The Kings Challenge is an annual

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meeting held in Australia for

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. The meeting is held at the long

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in Mount Gambier, South Australia. After the success of the 1995

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at the speedway, the first Kings Challenge was held in 1995 and was won by Sydney-based driver Brooke Tatnell. Traditionally run on the Friday night before the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at the

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in Warrnambool ( Victoria), the $10,000 to win event was moved to the Thursday night to accommodate the Classic's move to a 3-day event in 2014. With the Kings Challenge running prior to the Classic, the event attracts the best sprintcar drivers from Australia and the United States. Brooke Tatnell (1995), Skip Jackson (1998), Danny Lasoski (2001) and Donny Schatz (2002) are the only drivers to have won the Kings Challenge / Sprintcar Classic double in the same year.

Winners since 1995

* Kerry Madsen became a naturalised United States citizen and is officially an Iowa driver for World of Outlaws. Australian sprint car racing uses State of Origin, where he is listed as NSW in his entry.

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Winners since 1995

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