1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date30 September 1995
City Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London
Event6 of 6 (6)
Referee Flag of Norway.svg Roy Otto
Stadium details
Stadium Hackney Wick Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Loram

The 1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the six and last race of the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 September in the Hackney Wick Stadium in London, England. [1] [2]

Contents

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jason Crump as Wild Card.

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21222324
116 Flag of the United States.svg (4) Greg Hancock 20332231313
23 Flag of the United States.svg (12) Sam Ermolenko 18232321232
39 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (8) Mark Loram 17331221141
46 Flag of Sweden.svg (7) Henrik Gustafsson 16321331220
513 Flag of the United States.svg (18) Billy Hamill 1522111783
611 Flag of Denmark.svg (2) Hans Nielsen 14X1332972
714 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (15) Gary Havelock 13103331061
82 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (16) Jason Crump 1233320115E
95 Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Tommy Knudsen 11212117103
1012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (3) Craig Boyce 10221005112
117 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Tomasz Gollob 902311791
1210 Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Tony Rickardsson 8X10034120
134 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (11) Chris Louis 7E02103153
141 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (6) Marvyn Cox 6100214142
158 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Mikael Karlsson 4110024131
1615 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (14) Andy Smith 3000000160
1717 Flag of Denmark.svg (10) Jan Stæchmann 2-17
1818 Flag of the United States.svg (9) Josh Larsen 1-18
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

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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AUT
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GER
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SWE
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DEN
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GBR
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Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg (2) Hans Nielsen 103181718162014
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Tony Rickardsson 8815181218178
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg (12) Sam Ermolenko 83141110121818
4 Flag of the United States.svg (4) Greg Hancock 829139171420
5 Flag of the United States.svg (18) Billy Hamill 8042017111315
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (8) Mark Loram 771616891117
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (11) Chris Louis 7717101315157
8 Flag of Sweden.svg (7) Henrik Gustafsson 73 (+3)1215158716
9 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Tomasz Gollob 73 (+2)2012610169
10 Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Tommy Knudsen 672220201211
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (3) Craig Boyce 601187141010
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (6) Marvyn Cox 5481411786
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (15) Gary Havelock 4513746213
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (14) Andy Smith 386914333
15 Flag of Denmark.svg (10) Jan Stæchmann 23743162
16 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Mikael Karlsson 17332414
17 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Gerd Riss 1616
18 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) (19) Peter Karlsson 1611113
19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (16) Jason Crump 1212
20 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Dariusz Śledź 1010
21 Flag of Norway.svg (16) Lars Gunnestad 99
22 Flag of the United States.svg (9) Josh Larsen 7241
23 Flag of Austria.svg (16) Franz Leitner 66
Pos. RiderPoints POL
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AUT
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GER
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SWE
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DEN
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GBR
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