Speedway Grand Prix of Australia

AustraliaSpeedway Grand Prix of Australia
Stadium Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Years 4 (2002, 2015-2017)
Track temporary track
Track Length 346 m
Last Event (season 2017)
Date 28 October 2017
Referee United Kingdom Carif Ackroyd
Winner Australia Jason Doyle
2nd place United Kingdom Tai Woffinden
3rd place Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik

The Speedway Grand Prix of Australia was a speedway event that is part of the Speedway Grand Prix Series.

The inaugural event, run on a 400 metres (440 yards) long temporary track at Stadium Australia in Sydney, was won by American rider Greg Hancock, from England's Scott Nicholls and Australian Jason Crump in 2002. The event was not retained in 2003, and it was 13 years before a Grand Prix returned to Australia.

The Speedway Grand Prix of Australian was resurrected in 2015, this time taking place at the Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. The event was once again won by Hancock.

Winners

Season City Stadium Winner
1 2002 Sydney Stadium Australia United States Greg Hancock result
2 2015 Melbourne Docklands Stadium United States Greg Hancock result
3 2016 Melbourne Docklands Stadium Australia Chris Holder result
4 2017 Melbourne Docklands Stadium Australia Jason Doyle result

Most wins

United States Greg Hancock 2 times [1]
Australia Chris Holder 1 time
Australia Jason Doyle 1 time

Future

Despite Australia being the birthplace of motorcycle speedway in 1923, and producing two World Champions since 2002 in Jason Crump (2004, 2006 and 2009) and Chris Holder (2012), as well as dual Under-21 World Champion Darcy Ward (2009, 2010), the Speedway Grand Prix of Australia has not returned to the SGP calendar as of 2014.

This is set to change from 2015 with Docklands Stadium in Melbourne, a 53,359 seat stadium with a retractable roof and movable seating, signing a 5-year deal to host the event.[2] Eithad is mostly used by the Australian Football League so a temporary track some 346 metres (378 yards) long will be installed for the 2015 event which was held on the 24th of October (after the end of the 2015 AFL season). The Grand Prix was the 12th and final round of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix series.[3]

Triple World Champion Jason Crump and ten time Australian Champion Leigh Adams served as Australian SGP ambassadors in 2015.

References

  1. ↑ Hancock wins in Melbourne
  2. ↑ Speedway GP Series Returns to Australia in 2015
  3. ↑ 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia details
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