1996 Overseas final

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The 1996 Overseas Final was the sixteenth running of the Overseas Final. The Final was held at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England on 9 June and was open to riders from the American Final and the Australian, British and New Zealand Championships. [1]

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Controversy

The top 8 riders were to have qualified for the 1996 Intercontinental Final to be held in Holsted, Denmark. However, in a controversial decision the FIM disqualified all riders following the meeting, with the exception of Ryan Sullivan (2nd), Kelvin Tatum (5th) and Mark Lemon (14th), for refusing to start the meeting on solid block tyres. This led to the FIM putting forward the first 13 riders from the Scandinavian Final to make up the Intercontinental Final shortfall (originally it was to be 8 riders from each of the Overseas and Scandinavian Finals who advanced to the Intercontinental Final). [2]

1996 Overseas Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Manchester (3,3,3,3,2)14
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Sullivan (3,3,1,2,3 +3)12+3
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Lyons (3,3,2,3,1 +2)12+2
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carl Stonehewer (1,1,3,3,3)11
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kelvin Tatum (3,3,1,2,1)10
6 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Faria (0,2,3,1,3)9
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Langdon (2,0,2,3,2)9
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Norris (1,0,3,2,2)8
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Morton (2,2,0,1,2 +3)7+3
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mick Poole (2,0,2,0,3 +2)7+2
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Howe (2,1,0,2,1)6
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Simon Cross (1,2,1,0,1)5
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Lemon (0,1,2,1,0)4
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Walsh (0,2,1,1,0)4
15 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Venegas (1,0,0,0,0)1
16 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Hedden (0,1,0,0,0)1

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References

  1. Speedway World Championship History - 1996
  2. "Kiwis in the Overseas Final - 1996". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

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