{{Short description|Australian motorcycle speedway championship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Australian Individual Speedway Championship]] |link = Australian Individual Speedway Championship |year = 1992 }}
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmaustralii.php|title=Individual Australian Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>
The championship was won by [[Mildura]]'s [[Leigh Adams]] who won the first of his record 10 national championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vintagespeedway.com/Titles.html |title=The Australian Solo Championship | website=Vintage Speedway |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.australianspeedwaychampionships.com.au/results/|title=Australian Speedway Championship Results|website=Australian Speedway Championship|access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref> [[Shane Parker (speedway rider)|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 Individual Speedway Championship|Australian Under-21 Championship]] in 1988, 1989, [[1991 Australian Under-21 Individual Speedway Championship|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 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship|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 Individual Speedway World Championship|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 == * Australian Championship * 26 January 1992 * {{flagicon|South Australia}} [[North Arm Speedway]], Adelaide * Attendance - 6,000 (capacity) * Referee: Sam Bass * '''Qualification:''' The top four riders go through to the [[Commonwealth final]] in England. {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points ||width=70px|Details |-align=center {{speedway color|p1}} |[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|Gold]] ||align=left| [[Leigh Adams]] ({{flagicon|Victoria}}) ||14 || (3,2,3,3,3) |-align=center {{speedway color|p2}} |[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|Silver]] ||align=left| [[Shane Parker (speedway rider)|Shane Parker]] ({{flagicon|South Australia}}) ||13 || (2,3,3,3,2) |-align=center {{speedway color|p3}} |[[File:Bronze medal icon.svg|Bronze]] ||align=left| Mark Carlson ({{flagicon|Queensland}}) ||11 || (2,2,2,2,3) |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Jason Lyons]] ({{flagicon|Victoria}}) ||10+3 || (3,0,3,2,2+3) |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Glenn Doyle]] ({{flagicon|Western Australia}}) ||10+2 || (3,3,1,2,1+2) |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Tony Langdon]] ({{flagicon|Queensland}}) ||10+1 || (1,2,1,3,3+1) |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Craig Hodgson]] ({{flagicon|South Australia}}) ||8 || (3,1,t,1,3) |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Craig Boyce]] ({{flagicon|New South Wales}}) ||8 || (2,3,2,0,1) |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Mick Poole (speedway rider)|Mick Poole]] ({{flagicon|New South Wales}}) ||8 || (1,3,1,1,2) |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[David Cheshire]] ({{flagicon|Western Australia}}) ||7 || (1,1,3,2,0) |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Rod Colquhoun]] ({{flagicon|New South Wales}}) ||6 || (0,1,0,3,2) |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Troy Butler]] ({{flagicon|Queensland}}) ||6 || (0,2,2,1,1) |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Michael Carter (speedway rider)|Michael Carter]] ({{flagicon|Western Australia}}) ||5 || (2,0,2,1,0) |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Glen Baxter (speedway rider)|Glen Baxter]] ({{flagicon|Northern Territory}}) ||2 || (1,0,0,0,1) |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Steve Greatz]] ({{flagicon|South Australia}}) (Res) ||1 || (-,1,0,-,0) |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Paul Schevienen]] ({{flagicon|South Australia}}) (Res) ||1 || (-,-,1,0,-) |-align=center |17 ||align=left| [[Kelvin Willis]] ({{flagicon|Northern Territory}}) ||0 || (0,0,0,0,0) |-align=center |18 ||align=left| [[Todd Wiltshire]] ({{flagicon|New South Wales}}) ||0 || (f,-,-,-,-) |}
===Classification=== {{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|5|Victoria|[[Leigh Adams]]| |3|2|3|3|3| pts=14 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|13|South Australia|[[Shane Parker (speedway rider)|Shane Parker]]| |2|3|3|3|2| pts=13 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|2|Queensland|Mark Carlson| |2|2|2|2|3| pts=11 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|9|Victoria|[[Jason Lyons]]| |3|0|3|2|2| pts=10+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|14|Western Australia|[[Glenn Doyle]]| |3|3|1|2|1| pts=10+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|12|Queensland|[[Tony Langdon]]| |1|2|1|3|3| pts=10+1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|1|South Australia|[[Craig Hodgson]]| |3|1||9i=t|1|3| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|7|New South Wales|[[Craig Boyce]]| |2|3|2|0|1| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|4|New South Wales|[[Mick Poole (speedway rider)|Mick Poole]]| |1|3|1|1|2| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|16|Western Australia|[[David Cheshire]]| |1|1|3|2|0| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|15|New South Wales|[[Rod Colquhoun]]| |0|1|0|3|2| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|3|Queensland|[[Troy Butler]]| |0|2|2|1|1| pts=6 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|11|Western Australia|[[Michael Carter (speedway rider)|Michael Carter]]| |2|0|2|1|0| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|8|Northern Territory|[[Glen Baxter (speedway rider)|Glen Baxter]]| |1|0|0|0|1| pts=2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|6|Northern Territory|[[Kelvin Willis]]| |0|0|0|0|0| pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|10|New South Wales|[[Todd Wiltshire]]| ||3i=f||6i=ns||12i=ns||15i=ns||17i=ns| pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|Res|17|South Australia|[[Steve Greatz]] |6h=b |6p=1| |12h=w |12p=0| |17h=y |17p=0| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|Res|18|South Australia|[[Paul Schevienen]] |9h=w |9p=1| |15h=w |15p=0| pts=1 }} }}
==See also== * [[Australia national speedway team]] * [[Sport in Australia]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Australian Individual Speedway Championship}}
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