Gillman Speedway (sometimes called Gillman Speedway Stadium) is a purpose built, long
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
located in the
Adelaide
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suburb of
Gillman in
South Australia
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. The track opened in 1998 and runs approximately 13 meetings per season from October to March/April.
Gillman Speedway is currently managed and promoted by former
Rowley Park Speedway
Rowley Park Speedway
is a former dirt track racing venue that was located on Torrens Road in Brompton, South Australia and supplanted the Kilburn speedway (1946–1951) on Churchill Road, and the earlier Camden motordrome (1935–1941 ...
Sidecar
A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, scooter, or bicycle, making the whole a three-wheeled vehicle. A motorcycle with a sidecar is sometimes called a ''combination'', an ''outfit'', a ''rig'' or a ''hack''.
...
racer David Parker.
History
The sudden and forced closure of the
North Arm Speedway
North Arm Speedway was the first dedicated motorcycle speedway ever built in Adelaide, South Australia and was located in the industrial suburb of Gillman, South Australia, Gillman. It was run by the Speedway Riders' Association of South Austra ...
at the end of the 1996–97 season left Adelaide without a weekly operating venue for motorcycle speedway for the first time in almost 80 years. North Arm was located on land owned by the
Government of South Australia
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and the land was reclaimed in mid-1997. David Parker, the President of the Speedway Riders' Association of South Australia and Motorcycling SA President Ivan Golding inspected many sites for a new speedway before settling on the Heini Becker Park Motorsport Complex at Gillman, adjacent to the Heini Becker
Motocross
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom.
History
Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competi ...
track and only 2 km from where North Arm was located. The only equipment they had to start building the new venue was an old water truck, an old Gallion Grader and a
Massey Ferguson
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tractor (which is still going, whereas the other machinery has since died and been replaced).
Gillman Speedway, located on what was the car park of the motocross track, held its first official practice on Sunday, 19 October 1997 on a small track formed using
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from the old North Arm track. The track ran north–south with the start line located approximately where turns 1 and 2 for solos now stand, and held regular monthly practice meetings while a larger dirt track was constructed (running east–west). The original safety fence of the 213-metre track consisted of used car tyres (painted white) stacked three high. After monthly practice meetings were held on the larger track, the first meeting was held on 16 May 1998.
Meetings were held at the circuit for the next two years while continued improvements were carried out. Temporary lights were installed in November 1999, and on 7 January 2000 the first meeting under lights was held which was the
South Australian Solo Championship, won by Adelaide rider
Nigel Sadler.
Over the winter during 2000, the Speedway Riders' Association of SA Inc. was given financial help and also had the volunteer manpower help of the local riders and their family and friends. This allowed the Association to level both existing tracks and to build the international standard track that is in use to this day.
The current 300-metre track is 13 metres wide on the straights and 15 metres on corners with slight camber. The surface is a dolomite, crushed granite and clay mix, while the Safety fence is constructed of 1.2-metre high rubber belting, suspended on high tensile wire strands. The speedway has eight 15-metre high light poles with each having three x 2000 watt metal halide lights. The referee's and commentary box, located at the start/finish line, is fitted with an
FIM
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* Flint Institute of Music, in Michigan, United States
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* ...
type control panel. Terraced and banked spectator areas surround the track with the exception of the back straight where the pits are located. The land in front of the pits has been deliberately left flat to allow the future building of a grandstand when funds permit. Currently this area is used as a viewing area for those in the pits. Gillman Speedway also boasts a VIP area located on the outside of turn 3 (turn 2 for the sidecars) where up to 50 people can watch the racing from an elevated position overlooking the track.
The track opened on
Australia Day
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(26 January) 2001 with the staging of the
Jack Young Solo Cup and the Harry Denton Memorial Shield for
Sidecars
A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, scooter, or bicycle, making the whole a three-wheeled vehicle. A motorcycle with a sidecar is sometimes called a ''combination'', an ''outfit'', a ''rig'' or a ''hack''.
...
.
Leigh Adams
Leigh Scott Adams (born 28 April 1971 in Mildura, Victoria)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion. He also w ...
