The South Australian Speedcar Championship is a Speedcar championship held in the state of
South Australia
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on an annual basis during the Australian speedway season.
South Australia was the third Australian state behind
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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and
New South Wales
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to race speedcars when races began at the Camden Motordrome on 28 December 1935. Two years later saw the formation of the states first governing body, South Australian Speedways Limited.
The first State Championship was run at the
Kilburn Speedway
Kilburn may refer to:
Places
* Kilburn, London, England
** Kilburn (Brent ward), a List of electoral wards in Greater London#Brent, ward in the London Borough of Brent, England
** Kilburn (Camden ward), a ward in the London Borough of Camden, Eng ...
in
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
in 1946/47 and was won by
Victorian
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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 ...
in Adelaide hosted the championship on 29 occasions between 1959/50 and 1978/79. Speedway Park/City is next hosting on 20 occasions between 1979/80 and 1999/2000.
Of the state titles held since 1946/47, there have been 6 won by overseas visitors. They have been
Bob Tattersall
Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to:
Places
*Mount Bob, New York, United States
*Bob Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
People, fictional characters, and named animals
*Bob (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
*Bob (surname) ...
(1958/59, 1967/68),
Jimmy Davies
James Richard Davies (August 8, 1929 – June 11, 1966) was an American racecar driver in Champ cars and midgets. He was the second man to win three USAC National Midget Championships.Mark Passerrelli (1987/88) from the United States, and New Zealand speedway star Barry Butterworth (1964/65).
One family has made the SA Title record books in recent times with four members of the same family winning the event. Garry Dillon took the win in 1993/94; his son Luke Dillon driving for his Uncle Stephen Dillon won in 2006/07; son Lee Dillon won in 2008/09 driving for fellow SA Speedcar racer Mark Harrington; and cousin Ben Dillon who won the event in 2010/11 driving for his father Stephen.
The reigning SA Champion is NSW's Nathan Smee, until a new winner is crowned at Borderline Speedway, Mount Gambier on Friday 7th January 2022.
REF: www.SAspeedcars.com
Winners since 1946/47
''All drivers are from South Australia (SA) unless otherwise stated.''
''* Trevor Green, the 1988/89 champion, became the first rookie to win the SA title. He backed it up with his second title in 1989/90.''
Speedway
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Racing Race tracks
*Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta
*Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a motor raceway in Speedway, Indiana
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