Tungate won his five heats to qualify automatically for the A-final and beat off a challenge from Cowra's 2014 NSW Champion Brady Kurtz in the first lap of the final.

Kurtz briefly took the lead, but a determined Tungate swooped and regained it and completed a clean sweep of the heats and final.

Tungate said he was confident going into the meeting after trying a few different things on his bike at last week's Johnnie Hoskins Founders Cup in which he finished third to Kurtz.

"I did a lot of work on the clutch settings and felt that I got it right last week," he said.

"I stuck with it and it really paid off. It doesn't sound like much but it can make all the difference especially in nailing the starts.

Tungate, who finished top scorer with his British team the Ipswich Witches, said he always knew he had the talent to match the other Aussie internationals and it gave him a lot of confidence going into the Australian titles.

"I've had a great 2014 and I've got a big year ahead of me," he said.

"I've signed again for 2015 with the Ipswich Witches and I have contracts with Danish and Polish clubs."

Kurtz, who has been in scintillating form at Kurri Kurri winning the NSW and NSW under-21 titles and the Hoskins trophy, gatecrashed what had loomed as an all-Hunter final.

Buttai's Jye Etheridge had a sensational night qualifying directly into the A-final after securing three heat wins and two seconds.

His heat wins included a sensational victory over Newcastle's international riders Jason Doyle and Sam Masters.

Kurtz beat Doyle and Masters in a run-off for the third spot in the A-final.

Masters earned the final spot after defeating a quality B-final field including Doyle, reigning Australian under-21 champion Max Fricke and the impressive Joey Ringwood.

Etheridge, the only non-professional rider in the final, said his goal before the meeting was to make the B-final.

"To qualify for the A-final was sensational. All the other guys are fully professional, so it was something special," he said.

Etheridge said he planned to complete his apprenticeship and race another speedway season in Australia before trying out in Europe.

"I'm 19 now, so I'll be 20 when I give it a shot," he said.

Doyle, who had a sensational 2014 culminating in qualifying for the 2015 World Grand Prix series, said he was disappointed in his first event of the Australian summer.

"You always want to win, but things just didn't go right tonight. I guess it was good to get the cobwebs out after a break," he said.