, who had previously won the cup at North Arm in 1994 and 1997, won his third Jack Young Cup from Adelaide's own
Shane Parker and
Mildura
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's
Travis McGowan
Travis McGowan (born 13 January 1981 in Mildura, Victoria) is an Australian speedway rider.
Career
McGowan started racing motorbikes the age of ten, and in 1993 he won the Australian Under-16 Championship at Darwin's Northline Speedway. Succe ...
(Adams would win the cup again in 2002 and 2003).
Townsville
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's
Garry Moon
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and Chris Hughes won the Harry Denton Shield from then
Australian Champions Glenn and Nathan O'Brien from
Perth
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, with the local team of Justin and Mark Plaisted finishing third.
During its first season of operation, Gillman also played host to the
2001 Australian Under-21 Solo Championship won by Adelaide rider
Rusty Harrison
Russell Wade "Rusty" Harrison (born 11 October 1981 in Elizabeth, South Australia)
is an Australian speedway rider.
Career summary
Harrison won the Australian Under-16 Championship in 1995 in Perth and again in 1997 at his home track in Adela ...
. After the success of the meeting, Gillman again hosted the Under-21 Championship in 2002, with Travis McGowan taking out his third and last U/21 title.
Since its opening and with constant improvements to the venue including spectator terracing and a covered and paved pit area, Gillman has been regarded as one of the premier motorcycle speedways in
Australia
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. Since 2005 the speedway has held at least one round of the
Australian Solo Championship
The Australian Solo Championship is a motorcycle speedway championship held each year to determine the Australian national champion. It is organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA) and is the oldest continuously running national speedway champions ...
, including the final round of the championship in 2009, 2012 and 2014, and the opening round in 2006, 2010 and 2013. Gillman also held the Australian Sidecar Championship in 2008, 2011, and 2013. Gillman also hosted the
Australian Under-21 Solo Championship on 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2014.
On 11 May 2011 it was announced that Gillman Speedway would hold the third and final round of the 2011/12 Australian Solo Championship on 21 January 2012. The championship saw
Chris Holder
Christopher Robert Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider currently riding for Lejonen in the Swedish Elitserien and for Apator Toruń in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. He became the Austral ...
from
New South Wales
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unbeaten to claim his 4th Australian Championship in 5 years. Later in the year Holder joined
Lionel Van Praag
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(
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
),
Bluey Wilkinson
Arthur George "Bluey" Wilkinson (27 August 1911 – 27 July 1940) was an international speedway rider. Wilkinson was Speedway World Champion in 1938 after narrowly missing out on winning the inaugural Championship in 1936.
Early life
Wi ...
(
1938
Events
January
* January 1
** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...
), Jack Young (
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
and
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
), and
Jason Crump
Jason Philip Crump (born 6 August 1975) is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion.
In a 21-year career in Speedway, Jason Cr ...
(
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
,
2006
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and
2009
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) to become Australia's 5th
Speedway World Champion when he won the
2012 Speedway Grand Prix series.
Nine days later on 20 May 2011 it was announced that Gillman Speedway would hold the final round of the new 13 round 2011/12 Speedway Sidecar Grand Slam, The series, the first of its kind in Australia for Sidecars, starts on 14 October at the
Pioneer Park Speedway
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in
Ayr, Queensland
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will be headlined by five times Australian champions Glenn O’Brien from
Western Australia
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and Darrin Treloar from
New South Wales
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as well as current World Champions Mick Headland and Paul Waters. The provisional date for the final at Gillman Speedway was 7 April 2012.
In August 2015, the long planned open-air (no roof) grandstand for the back straight was finally completed. The stand, which is located directly in front of the pits, has a seating capacity of 216. Speedway management also announced that Gillman would host the FIM Speedway Sidecar World Cup on 26 March 2016.
On 7 November 2015, Gillman Speedway hosted a benefit meeting for injured Australian rider
Darcy Ward
Darcy Stephen Ward (born 4 May 1992 in Nanango, Queensland) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider who won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Australian Under-21 Championships as well as the 2009 and 2010 World Under-21 Championships. His ca ...
with all the money made at the gate (plus more from the auction of items such as helmets signed by
MotoGP
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riders
Valentino Rossi
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and
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three MotoGP World Championships (, and ) and two 250cc World Championships ( and ).
