1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

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Flag of Denmark.svg 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
Information
Date21 September 1996
City Flag of Denmark.svg Vojens
Event6 of 6 (12)
Referee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Brodie
Stadium details
Stadium Speedway Center
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of the United States.svg Billy Hamill
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Loram
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark was the sixth and last race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 21 September in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark [1] [2] It was second Danish SGP and was won by American rider Billy Hamill. It was third win of his career.

Contents

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Piotr Protasiewicz from Poland as Wild Card.

Draw 18. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (14) Gary Havelock Flag of Poland.svg (19) Tomasz Gollob

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21222324
14 Flag of the United States.svg (5) Billy Hamill 25333311313
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (6) Mark Loram 20212331142
312 Flag of the United States.svg (4) Greg Hancock 18313231221
411 Flag of the United States.svg (3) Sam Ermolenko 16223321230
59 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Hans Nielsen 14133031053
615 Flag of Sweden.svg (8) Henrik Gustafsson 13311231062
73 Flag of Sweden.svg (12) Peter Karlsson 1213212981
86 Flag of Sweden.svg (2) Tony Rickardsson 1133210970
97 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (7) Chris Louis 9100304123
101 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (17) Craig Boyce 822012792
1116 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (13) Joe Screen 7121015111
1210 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (15) Jason Crump 6012216100
132 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (9) Leigh Adams 4000224143
1414 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Piotr Protasiewicz 322EF04132
1513 Flag of Denmark.svg (11) Tommy Knudsen 2001113151
168 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (10) Marvyn Cox 1001001160
1717 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Andy Smith -17
1818 Flag of Poland.svg (19) Tomasz Gollob -18
PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21222324
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
gate A – insidegate Bgate Cgate D – outside

The final classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPoints POL
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ITA
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GER
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SWE
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GBR
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DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg (5) Billy Hamill 11316209251825
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Hans Nielsen 11118252592014
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg (4) Greg Hancock 88121313161618
4 Flag of Sweden.svg (2) Tony Rickardsson 8620181614711
5 Flag of Sweden.svg (8) Henrik Gustafsson 8014418201113
6 Flag of Sweden.svg (12) Peter Karlsson 62732071312
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (6) Mark Loram 58626121220
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (7) Chris Louis 548914869
9 Flag of the United States.svg (3) Sam Ermolenko 5291413916
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (15) Jason Crump 451ns76256
11 Flag of Denmark.svg (11) Tommy Knudsen 44251612
12 Flag of Poland.svg (16) (19) Tomasz Gollob 4311ns1814ns
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (13) Joe Screen 383711287
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (17) Craig Boyce 30ns122448
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (9) Leigh Adams 282ns81134
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (14) Gary Havelock 271314
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Andy Smith 19ns11332ns
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (10) Marvyn Cox 154811ns1
19 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Gerd Riss 1212
20 Flag of Italy.svg (16) Stefano Alfonso 66
21 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Piotr Protasiewicz 33
Rider(s) not classified
Flag of Denmark.svg (20) Jan Stæchmann nsns
Flag of Sweden.svg (21) Mikael Karlsson ns
Pos. RiderPoints POL
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ITA
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GER
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SWE
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GBR
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DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg

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References

  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-23. Archived 2009-05-12.
  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-23. Archived 2009-05-11.