The Australian Speedcar Championship is a dirt track motor racing championship held each year to determine the Australian national champion. The single championship meeting runs in either late January or early February and has been held year after year since 1935. Over the years there have been at times more than one Australian Championship meeting held in Australia (and sometimes in the same city) due to being sanctioned by different governing bodies.
While there have been drivers who have won more than one Australian Speedcar Championship, only three drivers have ever won both the national Speedcar championship and the Australian Sprintcar Championship. They are the George Tatnell from Sydney who won the Speedcar title in 1972/73, 1973/74 and 1976/77 plus the Sprintcar championship in 1988. Adelaide's Phil March won in his Nissan powered Speedcar in 1985 and also won the Sprintcar championship in 1999 while Sydney's Robbie Farr won the 1997/98 Speedcar title and the 2003/04 Sprintcar championship.
Andy McGavin and Ray Revell from Sydney, with five championships each are the most successful drivers in the championships history. Western Australia's Mike Figliomeni and Warrenne Ekins from Darwin have each won the event four times while five drivers have won the event three times. Eleven drivers from the United States have won the championship, including three time and current (2010/11) champion Davey Ray.
The 2011-12 Australian Speedcar Championship will be held on March 16-17, 2012 at the Maryborough Speedway in Maryborough, Queensland.[1]
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1965/66** | Sydney Showground Speedway | Johnny Stewart (NSW) | Len Brock (NSW) | Blair Shepherd (Qld) |
| 1966/67** | Sydney Showground Speedway | Johnny Stewart (NSW) | Blair Shepherd (Qld) | Bill Goode (Qld) |
| 1967/68** | Sydney Showground Speedway | Johnny Stewart (NSW) | Howard Revell (NSW) | Barrie Watt (Qld) |
| 1968/69** | Sydney Showground Speedway | Blair Shepherd (Qld) | Bill Goode (Qld) | Barrie Watt (Qld) |
| 1969/70** | Sydney Showground Speedway | Bob Morgan (Qld) | Blair Shepherd (Qld) | Ron Wanless (Qld) |
| 1970/71** | Sydney Showground Speedway | Ronald Mackay (NSW) | Johnny Fenton (WA) | Ron Wanless (Qld) |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1971/72** | Sydney Showground Speedway | Ronald Mackay (NSW) | Charlie West (WA) | Johnny fenton (WA) |
| 1972/73** | Sydney Showground Speedway | George Tatnell (NSW) | Col Henning (SA) | Johnny Fenton (WA) |
| 1973/74 | Redline Raceway | George Tatnell (NSW) | Brian Dillon (Qld) | Johnny Fenton (WA) |
| 1974/75 | Rowley Park Speedway | Johnny Fenton (WA) | Ronald Mackay (NSW) | Greg Anderson (SA) |
| 1975/76 | Liverpool City Raceway | Johnny Fenton (WA) | George Tatnell (NSW) | Ronald Mackay (NSW) |
| 1976/77## | George Tatnell (NSW) | Ronald Mackay (NSW) | Johnny Fenton (WA) | |
| 1977/78 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Ron Wanless (Qld) | George Tatnell (NSW) | Danny Davidson (Qld) |
| 1978/79 | Claremont Speedway | Ron Wanless (Qld) | Howard Revell (NSW) | Bill Sutherland (WA) |
| 1979/80## | Barry Pinchbeck (NSW) | Johnny Fenton (WA) | ||
| 1980/81 | Speedway Park | Keith Mann (WA) | Steve Stewart (SA) | Terry Wigzell (SA) |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1981/82 | Avalon Raceway | Keith Mann (WA) | Peter Curtis (NT) | Terry Wigzell (SA) |
| 1982/83 | Archerfield Speedway | Geoff Pilgrim (WA) | Ian Lewis (Vic) | Ronald Mackay (Qld) |
| 1983/84 | Northline Speedway | Keith Mann (WA) | Rex Hodgson (SA) | Danny Davidson (Qld) |
| 1984/85 | Melbourne Speedbowl | Jim Holden (Qld) | Ray Bishop (Vic) | Jack Porrit (NSW) |
| 1985/86 | Speedway Park | Phil March (SA) | Ray Bishop (Vic) | Gary Dillon (SA) |
| 1986/87 | Claremont Speedway | Tom Watson Sr. (WA) | Gary Dillon (SA) | John Sears (SA) |
| 1987/88 | Parramatta City Raceway | Steven Gall (NSW) | Paul Lindberg (Qld) | Phil Herreen (SA) |
| 1988/89 | Rockhampton Speedway | Graham Jones (WA) | Paul Lindberg (Qld) | Ray Bishop (Vic) |
| 1989/90 | Northline Speedway | Warrenne Ekins (NT) | Neville Lance (WA) | Phil Herreen (SA) |
| 1990/91 | Claremont Speedway | Warrenne Ekins (NT) | Graham Jones (WA) | Tom Watson Jr. (WA) |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1991/92 | Speedway Park | Phil Herreen (SA) | Tom Watson Jr. (WA) | Greg Farrugia (NSW) |
| 1992/93 | Bendigo Raceway | Warrenne Ekins (NT) | Mike Figliomeni (WA) | Neville Lance (WA) |
| 1993/94 | Charlton Raceway | Mike Figliomeni (WA) | Warrenne Ekins (NT) | Neville Lance (WA) |
| 1994/95 | Claremont Speedway | Mike Figliomeni (WA) | Warrenne Ekins (NT) | Joe Little (WA) |
| 1995/96 | Newcastle Motordrome | Craig Brady (NSW) | Troy Jenkins | Joe Little (WA) |
| 1996/97 | Avalon Raceway | Robbie Farr (NSW) | Troy Jenkins | Mark Brown (Vic/NSW) |
| 1997/98 | Northline Speedway | Bob Holt (NT) | Dave Lambert (NSW) | Toby Gibb (WA) |
| 1998/99 | Western Auto Raceway | Mike Figliomeni (WA) | Michael Kendall () | Shayne Alach () |
| 1999/2000 | Speedway Park | Adam Clarke (NSW) | Darren Jenkins (NSW) | Craig Brady (NSW) |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 2000/01 | Archerfield Speedway | Mike Figliomeni (WA) | Todd Wanless (Qld) | Warrenne Ekins (NT) |
| 2001/02♦ | Speedway City | Adam Clarke (NSW) | Brett Morris (NSW) | Joe Little (NSW) |
| 2002/03 | Speedway City | Cory Kruseman () | Adam Clarke (NSW) | |
| 2003/04 | Tony Elliot () | |||
| 2004/05 | Steven Graham (NSW) | |||
| 2005/06 | Davey Ray () | |||
| 2006/07 | Jerry Coons Jr () | |||
| 2007/08 | Davey Ray () | |||
| 2008/09 | Kevin Swindell () | |||
| 2009/10 | Avalon Raceway | Nathan Smee (NSW) | ||
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 2010/11 | Lismore Speedway | Davey Ray () | Adam Wallis (Qld) | Michael Pickens () |
| 2011/12 | Maryborough Speedway | TBD | TBD | TBD |
** The championship was run as a national series between 1963/64 and 1971/72 (with the final round always held at the Sydney Showground), following which it reverted to a single championship meeting.
## 1976-77 and 1979-80 Championships were run over 3 rounds at 3 different tracks with a pointscore deciding the winner
♦ 2001-02 Championship was sanctioned by NASR and not Speedcars Australia as previous (and after)