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
Speedway Grand Prix 1996 →

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

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

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

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

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

• motorcycle speedway

References

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2. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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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.