Queensland Solo Championship

Queensland Solo Championship
	Josh Grajczonek eight time champion
Sport	Motorcycle speedway
Most titles	Josh Grajczonek (8)

The Queensland Solo Championship is a motorcycle speedway championship held annually in Queensland to determine the Queensland State speedway champion. The event is organised by the Motorcycling Queensland and is sanctioned by Motorcycling Australia (MA).^[1]

Josh Grajczonek head the list of Championship wins with eight.^[2]

Five non Australian riders have won the Queensland Solo title. Rune Sörmander (Sweden), Ivan Mauger (New Zealand), Ken McKinlay (Scotland), Oliver Allen and Josh Auty (England).^[3]

Winners since 1927/28[edit]

Unless stated, all riders are from Queensland

Year	Venue	City	Winners
1927/28	Davies Park	Brisbane	Frank Pearce
1928/29	Davies Park	Brisbane	Harold Hastings
1929/30*	Bundamba Showgrounds (2 Miles)	Bundamba	Harold Hastings
1930/31	Not Held
1939-1945	Not Held due to World War II
1945/46	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Archie Neil (NSW)
1946/47	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Archie Neil (NSW)
1947/48	Not Held
1948/49	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Graham Warren (NSW)
1949/50	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Keith Gurtner
1950/51	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Lionel Levy (NSW)
1951/52	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Aub Lawson (NSW)
1952/53	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Jack Young (SA)
1953/54	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Rune Sörmander ()
1954/55	Not Held
1955/56	Brisbane Exhibition Ground Toowoomba Showgrounds [3 Lap]	Brisbane Toowoomba	Aub Lawson (NSW) Aub Lawson (NSW)
1956/57	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Keith Gurtner
1957/58	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Keith Cox
1958/59	Not Held
1959/60	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Keith Gurtner
1960/61	Rockhampton Showground	Rockhampton	Keith Gurtner
1961/62	Brisbane Exhibition Ground Rockhampton Showground	Brisbane Rockhampton	Keith Gurtner Ivan Mauger ()
1962/63	Not Held
1963/64	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Ken McKinlay ()
1964/65	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Keith Gurtner
1965/66	Not Held
1966/67	Brisbane Exhibition Ground Carina Speedway (3 Lap)	Brisbane Bundaberg	Keith Gurtner Jack White
1967/68	Rockhampton Showground Ipswich Showgrounds (3 Lap)	Rockhampton Ipswich	Bluey Scott Jack White
1968/69	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Kevin Torpie (Vic)
1969/70	Brisbane Exhibition Ground Ipswich Showgrounds (3 Lap)	Brisbane Ipswich	Jim Airey (NSW) Jim Airey (NSW)
1970/71	Brisbane Exhibition Ground Ipswich Showgrounds (3 Lap)	Brisbane Ipswich	Bert Kingston Bert Kingston
1971/72	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Jack White
1972/73	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Steve Reinke
1973/74	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Steve Reinke
1974/75 & 1975/76 not held
1976/77	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	Steve Koppe
1977/78	Charlton Raceway	Toowoomba	John Titman
1978/79	Charlton Raceway	Toowoomba	John Titman
1979/80	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	John Titman
1980/81	Rockhampton Showground	Rockhampton	John Titman
1981/82	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	Steve Koppe
1982/83	Rockhampton Showground	Rockhampton	John Titman
1983/84	Mothar Mountain Speedway	Gympie	John Titman
1984/85	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	Steve Regeling
1985/86	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	John Titman
1986/87	Townsville Speedway	Townsville	Steve Regeling
1987/88	Rockhampton Showground	Rockhampton	Steve Regeling
1988/89	Rockhampton Showground	Rockhampton	Troy Butler
1989/90	Townsville Speedway	Townsville	Troy Butler
1990/91	Mac's Speedway	Mackay	Troy Butler
1991/92	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Troy Butler
1992/93	Townsville Speedway	Townsville	Troy Butler
1993/94	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Troy Butler
1994/95	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Jason Crump
1995/96	Townsville Speedway	Townsville	Tony Langdon
1996/97	Rockhampton Showground	Rockhampton	Jason Crump
1997/98	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Jason Crump
1998/99	Gladstone Speedway	Gladstone	Steve Viner
1999/2000	Gold Coast Speedway	Gold Coast	Brent Collyer
2000/01	Gold Coast Speedway	Gold Coast	Jason Crump
2001/02	Rockhampton Showground	Rockhampton	Jon White
2002/03	Gold Coast Speedway	Gold Coast	Scott Smith^[4]
2003/04	Gold Coast Speedway	Gold Coast	Jason Crump
2004/05	Gatton Showgrounds	Gatton	Davey Watt
2005/06	Gold Coast Speedway	Gold Coast	Oliver Allen ()
2006/07	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	Troy Batchelor
2007/08	Gold Coast Speedway	Gold Coast	Scott Smith
2008/09	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	Josh Grajczonek
2009/10	North Brisbane Speedway	Brisbane	Josh Auty ()
2010/11	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	Josh Grajczonek
2011/12	North Brisbane Speedway	Brisbane	Josh Grajczonek
2012/13	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	Josh Grajczonek
2013/14	Townsville Speedway	Townsville	Josh Grajczonek^[5]
2014/15	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	Josh Grajczonek
2015/16	Rockhampton Showground	Rockhampton	Mason Campton
2016/17	North Brisbane Speedway	Brisbane	Davey Watt
2017/18	Maryborough Speedway	Maryborough	Jake Allen
2018/19	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	Hugh Skidmore
2019/20	North Brisbane Speedway	Banyo	Ryan Douglas^[6]
2020/21	Bowen Showgrounds	Bowen	Josh Grajczonek^[7]
2021/22	North Brisbane Speedway	Banyo	Nick Morris^[8]
2022/23	Bowen Showgrounds	Bowen	Ryan Douglas
2023/24	Pioneer Park Speedway	Ayr	Josh Grajczonek

References[edit]

^ "Speedway". Motorcycling Queensland. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
^ "Honour Board". MQLD. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^ "Honor Roll since 1927/28". Speedway Champions. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
^ "Smith becomes new Queensland champion". Crash.net. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ "International News", Speedway Star, 14 December 2013, pp. 45-6
^ Kozanecki, Mateusz (2019) "Żużel. Rozegrano mistrzostwa stanu Queensland. Zwycięstwo Ryana Douglasa", sportowefakty.wp.pl, 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019
^ "2020 QUEENSLAND CHAMPIONSHIP - 3rd Place". Zane Keleher racing. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
^ "MORRIS CROWNED QUEENSLAND CHAMPION". FIM. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[1] "Speedway". Motorcycling Queensland. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[2] "Honour Board". MQLD. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

[3] "Honor Roll since 1927/28". Speedway Champions. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[4] "Smith becomes new Queensland champion". Crash.net. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[5] "International News", Speedway Star, 14 December 2013, pp. 45-6

[6] Kozanecki, Mateusz (2019) "Żużel. Rozegrano mistrzostwa stanu Queensland. Zwycięstwo Ryana Douglasa", sportowefakty.wp.pl, 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019

[7] "2020 QUEENSLAND CHAMPIONSHIP - 3rd Place". Zane Keleher racing. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[8] "MORRIS CROWNED QUEENSLAND CHAMPION". FIM. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

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v t e Speedway in Australia
National events	Australian Individual Championship Under-21 Individual Championship
State events	South Australian Championship New South Wales Championship Queensland Championship Victorian Championship Western Australian Championship
See also	Australia national speedway team Motorcycling Australia

Winners since 1927/28[edit]

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