2006 AMA National Speedway Championship

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2006 AMA National Speedway Championship
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The 2006 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, which were held at Costa Mesa (August 5), [1] Auburn (September 1) [2] and Auburn (October 7). [3] Greg Hancock won the title to equal Mike Bast's all-time record. It was also Hancock's fourth successive AMA title.

The AMA National Speedway Championship is an annual speedway championship to decide the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) USA national speedway champion.

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Event format

Over the course of 20 heats, each rider raced against every other rider once. The field was then split into sections of four riders, with the top four entering the 'A' Final. Points were then awarded depending on where a rider finished in each final. The points in the 'A' Final were awarded thus, 20, 18, 16 and 14. Bonus points for were also awarded.

Classification

Pos.RiderPoints Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United States.svg
1 Greg Hancock 57152121
2 Billy Hamill 53161918
3 Mike Faria*45181116
4 Charlie Venegas 4520169
5 Tommy Hedden 3371214
6 Eddie Castro 2911810
7 Bryan Yarrow 286148
8 Bart Bast 2751012
9 Nate Perkins 279711
10 Shawn McConnell 21867
11 Bobby Schwartz 191234
12 Shaun Harmatiuk 16196
13 Josh Larsen 15105
14 Buck Blair 12345
15 Gary Hicks 541
16 Josh West 33
17 Wieslaw Oskiewwicz 22
18 JJ Martynse 22
19 Ivan Severt 22
20 TJ Fowler 101
21 George Fox 00

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