{{Short description|Australian motorcycle speedway championship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2019}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Australian Individual Speedway Championship]] |link = Australian Individual Speedway Championship |year = 1996 }}
The '''1996 Australian Individual Speedway Championship''' was held at the [[Newcastle Showgrounds]] in [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], New South Wales on 17 February 1996. The Newcastle Showgrounds had last hosted an Australian Solo Championship in 1927 when it was a ½ mile track and not the modern, {{convert|400|m|yd|abbr=off}} version.<ref>[http://www.speedway.org/history/96.htm#1996 1996 World Speedway results]</ref>
Sydney's [[Craig Boyce]] won his second national championship and his second with a 15-point maximum. Defending champion [[Jason Crump]] finished second after defeating Queensland's [[Tony Langdon]] in a runoff. Triple Australian Champion [[Leigh Adams]] and fellow [[Mildura]] rider [[Jason Lyons]] claimed the final two Overseas Final qualifying positions.<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><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vintagespeedway.com/Titles.html |title=The Australian Solo Championship | website=Vintage Speedway |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>
== Final == * Australian Championship * 17 February 1996 * {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Newcastle Showgrounds]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], * '''Qualification:''' The top five riders go through to the '''[[Overseas final]]''' in [[Coventry]], 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| [[Craig Boyce]] ({{flagicon|New South Wales}}) ||15 || |-align=center {{speedway color|p2}} |[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|Silver]] ||align=left| [[Jason Crump]] ({{flagicon|Queensland}}) ||13+3 || |-align=center {{speedway color|p3}} |[[File:Bronze medal icon.svg|Bronze]] ||align=left| [[Tony Langdon]] ({{flagicon|Queensland}}) ||13+2 || |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Leigh Adams]] ({{flagicon|Victoria}}) ||10 || |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Jason Lyons]] ({{flagicon|Victoria}}) ||10 || |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Mark Lemon (speedway rider)|Mark Lemon]] ({{flagicon|Victoria}}) ||9 || |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Ryan Sullivan]] ({{flagicon|South Australia}}) ||8 || |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Mick Poole (speedway rider)|Mick Poole]] ({{flagicon|New South Wales}}) ||8 || |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Chris Watson (speedway rider)|Chris Watson]] ({{flagicon|New South Wales}}) ||8 || |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Shane Parker (speedway rider)|Shane Parker]] ({{flagicon|South Australia}}) ||7 || |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Steve Johnston]] ({{flagicon|Western Australia}}) ||6 || |-align=center |12 ||align=left| Wayne Baxter ({{flagicon|Northern Territory}}) ||5 || |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Craig Watson (speedway rider)|Craig Watson]] ({{flagicon|New South Wales}}) ||3 || |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Rod Heathcote]] ({{flagicon|New South Wales}}) ||2 || |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Lee Redmond (speedway rider)|Lee Redmond]] ({{flagicon|New South Wales}}) ||2 || |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Brett Woodifield]] ({{flagicon|South Australia}}) ||1 || |}
==See also== * [[Australia national speedway team]] * [[Sport in Australia]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Australian Individual Speedway Championship}}
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