bugeja 6 (0,2,0,2,2)
11 (11) Richard Sweetman 6 (2,1,2,0,1)
12 (10) Michael Penfold 5 (1,1,0,2,1)
13 (6) Ryan Sedgmen 2 (e,0,0,0,2)
14 (12) Mitchell Davey 2 (e,0,2,0,0)
15 (5) Jake Anderson 2 (0,0,1,1,0)
16 (1) Kurt Shields 2 (1,1,e,0,0)

Finals

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Ten riders were seeded through to the finals:

Newcastle

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Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22
1 (5) Leigh Adams 20 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3
2 (10) Rory Schlein 18 3 3 3 0 3 12 2 2
3 (16) Chris Holder 17 3 2 3 2 1 11 5 3 1
4 (7) Jason Doyle 16 2 3 2 3 2 12 3 0
5 (9) Cameron Woodward 15 1 1 3 3 3 11 4 2
6 (1) Tyron Proctor 14 3 2 0 0 2 7 7 1
7 (11) Davey Watt 13 2 2 2 2 2 10 6 0
8 (3) Cory Gathercole 12 1 0 2 1 3 7 8
9 (13) Jay Herne 11 E 0 1 3 2 6 9
10 (12) Troy Batchelor 10 0 3 2 1 E 6 10
11 (14) Lee Herne 9 2 1 0 2 1 6 11
12 (2) Kozza Smith 7 2 2 1 Fx 0 5 12
13 (6) Darcy Ward 6 1 0 1 2 1 5 13
14 (15) Josh Grajczonek 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 14
15 (8) Justin Sedgmen 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 15
16 (4) Aaron Summers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
(17) James Holder 0 0
(18) Hugh Skidmore 0 0
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Mildura

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Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22
1 (4) Leigh Adams 20 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3
2 (1) Chris Holder 18 1 2 3 2 3 11 5 3 2
3 (3) Troy Batchelor 17 2 2 3 2 3 12 2 1
4 (6) Jason Doyle 16 3 3 2 2 2 12 3 Fx
5 (10) Rory Schlein 15 3 1 2 3 2 11 6 2
6 (7) Davey Watt 14 2 3 0 3 3 11 4 1
7 (13) Cameron Woodward 13 3 3 1 3 0 10 7 Fx
8 (2) Tyron Proctor 12 0 2 3 2 1 8 8
9 (16) Darcy Ward 11 2 2 1 1 2 8 9
10 (8) Kozza Smith 10 1 1 2 1 1 6 10
11 (9) Justin Sedgmen 9 2 1 0 1 0 4 11
12 (14) Josh Grajczonek 7 0 0 1 0 2 3 12
13 (5) Jay Herne 6 0 Fx 2 e 1 3 13
14 (15) Aaron Summers 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 14
15 (12) Lee Herne 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 15
16 (11) Cory Gathercole 2 1 0 0 0 Fx 1 16
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Gillman

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Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22
1 (16) Leigh Adams 20 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3
2 (6) Troy Batchelor 18 1 2 2 2 3 10 5-6 3 2
3 (9) Chris Holder 17 3 2 3 3 2 13 2 1
4 (1) Davey Watt 16 2 3 1 3 3 12 3 0
5 (3) Rory Schlein 15 3 2 2 2 2 11 5-6 2
6 (5) Darcy Ward 14 3 1 3 1 3 11 4 1
7 (10) Cameron Woodward 13 2 3 3 0 1 9 7 0
8 (7) Cory Gathercole 12 2 3 1 2 1 9 8
9 (13) Tyron Proctor 11 Fx 0 2 3 1 6 9
10 (2) Kozza Smith 10 1 0 2 2 0 5 10
11 (11) Aaron Summers 9 1 1 0 1 2 5 11
12 (14) Josh Grajczonek 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 12
13 (15) Justin Sedgmen 6 1 0 1 1 2 5 13
14 (8) James Holder 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 14
15 (12) Jay Herne 3 0 1 Fx 0 - 1 15
16 (4) Lee Herne 2 0 0 0 Fx 0 0 16
17 (17) Arlo Bugeja 0 0 0 17
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

The intermediate classification

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Pos. Rider Points NEW MIL GIL
  Leigh Adams 60 20 20 20
  Chris Holder 52 17 18 17
  Rory Schlein 48 18 15 15
4 Troy Batchelor 45 10 17 18
5 Davey Watt 43 13 14 16
6 Cameron Woodward 41 15 13 13
7 Tyron Proctor 37 14 12 11
8 Jason Doyle 32 16 16 -
9 Darcy Ward 34 6 11 14
10 Cory Gathercole 28 12 4 12
11 Kozza Smith 27 7 10 10
12 Josh Grajczonek 20 4 9 7
13 Jay Herne 17 11 3 3
14 Aaron Summers 17 2 6 9
15 Justin Sedgmen 16 3 7 6
16 Lee Herne 13 9 2 2
17 James Holder 3 3
18 Arlo Bugeja 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "W styczniu mistrzostwa Australii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Individual Australian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  3. ^ "The Australian Solo Championship". Vintage Speedway. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Smith wygrał kwalifikacje" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Adams wygrywa pierwszą rundę IM Australii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 January 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Nie ma mocnych na Adamsa" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 7 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Adams po raz 10. mistrzem Australii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 10 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2009.

See also

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