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1996 Speedway Grand Prix

2nd season of the Speedway Grand Prix


2nd season of the Speedway Grand Prix

FieldValue
Year1996
DatesMay 18 - September 21
Events6
Cities6
Country6
per17wc=1tr=
Heats144
P1fUSAP1 =Billy Hamill
P2fDENP2 =Hans Nielsen
P3fUSAP3 =Greg Hancock

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix was the 51st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. It was the second season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion.

The world title was won by Billy Hamill; it was his first and only World Champion title. Defending champion Hans Nielsen was set to win his fifth world crown with a nine-point lead going into the last of the six events at Vojens. However Hamill won the event gaining 25 points and Nielsen only managed 14 points leaving the Dane two points behind the American in the final standings.

Event format

During 1996 the initial SGP scoring system used in 1995 remained in place. Each rider raced every other in the meeting with the top 4 qualifying for a final - the points for all other riders determined their finishing position in the meeting and therefore their championship Grand Prix points. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with the remainder scoring 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Qualification for Grand Prix

Main article: 1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 1996 season had 17 permanent riders and one wild card at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.

Calendar

Final standings

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References

References

  1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX".
  2. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK".
  3. "Speedway riders, history and results".
  4. [http://speedwaygp.republika.pl/ speedwaygp.republika.pl]. Retrieved on 2009-03-23. 2009-05-12.
  5. [http://world.speedway.org/1996/wc/i/ world.speedway.org]. Retrieved on 2009-03-123. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090601091629/http://world.speedway.org/1996/wc/i/ Archived] 2009-05-11.
  6. (23 September 1996). "Sportsdesk". Reading Evening Post.
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