The Australian Late Model Championship is a

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championship held each year to determine the Australian

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national champion. The championship is held over a single meeting (usually on consecutive nights) and has run annually since the 2001/02 season and is awarded to a different state of

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each year. The first championship was run at the Quit Motorplex (later renamed

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) in

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and was won by veteran

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driver Allan Butcher. Western Australia's Brad Blake holds the record having won 5 of the 14 championships run until 2015. Blake also finished second in the championship on 3 occasions The 2014/15 Australian championship was held at the Lucas Oil Kingaroy Speedway in

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. Queensland driver and former Australian Super Sedan Champion Darren Kane won his first national Late Model championship. The 2015/16 championship was scheduled to be held at the Perth Motorplex on 15–16 January 2016.Perth Motorplex Speedway
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Winners since 2002

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Winners since 2002

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