2016 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

The 2016 Individual Speedway Australian Championship is a Motorcycle speedway competition organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA) for the Australian Solo Championship.^[1]

The four round series were held between 2 January and 10 January.

The rounds were held at the Loxford Park Speedway in Kurri Kurri on 2 January, in Undera on 6 January, Gillman Speedway in Adelaide on 8 January, with the fourth and final round to be held at the in Mildura on 10 January.

Qualification[]

Nine riders were originally seeded to the four round series by Motorcycling Australia. They were:

Troy Batchelor (SA)
(NSW)
Max Fricke (Vic)
Josh Grajczonek (Qld)
Sam Masters (NSW)
Nick Morris (Qld)
Tyron Proctor (Vic)
Justin Sedgmen (Vic)
Rohan Tungate (NSW)

Unfortunately, 2013 national champion and former Speedway Grand Prix rider Troy Batchelor was forced to withdraw before the series got under way. Brady Kurtz won the qualifying round held on New Year's Day at Loxford Park after being tied on 12 points with Jordan Stewart. Jack Holder finished third on 11 points. Also qualifying for the series was , , , Josh Pickering and .^[2]

Loxford Park[]

Round one^[3]
2 January
Kurri Kurri, New South Wales - Loxford Park Speedway
Referee: Gavin Willson
Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4-7 to "B" Final
"B" Final winner to "A" Final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Rohan Tungate	18
2	Sam Masters	15
3	Max Fricke	15
4	Brady Kurtz	11
5		10
6	Justin Sedgmen	10
7	Jack Holder	9
8	Nick Morris	9
9	Josh Grajczonek	7
10	Tyron Proctor	6
11	Jack Holder	6
12	Jordan Stewart	6
13		4
14	Josh Pickering	3
15		3
16		2
17		2

Loxford Park "B" Final[]

1 - Brady Kurtz
2 - Jack Holder
3 - Justin Sedgmen
4 -

Loxford Park "A" Final[]

1 - Rohan Tungate
2 - Sam Masters
3 - Max Fricke
4 - Brady Kurtz

Undera Park[]

Round two^[4]
6 January
Undera, Victoria -
Referee: Gavin Willson
Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4-7 to "B" Final
"B" Final winner to "A" Final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Brady Kurtz	14
2	Nick Morris	13
3		12
4	Sam Masters	11
5	Max Fricke	11
6	Jack Holder	11
7		9
8	Rohan Tungate	8
9	Jordan Stewart	7
10		4
11		4
12	Tyron Proctor	4
13	Justin Sedgmen	3
14	Josh Pickering	3
15		1
16		0
17		0

Undera Park "B" Final[]

1 - Sam Masters
2 - Max Fricke
3 - Jack Holder
4 -

Undera Park "A" Final[]

1 - Nick Morris
2 -
3 - Sam Masters
X - Brady Kurtz

Gillman[]

Round three^[5]
8 January
Adelaide, South Australia - Gillman Speedway
Referee: Gavin Willson
Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4-7 to "B" Final
"B" Final winner to "A" Final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Brady Kurtz	13
2	Justin Sedgmen	13
3	Rohan Tungate	11
4	Sam Masters	11
5	Jack Holder	11
6	Max Fricke	11
7	Nick Morris	11
8	Tyron Proctor	9
9		6
10	Josh Pickering	5
11		5
12		4
13		4
14	Jordan Stewart	4
15		2
16		0

Gillman "B" Final[]

1 - Sam Masters
2 - Nick Morris
3 - Jack Holder
4 - Max Fricke

Gillman "A" Final[]

1 - Brady Kurtz
2 - Rohan Tungate
3 - Justin Sedgmen
4 - Sam Masters

Olympic Park[]

Round four^[6]
10 January
Mildura, Victoria -
Referee: Gavin Willson
Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4-7 to "B" Final
"B" Final winner to "A" Final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Justin Sedgmen	14
2	Max Fricke	12
3	Sam Masters	12
4	Rohan Tungate	11
5	Brady Kurtz	11
6	Jack Holder	11
7	Nick Morris	11
8	Tyron Proctor	9
9		6
10	Jordan Stewart	4
11	Josh Pickering	5
12		5
13		3
14		3
15		1
16		0
17		0

Olympic Park "B" Final[]

1 - Brady Kurtz
2 - Nick Morris
3 - Jack Holder
fx - Rohan Tungate

Olympic Park "A" Final[]

1 - Justin Sedgmen
2 - Max Fricke
3 - Sam Masters
X - Brady Kurtz

Intermediate classification[]

Pos.	Rider	Points
	Brady Kurtz	55
	Sam Masters	54
	Max Fricke	52
4	Rohan Tungate	51
5	Nick Morris	48
6	Justin Sedgmen	46
7	Jack Holder	42
8		36
9	Tyron Proctor	28
10		23
10	Jordan Stewart	23
12	Josh Pickering	16
13		13
14		9
15	Josh Grajczonek	7
15		7
17		5
NC		0
NC		0