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1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 8 riders that qualified for the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix and Jason Crump who was seeded through to the Grand Prix.[2]

1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.[3]

Format edit

  • First Round - 4 riders each from Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway to Scandinavian Final
  • First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
  • First Round - 6 riders from British final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 5 riders from Australian final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 4 riders from United States final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 1 rider from New Zealand final to Overseas Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
  • Third Round - 8 riders from positions 9-16 from the 1995 Grand Prix to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 4 riders from the Continental Final to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 3 riders from the Intercontinental Final to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 8 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1996 Grand Prix

First round edit

Continental quarter finals edit

Second round edit

Overseas Final edit

Main article: 1995 Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final edit

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(11 Jun 1995   Brovst)
Pos Rider Points
1   Stefan Andersson 14
2   Peter Karlsson 13
3   John Jørgensen 13
4   Brian Karger 12
5   Lars Gunnestad 11
6   Brian Andersen 10
7   Rune Holta 10
8   Gert Handberg 8
9   Kai Laukkanen 7
10   Conny Ivarsson 5
11   Arnt Førland 5
12   Marko Hyyryläinen 4
13   Ingvar Hvamstad 1
14   Dennis Löfqvist 1
15   Vesa Ylinen 0
16   Tomi Kalliomäki 0

Continental semi finals edit

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental Final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1   Rif Saitgareev 14
2   Antonín Kasper Jr. 14
3   Tomáš Topinka 12
4   Rafał Dobrucki 9
5   Antonín Šváb Jr. 9
6   Róbert Nagy 9
7   Vladimir Kolodij 8
8   Andreas Bössner 7
9   Laszlo Bodi 7
10   Sándor Tihanyi 6
11   Roman Jankowski 6
12   Franz Leitner 5
13   Martin Peterca 5
14   Antal Kocso 4
15   Csaba Hell 3
16   Nikolaj Manev 2
17   Zsolt Böszermenyi 0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1   Zoltán Adorján 15
2   Stefano Alfonso 12
3   Armando Castagna 11
4   Rinat Mardanshin 11
5   Bohumil Brhel 9
6   Andrea Maida 9
7   Dariusz Śledź 8
8   Jaroslaw Olszewski 9
9   Roman Matoušek 7
10   Marián Jirout 7
11   Tomasz Bajerski 5
12   Jacek Gollob 5
13   Zdeněk Schneiderwind 4
14   George Štancl 2
15   Jan Holub II 0
16   Stefano Spagnolo 0

Third round edit

  • Peter Karlsson seeded to GP Challenge
  • 8 riders from positions 9-16 from the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix to GP Challenge final

Intercontinental Final edit

Main article: 1995 Intercontinental Final

3 riders to GP Challenge final

Continental Final edit

Pos. Rider Points
1   Zoltán Adorján 12+3
2   Stefano Alfonso 12+2
3   Antonín Kasper Jr. 11
4   Róbert Nagy 10
5   Rif Saitgareev 10
6   Vladimir Kolodij 10
7   Tomáš Topinka 10
8   Armando Castagna 10
9   Rinat Mardanshin 6
10   Rafał Dobrucki 6
11   Jaroslaw Olszewski 6
12   Antonín Šváb Jr. 5
13   Andrea Maida 3
14   Andreas Bössner 3
15   Laszlo Bodi 3
16   Bohumil Brhel 2
17   Dariusz Śledź 0
18   Roman Matoušek 0

Final Round edit

GP Challenge Final edit

8 riders to 1996 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider Points
1   Leigh Adams 14
2   Marvyn Cox 13
3   Peter Karlsson 11
4   Tommy Knudsen 11
5   Joe Screen 11
6   Gary Havelock 9
7   Craig Boyce 8
8   Andy Smith 8
9   Tomasz Gollob 8
10   Róbert Nagy 6
11   Jan Stæchmann 5
12   Zoltán Adorján 5
13   Mikael Karlsson 4
14   Brian Karger 3
15   Stefano Alfonso 2
16   Antonín Kasper Jr. 1

References edit

  1. ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Runner up spot is Dukes target". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 10 October 1995. Retrieved 6 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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