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

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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

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pair Les Medlycott and his passenger "Tich" Jones The 2013 Australian Speedway Sidecar Championship was held at the Gillman Speedway in

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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

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in Kurri Kurri,

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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 in

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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

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in Mildura 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''

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Winners since 1931

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