After winning the 2006 a ...
) going to Ward to help with his medical costs. A crowd of 1,933 was in attendance to see Chris Holder take out the solo final from
Troy Batchelor
Troy Matthew Batchelor (born 29 August 1987) is an Australian speedway rider.
Career
Australia
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Troy Batchelor enjoyed his first success when he won the 2001 Queensland and New South Wales Under-16 championships a ...
and the surprise of the meeting, young German rider
Kai Huckenback. During the night Holder also swapped two wheels for three and did 4 laps on the back of Mark Plaisted's 1000cc sidecar. Reigning Australian sidecar champions Justin Plaisted and Sam Harrison took out the sidecar final from Mick and Jesse Headland with Trent Headland / Daz Whetstone finishing third. The meeting raised over $40,000 for the Darcy Ward Rehabilitation Fund.
The current 4 lap record at Gillman is 54.06 seconds set on 3 January 2017 by Victorian rider
Justin Sedgmen
Justin Maxwell Sedgmen (born 17 February 1992) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider.
Career Junior career
Born in Mildura, Victoria, Justin Sedgmen and his older brother Ryan (born December 1990) began their speedway careers at Mildura ...
. The 4 lap Sidecar record is held by Trent Headland (SA) and Darryl Whetstone (Great Britain) with a time of 56.36 seconds set on 16 April 2017.
Air Fence
To increase the safety of the riders, the Speedway Riders Association installed an Air Fence through turns one and two and three and four at Gillman Speedway by the start of the 2011–12 season. The Speedway Safety System Airfence, the most up-to-date and safest Speedway fence that is manufactured, consists of sixty six 3 x 1.2 panels that are 75 centimetres thick. Each panel consists of a foam frame and reinforced PVC cover. The Air Fence was installed at a cost in excess of
A$100,000 with the money raised by the Speedway Riders' Association through sponsorship packages.
The Air Fence fund also received a donation from
Sweden
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's six time
Speedway World Champion Tony Rickardsson
Tony Rickardsson (born on 17 August 1970) is a Swedish former professional motorcycle speedway rider. He competed in the Speedway World Championships from 1989 to 2006. Rickardsson is notable for winning six Speedway World Championship titles in 1 ...
after he visited the venue and said ''"this is how Speedway should be"''.
Junior Track
In 2006 a Junior track was built on the infield of the main track to encourage junior development, and was opened on 21 October by legendary
Rowley Park Speedway
Rowley Park Speedway
is a former dirt track racing venue that was located on Torrens Road in Brompton, South Australia and supplanted the Kilburn speedway (1946–1951) on Churchill Road, and the earlier Camden motordrome (1935–1941 ...
promoter, the late
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. It is the second junior track in operation in Adelaide after the
Sidewinders Speedway
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opened in 1978 and is still in operation as of 2016.
Other distinguished guests on the night included six time
World Champion
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Ivan Mauger
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(who gave a demonstration ride on the main track at age 67, and was only 7 seconds slower over 4 laps than then track record holder Leigh Adams), former captain and later manager of the
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and
Great Britain
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, the late
Nigel Boocock
Nigel Boocock (17 September 1937 – 3 April 2015) was a British speedway rider who appeared in eight Speedway World Championship finals and was a reserve in one other (1962).
Career
Born in Wakefield, England, Boocock started his career with t ...
, twice Australian and nine time South Australian champion from the 1960s and 70's
John Boulger
John Boulger (born 18 June 1945 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider. After he retired from riding Solos in the early 1980s, Boulger raced somewhat successfully in Speedcars (Midgets) from the mid- ...
, South Australian speedway legend
Bill Wigzell
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, who although more known for driving
Speedcars and the purple #88
Super Modified ''"Suddenly"'', actually got his on track start in speedway as a Solo rider at Adelaide's old
Kilburn Speedway
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in the late 1940s after initially being a Speedcar mechanic. The former flagman/Clerk of Course at Rowley Park, as well as the
Australian Grand Prix
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in
Adelaide
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, Glen Dix, was also a guest.
Like its big brother, the long junior track is a dolomite, crushed granite and clay mix. The junior track has no safety fence, although the shortest run-off area is 17 metres giving riders ample time to stop or turn before hitting the fence on the main track.
