# 2017 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

The 2017 Individual Speedway Australian Championship is a Motorcycle speedway competition organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA) for the Australian Solo Championship.
The four round series will be held between 4 January and 14 January.
The rounds are scheduled for Gillman Speedway in Adelaide on 4 January, Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura on 7 January, Undera Park Speedway in Undera on 11 January, with the fourth and final round to be held at the Loxford Park Speedway in Kurri Kurri on 14 January.

## Qualification

The 16 riders announced by Motorcycling Australia were:
* Brady Kurtz (NSW) - Defending champion
* Troy Batchelor (SA)
* Mason Campton (NSW)
* Max Fricke (Vic)
* Jack Holder (NSW)
* Todd Kurtz (NSW)
* Jaimon Lidsey (Vic)
* Sam Masters (NSW)
* Nick Morris (Qld)
* Josh Pickering (NSW)
* Tyron Proctor (Vic)
* Cooper Riordan (Vic)
* Justin Sedgmen (Vic)
* Jordan Stewart (Vic)
* Rohan Tungate (NSW)
* Davey Watt (Qld)
The reserves for the series were announced as: James Davies (Vic), Matthew Gilmore (NSW), Dakota Ballantyne (SA) and Alan McDonald (NSW).

## Points System

Points are standard scoring in Motorcycle speedway of 3 (1st), 2 (2nd), 1 (3rd), 0 (4th) per heat race. A bonus point is added for each position in the "A" Final (meaning even 4th gets a point unless a DNF or exclusion) and no points are scored in the "B" Final. The maximum number of points possible per rider in a single round is 19.

## Gillman

* Round one
* 4 January
* Adelaide, South Australia - Gillman Speedway
* Referee: Ivan Golding
* Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4–7 to "B" Final
* "B" Final winner to "A" Final
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Heat Details |
| 1 | Davey Watt | 17 | (3-3-3-3-1+4) |
| 2 | Justin Sedgmen | 17 | (3-2-3-3-3+3) |
| 3 | Troy Batchelor | 12 | (3-1-1-3-2+2) |
| 4 | Nick Morris | 14 | (2-3-3-2-3+1) |
| 5 | Sam Masters | 10 | (2-3-R-3-2) |
| 6 | Rohan Tungate | 10 | (1-2-3-1-3) |
| 7 | Max Fricke | 9 | (0-2-2-2-3) |
| 8 | Tyron Proctor | 6 | (3-0-1-1-1) |
| 9 | Jack Holder | 6 | (2-1-2-0-1) |
| 10 | Jaimon Lidsey | 5 | (0-3-0-2-0) |
| 11 | Todd Kurtz | 5 | (2-1-0-2-0) |
| 12 | Brady Kurtz | 5 | (1-2-2-0-0) |
| 13 | Josh Pickering | 5 | (1-1-1-0-2) |
| 14 | Cooper Riordan | 4 | (0-0-2-0-2) |
| 15 | Mason Campton | 3 | (1-0-0-1-1) |
| 16 | Jordan Stewart | 2 | (0-X-1-1-0) |

### Gillman "B" Final

1 - Troy Batchelor 2 - Rohan Tungate 3 - Max Fricke e - Sam Masters

### Gillman "A" Final

1 - Davey Watt 2 - Justin Sedgmen 3 - Troy Batchelor 4 - Nick Morris

## Olympic Park

* Round two
* 7 January
* Mildura, Victoria - Olympic Park Speedway
* Referee: Brendon Gledhill
* Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4–7 to "B" Final
* "B" Final winner to "A" Final
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Heat Details |
| 1 | Sam Masters | 16 | (3-3-3-3-0+4) |
| 2 | Max Fricke | 16 | (3-1-3-3-3+3) |
| 3 | Davey Watt | 15 | (3-3-2-3-2+2) |
| 4 | Justin Sedgmen | 12 | (X-3-3-3-3+X) |
| 5 | Brady Kurtz | 10 | (1-3-1-2-3) |
| 6 | Nick Morris | 8 | (2-1-3-2-X) |
| 7 | Troy Batchelor | 8 | (3-X-2-1-2) |
| 8 | Josh Pickering | 8 | (1-2-1-2-2) |
| 9 | Jack Holder | 7 | (2-2-0-0-3) |
| 10 | Jaimon Lidsey | 7 | (1-2-2-2-0) |
| 11 | Tyron Proctor | 5 | (0-2-1-1-1) |
| 12 | Jordan Stewart | 4 | (2-0-X-0-2) |
| 13 | Todd Kurtz | 4 | (0-1-2-0-1) |
| 14 | Mason Campton | 4 | (0-1-1-1-1) |
| 15 | Rohan Tungate | 3 | (1-R-R-1-1) |
| 16 | Cooper Riordan | 2 | (2-0-0-0-0) |

