The Australian Sidecar Championship is a
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championship held each year to determine the Australian national champions. The event is sanctioned and run by
Motorcycling Australia
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(MA) and is held in a different state every year. The Australian Sidecar Championship was first held in 1931 at the
Melbourne Exhibition Speedway and was won by
Victorian pair Les Medlycott and his passenger "Tich" Jones
The 2013 Australian Speedway Sidecar Championship was held at the
Gillman Speedway
Gillman Speedway (sometimes called Gillman Speedway Stadium) is a purpose built, long motorcycle speedway located in the Adelaide suburb of Gillman in South Australia. The track opened in 1998 and runs approximately 13 meetings per season fro ...
in
Adelaide
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South Australia
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, and was won by Darrin Treloar (NSW) and his Victorian swinger Simon Cohrs. It was a record 7th Australian Championship win for Treloar, while for Cohrs it was his second win.
The 2014 Australian Championship was held at the
Loxford Park Speedway in
Kurri Kurri
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New South Wales
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, on 28–29 March. Darrin Treloar (NSW) won his 8th Australian Championship, his new passenger Blake Cox scored his first win of this championship.
The 2015 Australian Championship was held at the
Arunga Park Speedway
Many sports are played in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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in
Alice Springs
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on 4–5 April. It was the first time the speedway has hosted the championship since 1985. South Australian pair Justin Plaisted and Sam Harrison won the title. For Plaisted, who had won the championship three times as a passenger with Darrin Treloar, it was his first win as a rider.
The 2016 championship was held at the
Olympic Park Speedway
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in
Mildura
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on 8–9 April with NSW pair Darrin Treloar (who won his record 9th title) and Blake Cox taking the win.
The 2017 Australian Championship was held at the Gillman Speedway. South Australia's Trent Headland and his British passenger Darryl Whetstone went one better than they had done in 2016 when they won their first Australian championship with Whetstone also becoming the first non-Australian to win the title.
Winners since 1931
''Prior to 1961, multiple titles were held in the same year at different tracks over 2, 3 or 4 laps''
''1950 (4 lap), 1979, 1984 & 1992 - Ride-off to decide winner after tied on points''1998 ''Results altered at MA tribunal hearing 28 September 1998''
See also
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Motorsport in Australia
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List of Australian motor racing series
The following is a List of Australian motor racing titles.
See also
*Motorsport in Australia
References
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References
External links
Australian Sidecar Championship's
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Motorsport competitions in Australia
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National championships in Australia
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