1995 Speedway Grand Prix
1995 Speedway Grand Prix | |
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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 | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
3rd place | ![]() ←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 |
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1 | 20 May | ![]() Olympic Stadium |
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2 | 17 June | ![]() Stadion Wiener Neustadt |
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3 | 8 July | ![]() Motorstadion |
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4 | 12 August | ![]() Motorstadium |
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5 | 9 September | ![]() Speedway Center |
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6 | 30 September | ![]() Hackney Wick Stadium |
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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 ![]() |
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103 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 14 |
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88 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 8 |
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83 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 18 |
4 | ![]() |
82 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 20 |
5 | ![]() |
80 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
6 | ![]() |
77 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 17 |
7 | ![]() |
77 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 7 |
8 | ![]() |
73 (+3) | 12 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
9 | ![]() |
73 (+2) | 20 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 |
10 | ![]() |
67 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 11 |
11 | ![]() |
60 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
12 | ![]() |
54 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
13 | ![]() |
45 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
14 | ![]() |
38 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
15 | ![]() |
23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
16 | ![]() |
17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
17 | ![]() |
16 | – | – | 16 | – | – | – |
18 | ![]() |
16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | – | – |
19 | ![]() |
12 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 |
20 | ![]() |
10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – |
21 | ![]() |
9 | – | – | – | – | 9 | – |
22 | ![]() |
7 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 1 |
23 | ![]() |
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.