1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Explained

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]

Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.^[3]

Format

• 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

Continental quarter finals

QF (7 May Ljubljana)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		13
2		13
3	Rafał Dobrucki	11
4		11
5		11
6		11
7	Petr Vandírek	8
8	Nikolaj Manev	7
9		7
10		7
11		6
12		5
13		5
14		2
15		1
16		1
17		0

QF (7 May Pfaffenhofen)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		12
2		12
3	Antonín Šváb Jr.	11
4		10
5		9
6		9
7	Oleg Kurguskin	9
8	Antal Kocso	9
9		8
10		7
11		7
12		7
13		4
14		4
15		1
16

QF (7 May Torun)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		14
2		12
3	Roman Matoušek	11
4		11
5		11
6		11
7	Rinat Mardanshin	9
8	Grigorij Charchenko	8
9		7
10		7
11		7
12		5
13		4
14		2
15		1
16		0
17		0
18		0

QF (7 May Marmande)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		13
2		13
3	Marián Jirout	12
4		12
5		10
6		10
7	Bohumil Brhel	9
8	Piotr Winiarz	9
9		9
10		6
11		6
12		5
13		3
14		2
15		1
16		0

Second round

Overseas Final

See main article: 1995 Overseas Final. 8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(11 Jun 1995 Brovst)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		14
2		13
3	John Jørgensen	13
4		12
5		11
6		10
7	Rune Holta	10
8	Gert Handberg	8
9		7
10		5
11		5
12		4
13		1
14		1
15		0
16		0

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental Final

width=50% valign=top	SF 11 June 1995 Mšeno width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 14 2 14 3 Tomáš Topinka 12 4 9 5 9 6 9 7 Vladimir Kolodij 8 8 Andreas Bössner 7 9 7 10 6 11 6 12 5 13 5 14 4 15 3 16 2 17 0	width=50% valign=top	SF 10 June 1995 Lonigo width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 15 2 12 3 Armando Castagna 11 4 11 5 9 6 9 7 Dariusz Śledź 8 8 Jaroslaw Olszewski 9 9 7 10 7 11 5 12 5 13 4 14 2 15 0 16 0
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Third round

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

Intercontinental Final

See main article: 1995 Intercontinental Final. 3 riders to GP Challenge final

Continental Final

• 4 riders to GP Challenge
• 30 July 1995 Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=40px	Points
1		12+3
2		12+2
3		11
4		10
5		10
6		10
7		10
8		10
9		6
10		6
11		6
12		5
13		3
14		3
15		3
16		2
17		0
18		0

Final Round

GP Challenge Final

8 riders to 1996 Grand Prix

• 8 October 1995 Lonigo

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=40px	Points
1		14
2		13
3		11
4		11
5		11
6		9
7		8
8		8
9		8
10		6
11		5
12		5
13		4
14		3
15		2
16		1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Individual Championship . Speedway.org . 6 January 2023.
2. Web site: HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications . Speedway History . 6 January 2023.
3. News: Runner up spot is Dukes target . Huddersfield Daily Examiner . 10 October 1995 . 6 January 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .