The South Australian Speedcar Championship is a Speedcar championship held in the state of South Australia on an annual basis during the Australian speedway season.

South Australia was the third Australian state behind Victoria and New South Wales to race speedcars when races began at the Camden Motordrome on 28 December 1935. Two years later saw the formation of the states first governing body, South Australian Speedways Limited.South Australian Speedcars - History

The first State Championship was run at the Kilburn Speedway in Adelaide in 1946/47 and was won by Victorian driver Jack O'Dea.SA Speedcar Championship honor roll

Adelaide based drivers Murray Hoffman, and former Speedcar and Sprintcar national champion Phil March jointly hold the record with four wins each. The now defunct Rowley Park Speedway in Adelaide hosted the championship on 29 occasions between 1959/50 and 1978/79. Speedway Park/City is next hosting on 20 occasions between 1979/80 and 1999/2000.

Of the state titles held since 1946/47, there have been 7 won by overseas visitors. They have been Bob Tattersall (1958/59, 1967/68), Jimmy Davies (1962/63, 1963/64) and Mark Passerrelli (1987/88) from the United States, and New Zealanders Barry Butterworth (1964/65) and Travis Buckley (2024/25).

One family has made the SA Title record books in more recent times with four members of the same family winning the event. Garry Dillon took the win in 1993/94; his son Luke Dillon driving for his Uncle Stephen Dillon won in 2006/07; son Lee Dillon won in 2008/09 driving for fellow SA Speedcar racer Mark Harrington; and cousin Ben Dillon won the event in 2010/11 driving for his father Stephen.

The reigning SA Champion is Kiwi Travis Buckley, until a new winner is crowned at Murray Bridge Speedway (Riverview Speedway), Murray Bridge in November 2025 in the division's 90th anniversary year of competition in SA.

The Philip March Perpetual Trophy is presented to the winner of the SA Speedcar Championship, recognising South Australia’s most decorated Speedcar driver.

REF: www.SAspeedcars.com

Winners since 1946/47 All drivers are from South Australia (SA) unless otherwise stated. Year Venue CityWinner 1946/47 Kilburn Speedway Adelaide Jack O'Dea (Vic) 1947/48 Kilburn Speedway Adelaide Harley Hammond 1948/49 Kilburn Speedway Adelaide Jack O'Dea (Vic) 1949/50 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Alf Beasley (Vic) Year Venue CityWinner 1950/51 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Harry Neale 1951/52 Not Held 1952/53 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Rick Harvey 1953/54 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Dave Cooper 1954/55 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Len Golding 1955/56 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Arn Sunstrom 1956/57 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Harry Neale 1957/58 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Murray Hoffman 1958/59 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Bob Tattersall () 1959/60 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Kym Bonython Year Venue CityWinner 1960/61 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Murray Hoffman 1961/62 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Ron Wood 1962/63 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Jimmy Davies () 1963/64 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Jimmy Davies () 1964/65 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Barry Butterworth () 1965/66 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Murray Hoffman 1966/67 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Murray Hoffman 1967/68 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Bob Tattersall () 1968/69 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Peter Maltby 1969/70 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Ray Oram (NSW) Year Venue CityWinner 1970/71 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Peter Maltby 1971/72 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Ronald Mackay (NSW) 1972/73 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Doug Sunstrom 1973/74 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Greg Anderson 1974/75 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Bob McMillan 1975/76 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Phil Herreen 1976/77 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Howard Marks (NT) 1977/78 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Rex Hodgson 1978/79 Rowley Park Speedway Adelaide Greg Anderson 1979/80 Speedway Park Virginia Steve Stewart Year Venue CityWinner 1980/81 Speedway Park Virginia Bill Wigzell 1981/82 Speedway Park Virginia Phil March 1982/83 Speedway Park Virginia Peter Maltby 1983/84 Speedway Park Virginia Phil March 1984/85 Speedway Park Virginia Phil March 1985/86 Speedway Park Virginia Phil March 1986/87 Speedway Park Virginia Phil Herreen 1987/88 Speedway Park Virginia Mark Passerrelli () 1988/89 Speedway Park Virginia Trevor Green* 1989/90 Speedway Park Virginia Trevor Green Year Venue CityWinner 1990/91 Speedway Park Virginia Jeff Blake (NT) 1991/92 Speedway Park Virginia Neville Lance (WA) 1992/93 Speedway Park Virginia Mark Reuter 1993/94 Speedway Park Virginia Gary Dillon 1994/95 Speedway Park Virginia Chas Calandro 1995/96 Not Held 1996/97 Speedway City Virginia Warrenne Ekins (NT) 1997/98 Speedway City Virginia Wayne Cover (WA) 1998/99 Not Held 1999/2000 Speedway City Virginia Mark Brown (NSW) Year Venue CityWinner 2000/01 Not Held 2001/02 Wayville Showground Adelaide Warrenne Ekins (NT) 2002/03 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Peter Ghent Jnr (VIC) 2003/04 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Peter Ghent Jnr (VIC) 2004/05 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Steven Graham (NSW) 2005/06 Borderline Speedway Mount Gambier Troy Jordan (VIC) 2006/07 Sunline Speedway Waikerie Luke Dillon 2007/08 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Mark Brown (NSW) 2008/09 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Lee Dillon 2009/10 Tolmer Speedway Bordertown Brendan Palmer (QLD) Year Venue CityWinner 2010/11 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Ben Dillon 2011/12 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Travis Mills (VIC) 2012/13 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Adam Clarke (NSW) 2013/14 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Mark Brown (NSW) 2014/15 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Anthony Chaffey (QLD) 2015/16 Westline Speedway Whyalla Nick Rowe (WA) 2016/17 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Nathan Smee (NSW) 2017/18 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Dayne Kingshott (WA) 2018/19 Borderline Speedway Mount Gambier Matt Jackson (NSW) 2019/20Borderline SpeedwayMount GambierNathan Smee (NSW) Year Venue CityWinner 2020/21 Not Held - COVID 2021/22 Not Held - Washed out 2022/23 Borderline Speedway Mount Gambier Tom Payet (WA) 2023/24 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Tom Payet (WA) 2024/25 Riverview Speedway Murray Bridge Travis Buckely (NZ) * Trevor Green, the 1988/89 champion, became the first rookie to win the SA title. He backed it up with his second title in 1989/90.

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