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18/08/2025

STATE SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP DATES
The venues and dates for the state Solo Championship dates have been announced.
It will be a busy time for the Solo riders prior to Christmas if they want to travel across the country to try and gain a work permit for a possible team place in the United Kingdom if they finish in the top four.
All the state titles are on different nights,so the riders can nominate for a number of events to increase their chances.
New South Wales Mitchell Cluff won the SA Title at Gillman Speedway last season against a strong field and this helped him get to the UK and get a team spot with Plymouth same with Western Australian teenager Mitchell McDiarmid who at the age of 16 years and 8 months became the youngest ever rider to win the WA Title at Pinjar Park and get a visa to compete overseas and get a team spot with Oxford.McDiarmid had to do it the hard way by winning the semi final to make the final.The win saw him break the long standing record as the youngest ever WA title winner that was held by David Cheshire who in 1984 at the age of 17 years and four months when he won the 1984/85 WA crown.It was both riders first state Title victories.
The Victorian Title was won for the the third time by popular international star Jaimon Lidsey at Mildura.
No title was held last season in New South Wales and Queensland due to the lack of nominations
STATE TITLE VENUE AND DATES FOR THE 2025/26 SEASON ARE
500 cc Dates and Venues are
QLD Pioneer Park Nov 8
WA Pinjar Park Nov 15
VIC Mildura Nov 29
SA Gillman Dec 28
NSW Tamworth Jan 31
The 250cc Under 16 state Solo Championship's for the up and coming teenagers who are all aiming to gain experience on the big tracks on bigger bikes and race on the same program as their hero's will be held on the same night at the same venue.
The 125cc Under 16 State Solo Titles will also be held on the same night at the same venue other than the South Australian championship which will be held at the purpose built circuit at Wingfield on Jan 8(the night before the final round of the senior Title) to make it a great two nights of Speedway action for local and interstate fans who travel and follow the four round National Title series.

17/08/2025

VERONICA McCANN in the USA
Saturday 16 August saw the team at the 201 Speedway (Paintsville, KY).
Track is a .375 mile slightly banked clay oval.

Crate Late Models
Qualifying: 1. 1-Brandon Fouts, 00:14.238[13]; 2. 64-AJ Hicks, 00:14.375[16]; 3. 00-Oscar McCown, 00:14.420[5]; 4. 9-TJ Hicks, 00:14.582[12]; 5. S17-Steve Stollings, 00:14.593[17]; 6. 3N-Nathan Martin, 00:14.595[10]; 7. 82-Rocky Moore, 00:14.600[2]; 8. G5-Garet McCloud, 00:14.627[9]; 9. 3-Chase Hunley, 00:14.707[14]; 10. H5-Hunter McCloud, 00:14.722[18]; 11. 15K-Tommy Keeton, 00:14.761[3]; 12. 4F-Stephen Lemaster, 00:15.281[8]; 13. 702-Kent Keyser, 00:15.343[7]; 14. 1*-Veronica McCann, 00:15.419[4]; 15. 97-Lee McKenzie, 00:15.430[15]; 16. A17-Alan Salisbury, 00:15.544[1]; 17. 1X-Rick Johnson, 00:15.984[6]; 18. (DNS) 9B-Brandon Urban

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1-Brandon Fouts[1]; 2. 9-TJ Hicks[2]; 3. H5-Hunter McCloud[4]; 4. A17-Alan Salisbury[6]; 5. 82-Rocky Moore[3]; 6. 702-Kent Keyser[5]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. S17-Steve Stollings[2]; 2. 64-AJ Hicks[1]; 3. 15K-Tommy Keeton[4]; 4. G5-Garet McCloud[3]; 5. 1*-Veronica McCann[5]; 6. 1X-Rick Johnson[6]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 00-Oscar McCown[1]; 2. 3N-Nathan Martin[2]; 3. 3-Chase Hunley[3]; 4. 97-Lee McKenzie[5]; 5. 4F-Stephen Lemaster[4]; 6. (DNS) 9B-Brandon Urban

A Feature Crate (20 Laps): 1. 1-Brandon Fouts[1]; 2. 64-AJ Hicks[5]; 3. 9-TJ Hicks[4]; 4. 00-Oscar McCown[3]; 5. S17-Steve Stollings[2]; 6. G5-Garet McCloud[11]; 7. 1*-Veronica McCann[14]; 8. 3N-Nathan Martin[6]; 9. 702-Kent Keyser[16]; 10. 3-Chase Hunley[9]; 11. 4F-Stephen Lemaster[15]; 12. 1X-Rick Johnson[17]; 13. H5-Hunter McCloud[7]; 14. A17-Alan Salisbury[10]; 15. 82-Rocky Moore[13]; 16. 15K-Tommy Keeton[8]; 17. 97-Lee McKenzie[12]; 18. 9B-Brandon Urban[18]

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