Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand

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Flag of New Zealand.svg Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand
Stadium Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
Years3 (2012–2014)
Trackpermanent track
Track Length413 m
Last Event (season 2014)
Date5 April 2014
Winner Flag of Germany.svg Martin Smolinski
2nd place Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen
3rd place Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak

The New Zealand Speedway Grand Prix was a motorcycle speedway event that formed part of the Speedway Grand Prix (the world championship). The event was held at the Western Springs Stadium in Auckland from 2012 to 2014. [1]

Western Springs is a permanent speedway venue which generally caters to car racing such as Sprintcars and Midgets, though it has also hosted motorcycle speedway on many occasions, including 15 times as host of the New Zealand Individual Speedway Championship.

At 413 metres (452 yards) in length, Western Springs, which hosted the opening round of the SGP from 2012–2014, was one of the longest tracks used in the 25-year history of the series.

The Grand Prix of New Zealand was dropped from the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix series.

Winners

SeasonCityStadiumWinner
1 2012 Auckland Western Springs Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock result [2]
2 2013 Auckland Western Springs Flag of Poland.svg Jaroslaw Hampel result [3]
3 2014 Auckland Western Springs Flag of Germany.svg Martin Smolinski result [4] [5]

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References

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