Victorian rider
Max Fricke
Max Fricke (born 29 March 1996) is an Australian speedway rider. He is a World team champion, twice Australian champion and four times Australian Under-21 Champion.
Career Juniors
Fricke competed in junior levels of motocross and speedway in ...
, the
2016 Under-21 World Champion, currently holds the 4 lap record on the junior track with a time of 41.55 seconds set on 22 January 2011. The 4 lap junior sidecar record is held by NSW pair Shane Hudson and Sam Gilbert with a time of 42.46 seconds set on 22 March 2011.
Track Information
Main Track
Length – , 1 metre out from the pole line
Width – 13 metres (straights), 15 metres (turns)
Banking – slight camber
Surface – Dolomite, crushed granite, clay mix
Safety Fence – 1.2-metre high rubber belting, suspended on high tensile wire strands. The latest and safest Speedway fence, the Airfence Speedway Safety System, installed in front of the existing fence on the corners in November 2011
Lighting: – 24 x 2000 watt metal halide on eight 15-metre poles
Referees Box – Fitted with an F.I.M. type Control panel.
Junior Track
Length – , 1 metre out from the pole line
Surface – Dolomite, crushed granite, clay mix
Safety Fence – No safety fence.
World Sidecar Championship
Gillman Solo Championship
Since 2003, Gillman Speedway has staged the Gillman Solo Championship run for both Division 1 and Division 2 riders. The meeting is staged in the traditional single meeting format with semi-finals and a final. The championship was not run in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Gillman Solo Championship winners
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''Results shown for the Division 1 championship.''
Australian Championships
Australian Solo Championship
* 2005 – Round 4 Leigh Adams
Leigh Scott Adams (born 28 April 1971 in Mildura, Victoria)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion. He also w ...
(''series winner – Leigh Adams'')
* 2006 – Round 1 Leigh Adams
Leigh Scott Adams (born 28 April 1971 in Mildura, Victoria)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion. He also w ...
(''series winner – Leigh Adams'')
* 2007 – Round 4 Leigh Adams
Leigh Scott Adams (born 28 April 1971 in Mildura, Victoria)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion. He also w ...
(''series winner – Jason Crump
Jason Philip Crump (born 6 August 1975) is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion.
In a 21-year career in Speedway, Jason Cr ...
'')
* 2008 – Round 2 Chris Holder
Christopher Robert Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider currently riding for Lejonen in the Swedish Elitserien and for Apator Toruń in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. He became the Austral ...
(''series winner – Chris Holder'')
* 2009
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– Round 3 Leigh Adams
Leigh Scott Adams (born 28 April 1971 in Mildura, Victoria)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion. He also w ...
(''series winner – Leigh Adams'')
* 2010 – Round 1 Troy Batchelor
Troy Matthew Batchelor (born 29 August 1987) is an Australian speedway rider.
Career
Australia
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Troy Batchelor enjoyed his first success when he won the 2001 Queensland and New South Wales Under-16 championships a ...
(''series winner – Chris Holder'')
* 2011 – Round 2 Davey Watt
David John Watt (born 6 January 1978 in Townsville, Queensland) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. He won the Queensland state championship in 2005 and was a member of the Australian team that finished second t ...
(''series winner – Chris Holder'')
* 2012 – Round 4 Chris Holder
Christopher Robert Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider currently riding for Lejonen in the Swedish Elitserien and for Apator Toruń in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. He became the Austral ...
(''series winner – Chris Holder'')
* 2013 – Round 1 Troy Batchelor
Troy Matthew Batchelor (born 29 August 1987) is an Australian speedway rider.
Career
Australia
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Troy Batchelor enjoyed his first success when he won the 2001 Queensland and New South Wales Under-16 championships a ...
(''series winner – Troy Batchelor'')
* 2014
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– Round 3 Rohan Tungate
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Career
Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Tungate made his British speed ...
(''series winner – Chris Holder'')
* 2015
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– Round 1 Jason Doyle
Jason Kevin Doyle (born 6 October 1985) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He became World Champion in 2017. He won the 2015 Australian Solo Championship. He has also won the South Australian Championship in 2014, and the Elite Leagu ...
