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1995 Speedway Grand Prix

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1995 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates20 May - 30 September
Events6
Cities6
Countries6
Riders17 permanents
1 wild card(s)
Heats144 + 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

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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

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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

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Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 20 May Poland Wrocław , Poland
Olympic Stadium
Poland Tomasz Gollob Denmark Hans Nielsen United Kingdom Chris Louis United Kingdom Mark Loram results
2 17 June Austria Wiener Neustadt , Austria
Stadion Wiener Neustadt
United States Billy Hamill Sweden Tony Rickardsson Denmark Hans Nielsen United Kingdom Mark Loram results
3 8 July Germany Abensberg , Germany
Motorstadion
Denmark Tommy Knudsen Denmark Hans Nielsen United States Billy Hamill Germany Gerd Riss results
4 12 August Sweden Linköping , Sweden
Motorstadium
Denmark Tommy Knudsen Sweden Tony Rickardsson United States Greg Hancock Denmark Hans Nielsen results
5 9 September Denmark Vojens , Denmark
Speedway Center
Denmark Hans Nielsen United States Sam Ermolenko Sweden Tony Rickardsson Poland Tomasz Gollob results
6 30 September United Kingdom London , Great Britain
Hackney Wick Stadium
United States Greg Hancock United States Sam Ermolenko United Kingdom Mark Loram Sweden Henka Gustafsson results

Final standings

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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
AUT
Austria
GER
Germany
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
Gold Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 103 18 17 18 16 20 14
Silver Sweden (1) Tony Rickardsson 88 15 18 12 18 17 8
Bronze United States (12) Sam Ermolenko 83 14 11 10 12 18 18
4 United States (4) Greg Hancock 82 9 13 9 17 14 20
5 United States (18) Billy Hamill 80 4 20 17 11 13 15
6 United Kingdom (8) Mark Loram 77 16 16 8 9 11 17
7 United Kingdom (11) Chris Louis 77 17 10 13 15 15 7
8 Sweden (7) Henrik Gustafsson 73 (+3) 12 15 15 8 7 16
9 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 73 (+2) 20 12 6 10 16 9
10 Denmark (5) Tommy Knudsen 67 2 2 20 20 12 11
11 Australia (3) Craig Boyce 60 11 8 7 14 10 10
12 United Kingdom (6) Marvyn Cox 54 8 14 11 7 8 6
13 United Kingdom (15) Gary Havelock 45 13 7 4 6 2 13
14 United Kingdom (14) Andy Smith 38 6 9 14 3 3 3
15 Denmark (10) Jan Stæchmann 23 7 4 3 1 6 2
16 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson 17 3 3 2 4 1 4
17 Germany (16) Gerd Riss 16 16
18 Sweden (16) (19) Peter Karlsson 16 1 1 1 13
19 Australia (16) Jason Crump 12 12
20 Poland (16) Dariusz Śledź 10 10
21 Norway (16) Lars Gunnestad 9 9
22 United States (9) Josh Larsen 7 2 4 1
23 Austria (16) Franz Leitner 6 6
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
AUT
Austria
GER
Germany
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "How Cardiff became Speedway Grand Prix's 'Monaco'". The Mirror. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-17. Archived 2009-05-11.
  5. ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-17. Archived 2009-05-11.
  6. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Unfancied Swede gets a taste of big night". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 August 1994. Retrieved 5 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.