1991 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

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The 1991 Australian Individual Speedway Championship was the 1991 version of the Australian Individual Speedway Championship organised by Motorcycling Australia. The final took place on 27 January at the Arunga Park Speedway in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Sydney's Craig Boyce won his first Australian championship from defending champion Glenn Doyle with veteran Glyn Taylor third (both from Perth, WA). Boyce was unbeaten on the night to win his first Australian Championship.

As of 2013, this is the only time the Australian Solo Championship final has been held in the Northern Territory.

State Title Qualification[]

Northern Territory[]

  • Northern Territory Championship
  • 17 November 1990
  • Northern Territory Tennant Creek, Tennant Creek Speedway
  • Referee:
  • Qualification: The top two riders go through to the Australian Final.
Pos. Rider Points Details
1 15
2 14
3 13
4 11
5 11
6 9
7 7
8 7
9 7
10 7
11 6
12 4
13 4
14 2
15 1

Queensland[]

  • Queensland Championship
  • 1 December 1990
  • Queensland Mackay,
  • Referee:
  • Qualification: The top two riders go through to the Australian Final.
Pos. Rider Points Details
1 Troy Butler 15
2 13+3
3 Alan Rivett 13+2
4 Wayne Baxter 11+3
5 11+2
6 10
7 8
8 7
9 5
10 5
11 4
12 4
13 4
14 3
15 2
16 2
17 (Res) 2

Victoria[]

Pos. Rider Points Details
1 Leigh Adams* 15
2 Jason Lyons 14
3 Phil Crump* 11+3
4 Mark Lemon 11+2
5 10
6 10
7 10
8 8
9 6
10 5
11 5
12 4
13 (Res) 3
14 2
15 (Res) 2
16 1
17 1
18 1

Leigh Adams withdrew from the Australian Final after breaking his wrist in Adelaide on 9 January 1991. As the 3rd placed rider in the Victorian title, four time national champion Phil Crump was seeded to the Australian Final in Adams place.

New South Wales[]

Pos. Rider Points Details
1 Craig Boyce 15
2 Todd Wiltshire 14
3 13
4 11+3
5 11+2
6 Mick Poole 10
7 Sean Willmott 8
8 8
9 8
10 5
11 4
12 3
13 3
14 3
15 2
16 2

Western Australia[]

Pos. Rider Points Details
1 Glenn Doyle 30
2 28
3 22
4 Glyn Taylor 20
5 20
6 15
7 Louis Russell 11
8 9
9 9
10 8
11 8
12 5
13 Steve Johnston (Res) 0

South Australia[]

  • SA Championship
  • 29 December 1990
  • South Australia Murray Bridge, Riverview Speedway
  • Referee: Gavin Willson
  • Qualification: The top two riders go through to the Australian Final.
Pos. Rider Points Details
1 Shane Parker 15
2 11+3
3 11+2
4 10+3
5 10+3
6 9
7 8
8 8
9 7
10 7
11 6
12 6
13 5
14 3
15 3
16 (Res) 1
17 0

Qualifying Round[]

After a number of high-profile riders had failed to qualify for the Australian final, a special qualifying round was held at Arunga Park the week before the finals. Unfortunately the round was not well attended after it was revealed that only the top five riders would be paid travel money, prompting many (mostly NSW rider who had placed 2nd and 3rd in the previous two Australian titles) to boycott the event.

  • Qualifying Round
  • 19 January 1991
  • Northern Territory Alice Springs, Northern Territory - Arunga Park Speedway
  • Referee:
  • Qualification: The top four riders go through to the Australian Final. Fifth place takes Australian Final reserve spot.
Pos. Rider Points Details
1 Shane Bowes (SA) 12
2 (SA) 10
3 Mark Lemon (Vic) 9+3
4 Glyn Taylor (WA) 9+2
5 (NT) 9+1
6 (Vic) 6
7 (NT) 6
8 (Qld) 5
9 (NT) 4
10 (NT) 3
11 (NT) 2
12 (NT) 2
13 (NT) 1

1991 Australian Solo Championship[]

Pos. Rider Points Details
Gold Craig Boyce (New South Wales) 15 (3,3,3,3,3)
Silver Glenn Doyle (Western Australia) 14 (3,3,3,3,2)
Bronze Glyn Taylor (Western Australia) 12 (1,3,3,2,3)
4 (Western Australia) 10+3 (2,3,1,1,3+3)
5 Todd Wiltshire (New South Wales) 10+2 (3,x,2,2,3+2)
6 Shane Bowes (South Australia) 10+1 (3,1,2,3,1+1)
7 Phil Crump (Victoria (Australia)) 9 (0,2,3,3,1)
8 Troy Butler (Queensland) 8 (0,2,2,2,2)
9 Shane Parker (South Australia) 8 (2,2,2,2,e)
10 (South Australia) 5 (2,1,0,0,2)
11 (South Australia) 5 (2,0,1,0,2)
12 Mark Lemon (Victoria (Australia)) 5 (1,2,1,1,0)
13 (Northern Territory) 3 (1,1,0,0,1)
14 (Queensland) 2 (1,0,0,1,0)
15 (Northern Territory) 2 (0,0,0,1,1)
16 Jason Lyons (Victoria (Australia)) 2 (ns,1,1,0,0)
17 (Northern Territory) (Res) 0 (0,-,-,-,-)

m – exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • t – exclusion for touching the tapes • x – other exclusion • e – retired or mechanical failure • f – fell • ns – non-starter • nc – non-classify

References[]

Books
  • Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 61–83. ISSN 1036-4404.

See also[]

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