1995 Speedway Grand Prix
| 1995 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | 20 May - 30 September |
| Events | 6 |
| Cities | 6 |
| Countries | 6 |
| Riders | 17 permanents 1 wild card(s) |
| Heats | 144 + 1 Run-off (in 6 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion |  DEN Hans Nielsen |
| Runner-up |  SWE Tony Rickardsson |
| 3rd place |  USA Sam Ermolenko←1994 World Championship |
The 1995 Speedway Grand Prix was the 50th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2]
It was the first season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.[3] The Grand Prix series was won by Hans Nielsen; it was his fourth World Champion title.[4][5][6]
Event format
[edit]For the new Speedway Grand Prix series it remained the case at each meeting that each rider raced every other once. However, the top 4 riders qualified for a final and the points for all other riders determined their finishing position in the meeting and therefore their championship Grand Prix points. The 4 finalists scored 20, 18, 17 and 16 points, with the reminder scoring 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Qualification for Grand Prix
[edit]The 1995 season had 17 permanent riders (2 as track reserve) and 1 wild card at each event. Each event also could feature 2 reserves who were available to compete and qualify for full points. The 17 riders selected for the 1995 Grand Prix were the top 10 from the 1994 World final, 5 seeded through who were (Sam Ermolenko, Chris Louis, Tomasz Gollob, Gary Havelock and Andy Smith) and 2 wildcards (Billy Hamill and Mikael Karlsson).[7]
The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.
1995 Event Schedule and Winners
[edit]| Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 May |  Wrocław , Poland Olympic Stadium |
Tomasz Gollob
|
Hans Nielsen
|
 Chris Louis
|
Mark Loram
|
results |
| 2 | 17 June |  Wiener Neustadt , Austria Stadion Wiener Neustadt |
Billy Hamill
|
Tony Rickardsson
|
Hans Nielsen
|
Mark Loram
|
results |
| 3 | 8 July |  Abensberg , Germany Motorstadion |
Tommy Knudsen
|
Hans Nielsen
|
Billy Hamill
|
Gerd Riss
|
results |
| 4 | 12 August | Linköping , Sweden Motorstadium |
Tommy Knudsen
|
Tony Rickardsson
|
Greg Hancock
|
Hans Nielsen
|
results |
| 5 | 9 September | Vojens , Denmark Speedway Center |
Hans Nielsen
|
Sam Ermolenko
|
Tony Rickardsson
|
Tomasz Gollob
|
results |
| 6 | 30 September | London , Great Britain Hackney Wick Stadium |
Greg Hancock
|
Sam Ermolenko
|
Mark Loram
|
Henka Gustafsson
|
results |
Final standings
[edit]| Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
| Full-time Grand Prix rider |
| Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | POL |
AUT |
GER |
SWE |
DEN |
GBR
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(2) Hans Nielsen
|
103 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 14 |
|
(1) Tony Rickardsson
|
88 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 8 |
|
(12) Sam Ermolenko
|
83 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 18 |
| 4 | (4) Greg Hancock
|
82 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 20 |
| 5 | (18) Billy Hamill
|
80 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| 6 | (8) Mark Loram
|
77 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 17 |
| 7 | (11) Chris Louis
|
77 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 7 |
| 8 | (7) Henrik Gustafsson
|
73 (+3) | 12 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | (13) Tomasz Gollob
|
73 (+2) | 20 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 |
| 10 | (5) Tommy Knudsen
|
67 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 11 |
| 11 |  (3) Craig Boyce
|
60 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| 12 | (6) Marvyn Cox
|
54 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| 13 | (15) Gary Havelock
|
45 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | (14) Andy Smith
|
38 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | (10) Jan Stæchmann
|
23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 16 | (17) Mikael Karlsson
|
17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | (16) Gerd Riss
|
16 | – | – | 16 | – | – | – |
| 18 | (16) (19) Peter Karlsson
|
16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | – | – |
| 19 | (16) Jason Crump
|
12 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 |
| 20 | (16) Dariusz Śledź
|
10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 |  (16) Lars Gunnestad
|
9 | – | – | – | – | 9 | – |
| 22 | (9) Josh Larsen
|
7 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | (16) Franz Leitner
|
6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | POL |
AUT |
GER |
SWE |
DEN |
GBR
|
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "How Cardiff became Speedway Grand Prix's 'Monaco'". The Mirror. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-17. Archived 2009-05-11.
- ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-17. Archived 2009-05-11.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Unfancied Swede gets a taste of big night". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 August 1994. Retrieved 5 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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