The Australian Super Sedan Championship is a

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championship held each year to determine the Australian national champion. The championship is held over a single meeting (usually on consecutive nights) and has run annually since the 1971/72 season and is awarded to a different state of

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each year by the national controlling body, the Australian Saloon Car Federation (ASCF). The first championship was run in Australia's capital city of

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at the now closed Fraser Park Speedway (later renamed Tralee Speedway) and was won by Kevin Dalton of

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. The championship is separate to the National Super Sedan Series which has been in operation since 2006.

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driver Grenville Anderson (1951-2004), holds the record for most championship wins with four titles to his name - 1975/76 (

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), 1977/78 (

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, Western Australia), 1979/80 ( Bagot Park in Darwin,

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), and 1992/93 (

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in Latrobe,

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). Anderson also finished second in 1978/79 at the Charlton Speedway in

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, and was easily the quickest driver at the 1991/92 championship at

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in Adelaide, not losing a race until a crash in his final heat saw his car severely damaged. Born in 1951, Anderson died in 2004 as a result of head injuries he sustained during a crash when running hot laps at

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's Archerfield Speedway before the first night of the 1993/94 Australian Championships where he was the defending champion. The current (2017/18) Australian Super Sedan champion is Tasmanian Callum Harper who won his 2nd crown at Parramatta, NSW in early March 2018.

Winners since 1971

** ''1982-83 Championship was run over 3 rounds with an overall winner, runner up and 3rd place decided on points''
## 1983-84 ''The name was changed from National Super Sedan - Open Division to Super Sedans''

References

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External links

ASCF Australian Super Sedan Championship Honour Roll
Super Sedan Championship Super Sedan Championship Super Sedan

Winners since 1971

See also

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