New Zealand Solo Championship
 Jason Bunyan, ten time winner | |
| Sport | motorcycle speedway |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1929 |
| Most titles | Jason Bunyan (10) |
The New Zealand Solo Championship is the annual individual motorcycle speedway championship of New Zealand. The championship has been running since 1929, although the event has not been held during various years.[1][2][3]
History
Throughout the history of the championship, New Zealand has produced some of the best riders of all-time. Ronnie Moore, the first world champion from the country in 1958, became the champion of the New Zealand on four occasions. Two legendary riders Ivan Mauger and Barry Briggs, who won ten world individual titles between them, only won four national championships because they spent significant parts of their careers based in England and did not always compete.[4][5][6]
From 1979, the final of the New Zealand Solo Championship regularly doubled up as the New Zealand qualification round for the Speedway World Championship, although during various years this has not always been the case due to factors like licensing.
Since the early 1990s, the standard of speedway in New Zealand has decreased significantly and no rider has managed to win a competition of note.
Key
- Unless stated, all riders are from New Zealand
- (wc) indicates that it was a world championship qualifier
Past winners
See also
References
- ^"Roll Of Honour". Motorcycling New Zealand. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^"History Zestawienie Wynikow 1929-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 299–301. ISSN 1036-4404.
- ^"History, Speedway and Longtrack". Speedway.org. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. pp. 97–98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 91. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^"Brytyjczyk mistrzem Nowej Zelandii", nicesport.pl, 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015
- ^Hurndell, Shane (2019) "Speedway: Wilson-Dean captures third consecutive national title", New Zealand Herald, 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019
- ^"Four In A Row For BWD". Peterborough Panthers. 12 January 2020.
- ^"CONGREVE GOES UNDEFEATED TO SEAL NZ SOLOS". Driven by Dirt. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^"Invercargill teen surprises himself on national speedway stage". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^"Solo Championships". Speedway New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