(''series winner – Jason Doyle'')
* 2016
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– Round 3 Brady Kurtz
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Biography
Born in Cowra, New South Wales, Kurtz isn't the only racer in his family. Brady's older brother Todd Kurtz is a fellow Speedway rider, who has ridden for the Plymo ...
(''series winner – Brady Kurtz'')
* 2017
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– Round 1 Troy Batchelor
Troy Matthew Batchelor (born 29 August 1987) is an Australian speedway rider.
Career
Australia
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Troy Batchelor enjoyed his first success when he won the 2001 Queensland and New South Wales Under-16 championships a ...
(''series winner – Sam Masters
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Career
Masters was born ...
'')
* 2018
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– Round 4 ''TBD'' (''series winner – TBD'')
Australian Under-21 Championship
* 2001 – Rusty Harrison
Russell Wade "Rusty" Harrison (born 11 October 1981 in Elizabeth, South Australia)
is an Australian speedway rider.
Career summary
Harrison won the Australian Under-16 Championship in 1995 in Perth and again in 1997 at his home track in Adela ...
* 2002 – Travis McGowan
Travis McGowan (born 13 January 1981 in Mildura, Victoria) is an Australian speedway rider.
Career
McGowan started racing motorbikes the age of ten, and in 1993 he won the Australian Under-16 Championship at Darwin's Northline Speedway. Succe ...
* 2006 – Chris Holder
Christopher Robert Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider currently riding for Lejonen in the Swedish Elitserien and for Apator Toruń in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. He became the Austral ...
* 2007 – Chris Holder
Christopher Robert Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider currently riding for Lejonen in the Swedish Elitserien and for Apator Toruń in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. He became the Austral ...
* 2014 – Max Fricke
Max Fricke (born 29 March 1996) is an Australian speedway rider. He is a World team champion, twice Australian champion and four times Australian Under-21 Champion.
Career Juniors
Fricke competed in junior levels of motocross and speedway in ...
* 2016 – Jack Holder
Jack Holder (born 23 March 1996) in Appin, New South Wales is an Australian speedway rider currently riding for Sheffield Tigers in the British Elite League and Apator Toruń in the Polish Ekstraliga. Jack is a World team champion and his bro ...
Australian Sidecar Championship
* 2008 – Darrin Treloar / Justin Plaisted
* 2011 – Glenn O'Brien / Aaron Maynard
* 2013 – Darrin Treloar / Simon Cohrs
* 2017 – Trent Headland / Darryl Whetstone
Lap Records
''as of April 2017''
track
*Solo
Solo or SOLO may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Comics
* ''Solo'' (DC Comics), a DC comics series
* Solo, a 1996 mini-series from Dark Horse Comics
Characters
* Han Solo, a ''Star Wars'' character
* Jacen Solo, a Jedi in the non-canonical ''S ...
(4 laps clutch start): 0:54.06 – Justin Sedgmen
Justin Maxwell Sedgmen (born 17 February 1992) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider.
Career Junior career
Born in Mildura, Victoria, Justin Sedgmen and his older brother Ryan (born December 1990) began their speedway careers at Mildura ...
(), 3 January 2017
*Sidecar
A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, scooter, or bicycle, making the whole a three-wheeled vehicle. A motorcycle with a sidecar is sometimes called a ''combination'', an ''outfit'', a ''rig'' or a ''hack''.
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(4 laps clutch start): 0:56.36 – Trent Headland () / Darryl Whetstone (), 16 April 2017
Junior Track
*125cc Junior Solo (4 Laps clutch start): 0:41.55 – Max Fricke
Max Fricke (born 29 March 1996) is an Australian speedway rider. He is a World team champion, twice Australian champion and four times Australian Under-21 Champion.
Career Juniors
Fricke competed in junior levels of motocross and speedway in ...
(), 22 January 2011
*250cc Junior Sidecar (4 Laps clutch start): 0:42.46 – Shane Hudson () / Sam Gilbert (), 26 March 2011
References
External links
Gillman Speedway official site
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Speedway venues in Australia
Sports venues in Adelaide
Motorsport in Adelaide