1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark was the sixth and last race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 21 September in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark[1][2] It was second Danish SGP and was won by American rider Billy Hamill. It was third win of his career.

Denmark 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
Information
Date21 September 1996
CityDenmark Vojens
Event6 of 6 (12)
RefereeUnited Kingdom Graham Brodie
Stadium details
StadiumSpeedway Center
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited States Billy Hamill
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Mark Loram
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Greg Hancock

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Piotr Protasiewicz from Poland as Wild Card.

Draw 18. United Kingdom (14) Gary HavelockPoland (19) Tomasz Gollob

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
1 4 United States (5) Billy Hamill 25 3 3 3 3 1 13 1 3
2 5 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 20 2 1 2 3 3 11 4 2
3 12 United States (4) Greg Hancock 18 3 1 3 2 3 12 2 1
4 11 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 16 2 2 3 3 2 12 3 0
5 9 Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 14 1 3 3 0 3 10 5 3
6 15 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 13 3 1 1 2 3 10 6 2
7 3 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 12 1 3 2 1 2 9 8 1
8 6 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 11 3 3 2 1 0 9 7 0
9 7 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 9 1 0 0 3 0 4 12 3
10 1 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 8 2 2 0 1 2 7 9 2
11 16 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 7 1 2 1 0 1 5 11 1
12 10 Australia (15) Jason Crump 6 0 1 2 2 1 6 10 0
13 2 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 14 3
14 14 Poland (16) Piotr Protasiewicz 3 2 2 E F 0 4 13 2
15 13 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 15 1
16 8 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 0
17 17 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith - 17
18 18 Poland (19) Tomasz Gollob - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The final classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark
Gold United States (5) Billy Hamill 113 16209251825
Silver Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 111 18252592014
Bronze United States (4) Greg Hancock 88 121313161618
4 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 86 20181614711
5 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 80 14418201113
6 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 62 732071312
7 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 58 626121220
8 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 54 8914869
9 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 52 91413916
10 Australia (15) Jason Crump 45 1ns76256
11 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 44 251612
12 Poland (16) (19) Tomasz Gollob 43 11ns1814ns
13 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 38 3711287
14 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 30 ns122448
15 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 28 2ns81134
16 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 27 1314
17 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 19 ns11332ns
18 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 15 4811ns1
19 Germany (16) Gerd Riss 12 12
20 Italy (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 6
21 Poland (16) Piotr Protasiewicz 3 3
Rider(s) not classified
Denmark (20) Jan Stæchmann nsns
Sweden (21) Mikael Karlsson ns
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark

See also

References

  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-23. 2009-05-12.
  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-23. Archived 2009-05-11.
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