1992 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

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The 1992 Australian Individual Speedway Championship was the 1992 version of the Australian Individual Speedway Championship organised by Motorcycling Australia. The final took place on 26 January 1992 at the North Arm Speedway in Adelaide, South Australia. [1]

The championship was won by Mildura's Leigh Adams who won the first of his record 10 national championships. [2] [3] Shane Parker from Adelaide was second (and the only rider who defeated Adams on the night) with Queensland's Mark Carlson in third place. Jason Lyons, also from Mildura defeated former champion Glenn Doyle and Queensland's Tony Langdon in a run-off for fourth place to grab the last Australian qualifying spot in the 1992 Commonwealth final in England.

Leigh Adams became the first rider to complete the Australian Championship 'treble' having already won the Australian Under-16 Championship in 1986 and the Australian Under-21 Championship in 1988, 1989, 1991 and 1992. He also became the first rider to win the Under-21 and senior championships in the same season, a feat not repeated until Chris Holder from Sydney did so in 2008. Adams would go on to win the 1992 Under-21 Speedway World Championship later in the year in Germany.

During Heat 3 of the meeting, Todd Wiltshire from New South Wales, who had placed 3rd in the 1990 World Final in England, fell in the second last turn after a race long battle for the lead with Victorian Jason Lyons. As Lyons dived under him for the lead, Wiltshire fell and along with his bike crashed into the safety fence, suffering terrible back injuries and multiple fractures of the Pelvis. Thankfully his Spinal Cord was not damaged, however the injuries were bad enough that the 23-year-old Wiltshire decided to retire from racing, though he would make a comeback to the sport in 1997.

Final

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
Gold medal icon.svg Leigh Adams ( Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg )14(3,2,3,3,3)
Silver medal icon.svg Shane Parker ( Flag of South Australia.svg )13(2,3,3,3,2)
Bronze medal icon.svg Mark Carlson ( Flag of Queensland.svg )11(2,2,2,2,3)
4 Jason Lyons ( Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg )10+3(3,0,3,2,2+3)
5 Glenn Doyle ( Flag of Western Australia.svg )10+2(3,3,1,2,1+2)
6 Tony Langdon ( Flag of Queensland.svg )10+1(1,2,1,3,3+1)
7 Craig Hodgson ( Flag of South Australia.svg )8(3,1,t,1,3)
8 Craig Boyce ( Flag of New South Wales.svg )8(2,3,2,0,1)
9 Mick Poole ( Flag of New South Wales.svg )8(1,3,1,1,2)
10 David Cheshire ( Flag of Western Australia.svg )7(1,1,3,2,0)
11 Rod Colquhoun ( Flag of New South Wales.svg )6(0,1,0,3,2)
12 Troy Butler ( Flag of Queensland.svg )6(0,2,2,1,1)
13 Michael Carter ( Flag of Western Australia.svg )5(2,0,2,1,0)
14 Glen Baxter ( Flag of the Northern Territory.svg )2(1,0,0,0,1)
15 Steve Greatz ( Flag of South Australia.svg ) (Res)1(-,1,0,-,0)
16 Paul Schevienen ( Flag of South Australia.svg ) (Res)1(-,-,1,0,-)
17 Kelvin Willis ( Flag of the Northern Territory.svg )0(0,0,0,0,0)
18 Todd Wiltshire ( Flag of New South Wales.svg )0(f,-,-,-,-)

Classification

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos
1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg (5) Leigh Adams 1432333141
2 Flag of South Australia.svg (13) Shane Parker 1323332132
3 Flag of Queensland.svg (2) Mark Carlson 1122223113
4 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg (9) Jason Lyons 10+330322104
5 Flag of Western Australia.svg (14) Glenn Doyle 10+233121105
6 Flag of Queensland.svg (12) Tony Langdon 10+112133106
7 Flag of South Australia.svg (1) Craig Hodgson 831t1387
8 Flag of New South Wales.svg (7) Craig Boyce 82320188
9 Flag of New South Wales.svg (4) Mick Poole 81311289
10 Flag of Western Australia.svg (16) David Cheshire 711320710
11 Flag of New South Wales.svg (15) Rod Colquhoun 601032611
12 Flag of Queensland.svg (3) Troy Butler 602211612
13 Flag of Western Australia.svg (11) Michael Carter 520210513
14 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg (8) Glen Baxter 210001214
15 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg (6) Kelvin Willis 000000015
16 Flag of New South Wales.svg (10) Todd Wiltshire 0fnsnsnsns016
Res Flag of South Australia.svg (17) Steve Greatz 11001Res
Res Flag of South Australia.svg (18) Paul Schevienen 1101Res
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos

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

gate A - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

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References

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