1997 Overseas final

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The 1997 Overseas Final was the seventeenth running of the Overseas Final. The Final was held at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England on 22 June and was open to riders from the American Final and the Australian, British, New Zealand and South African Championships. [1]

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1997 Overseas Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kelvin Tatum 14+3
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Screen 14+2
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Wilson 11+3
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Boyce 11+2
5 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko 11+1
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gary Havelock 10
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Sullivan 9
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dean Barker 9
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump 8
10 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Manchester 6
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Parker 5
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carl Stonehewer 5
13 Flag of the United States.svg Charles Ermolenko 3
14 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Penny 2
15 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Venegas 2
16 Flag of South Africa.svg Karoly Lechky 0

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