### Olympic Park "B" Final

1 - Justin Sedgmen 2 - Brady Kurtz 3 - Nick Morris 4 - Troy Batchelor

### Olympic Park "A" Final

1 - Sam Masters 2 - Max Fricke 3 - Davey Watt fx - Justin Sedgmen

## Undera Park

* Round three
* 11 January
* Undera, Victoria - Undera Park Speedway
* Referee: Lyal Allan
* Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4–7 to "B" Final
* "B" Final winner to "A" Final
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Heat Details |
| 1 | Justin Sedgmen | 17 | (3-3-3-3-1+4) |
| 2 | Sam Masters | 17 | (2-3-3-3-3+3) |
| 3 | Max Fricke | 14 | (3-3-3-1-2+2) |
| 4 | Troy Batchelor | 15 | (3-3-2-3-3+1) |
| 5 | Jack Holder | 10 | (3-2-2-3-0) |
| 6 | Brady Kurtz | 10 | (2-1-3-2-2) |
| 7 | Nick Morris | 9 | (1-2-2-2-2) |
| 8 | Davey Watt | 7 | (1-2-1-X-3) |
| 8 | Jordan Stewart | 7 | (2-1-1-2-1) |
| 10 | Rohan Tungate | 6 | (X-X-2-1-3) |
| 11 | Mason Campton | 5 | (1-2-0-0-2) |
| 12 | Tyron Proctor | 4 | (2-1-0-1-R) |
| 12 | Jaimon Lidsey | 4 | (1-0-0-2-1) |
| 14 | Josh Pickering | 2 | (0-1-1-0-0) |
| 14 | Todd Kurtz | 2 | (0-0-1-0-1) |
| 16 | Cooper Riordan | 1 | (0-0-0-1-0) |

### Undera Park "B" Final

1 - Max Fricke 2 - Jack Holder r - Brady Kurtz fx - Nick Morris

### Undera Park "A" Final

1 - Justin Sedgmen 2 - Sam Masters 3 - Max Fricke 4 - Troy Batchelor

## Loxford Park

* Round four
* 14 January
* Kurri Kurri, New South Wales - Loxford Park Speedway
* Referee: David Mills
* Top 3 riders to "A" Final, riders 4–7 to "B" Final
* "B" Final winner to "A" Final
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Heat Details |
| 1 | Brady Kurtz | 17 | (2-3-2-3-3+4) |
| 2 | Nick Morris | 12 | (1-3-1-1-3+3) |
| 3 | Troy Batchelor | 14 | (3-2-2-2-3+2) |
| 4 | Sam Masters | 15 | (3-3-3-3-2+1) |
| 5 | Rohan Tungate | 11 | (3-1-3-3-1) |
| 6 | Davey Watt | 11 | (3-2-2-2-2) |
| 7 | Justin Sedgmen | 9 | (2-2-1-2-2) |
| 8 | Max Fricke | 8 | (R-1-3-1-3) |
| 8 | Mason Campton | 8 | (2-3-1-1-1) |
| 10 | Todd Kurtz | 6 | (2-1-2-0-1) |
| 11 | Tyron Proctor | 6 | (1-2-1-0-2) |
| 12 | Jaimon Lidsey | 4 | (0-0-0-3-1) |
| 12 | Jack Holder | 3 | (0-0-3-R-R) |
| 14 | Jordan Stewart | 2 | (0-0-0-2-0) |
| 14 | Josh Pickering | 2 | (1-1-0-0-0) |
| 16 | Cooper Riordan | 2 | (1-0-0-1-0) |

### Loxford Park "B" Final

1 - Nick Morris 2 - Justin Sedgmen 3 - Rohan Tungate 4 - Davey Watt

### Loxford Park "A" Final

1 - Brady Kurtz 2 - Nick Morris 3 - Troy Batchelor 4 - Sam Masters

## Intermediate classification

| Pos. | Rider | Gil | Mil | Und | Lox | Points |
| | Sam Masters | 10 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 58 |
| | Justin Sedgmen | 17 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 55 |
| | Davey Watt | 17 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 50 |
| 4 | Troy Batchelor | 12 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 49 |
| 5 | Max Fricke | 9 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 47 |
| 6 | Nick Morris | 14 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 43 |
| 7 | Brady Kurtz | 5 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 42 |
| 8 | Rohan Tungate | 10 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Jack Holder | 6 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Tyron Proctor | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 11 | Mason Campton | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 11 | Jaimon Lidsey | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 13 | Todd Kurtz | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 13 | Josh Pickering | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 15 | Jordan Stewart | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 16 | Cooper Riordan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
* The top 8 riders are automatically seeded to the 2018 Australian Individual Speedway Championship.