2024 OCEANIA SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD ANNOUNCED

With the lure of a 2025 FIM Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) qualifying spot up for grabs, a star-studded line-up of local riders will take on international powerhouse Tai Woffinden in the 2024 FIM Oceania Speedway Championship, which will be held at Gillman Speedway (SA) on Saturday, January 27.

Former Australian Champions Brady Kurtz, Max Fricke and Sam Masters are among the riders selected, as well as 2020 U21 World Champion Jaimon Lidsey, Justin Sedgmen, Zane Keleher, reigning U21 Australian champion Michael West and Josh Pickering, who won the Johnnie Hoskins Founder’s Cup in Kurri Kurri on December 16.

Woffinden, the supremely entertaining three-time SGP titleholder, and fellow Briton Sam Hagon will represent the overseas contingent in the Oceania Championship.

For the first time ever, the FIM Track Commission has awarded an SGP qualifying spot for the first-placed Australian rider (with a Motorcycling Australia licence) in the 2024 FIM Oceania Speedway Championship.

The rider who wraps up that spot will then compete in one of four European-based qualifying rounds in 2024, with the top four riders from each round then progressing to the final-frontier SGP Challenge meeting where the first three will be added to the 2025 SGP roster.

2024 Oceania Speedway Championship entry list
• Sam Masters
• Brady Kurtz
• Justin Sedgmen
• Zane Keleher
• Max Fricke
• Jaimon Lidsey
• Josh Pickering
• Jack Morrison
• Patrick Hamilton
• James Pearson
• Jacob Hook
• Fraser Bowes
• Michael West
• Tai Woffinden
• Jake Turner
• Sam Hagon
• Dayle Wood (reserve)
• Matthew Marson (reserve)
• Sam Martin (reserve)
• Riley Plum (reserve)

Gillman event schedule: Saturday, January 27
• Gates open: 4:00pm
• Practice: 5:15-6.15pm
• Meeting commences: 7:00pm