Dirt track racing in Australia

The series was conceived by Adelaide based sedan driver and promoter John Hughes in 1986 as an Australian version of the famous World of Outlaws (WoO) series run in the United States since 1978.

Tracks can be composed of any of the following materials; clay, dirt, sand, Dolomite, crushed granite and crusher dust.

[4] Eithad is mostly used by the Australian Football League so a temporary track (early estimates put it at approximately 350 metres (380 yards) long) will need to be installed for the 2015 event scheduled to be held on 24 October (after the end of the 2015 AFL season).

Australia finished 3rd in the 2014 Speedway World Cup Final on 2 August in Poland.

Of the 15 permanent riders of the SGP, three of them are Australian; Some of the more notable and popular dirt track races include: There are several types of classes in Australian speedway including:[5][inappropriate external link?]