The Tour Down Under is not the only thing on in Adelaide this week, Speedway fans can take in four consecutive nights of motorcycle speedway action.
After many years of trying to get the junior and senior Australian Solo Championships scheduled to coincide with each other, going back to the 1980s, it is going to happen this season with the Australian Under 16 125cc Solo Championship meetings being staged at the Sidewinders' track either side of the senior Championship at Gillman Speedway.
The action starts on Thursday night (20 January) with a qualifying meeting for the Australian Under 16 125cc Solo Individual Championship at the Sidewinders track.
Ten riders from this will go forward to the actual Championship meeting the next night, Friday night, 21 January.
On Saturday night (22 January) the second round of the Australian Senior Solo Championship is at Gillman. In recent years this has been regarded as the best of the Championship meetings, and last season's round was an true classic.
Finally, on the Sunday night (23 January) it is back to the Sidewinders for the Australian Under 16 125cc Solo Teams [Pairs] Championship.
Racing at the Gillman meeting starts at 7.30 p.m., with the gates open from 3 p.m.
The Sidewinders meetings start at 8 p.m., with gates open at 5 p.m. (2 p.m. on Thursday for practice at 5).
The two tracks are just 2 kms (about 5 minutes driving time) apart. Further information on the track websites
www.gillmanspeedway.com and
www.sidewinders-speedway.com.
