1995 Speedway Grand Prix

The 1995 Speedway Grand Prix season was the first season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion. Grand Prix series was won by Hans Nielsen; it was his fourth World Champion title.[1][2]

1995 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates20 May - 30 September
Events6
Cities6
Countries6
Riders17 permanents
1 wild card(s)
Heats144 + 1 Run-off (in 6 events)
Winners
Champion DEN Hans Nielsen
Runner-up SWE Tony Rickardsson
3rd place USA Sam Ermolenko

Event format

For the new Speedway Grand Prix series it remained the case at each meeting that each rider raced every other once with the top 4 qualifying for a final - the points for all other riders determined their finishing position in the meeting and therefore their championship Grand Prix points. The 4 finalists scored 20, 18, 17 and 16 points, with the reminder scoring 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Qualification for Grand Prix

The 1995 season had 17 permanent riders (2 as track reserve) and 1 wild card at each event. Each event also could feature 2 reserves who were available to compete and qualify for full points. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.

1995 Event Schedule and Winners
RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1 20 May Wrocław , Poland
Olympic Stadium		 Tomasz Gollob Hans Nielsen Chris Louis Mark Loram results
2 17 June Wiener Neustadt , Austria
OAMTC Zweigverein		 Billy Hamill Tony Rickardsson Hans Nielsen Mark Loram results
3 8 July Abensberg , Germany
Motorstadion		 Tommy Knudsen Hans Nielsen Billy Hamill Gerd Riss results
4 12 August Linköping , Sweden
Motorstadium		 Tommy Knudsen Tony Rickardsson Greg Hancock Hans Nielsen results
5 9 September Vojens , Denmark
Speedway Center		 Hans Nielsen Sam Ermolenko Tony Rickardsson Tomasz Gollob results
6 30 September London , Great Britain
Hackney Wick Stadium		 Greg Hancock Sam Ermolenko Mark Loram Henka Gustafsson results

Final standings
Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
AUT
GER
SWE
DEN
GBR
(2) Hans Nielsen 103 181718162014
(1) Tony Rickardsson 88 15181218178
(12) Sam Ermolenko 83 141110121818
4 (4) Greg Hancock 82 9139171420
5 (18) Billy Hamill 80 42017111315
6 (8) Mark Loram 77 1616891117
7 (11) Chris Louis 77 17101315157
8 (7) Henrik Gustafsson 73 (+3) 1215158716
9 (13) Tomasz Gollob 73 (+2) 2012610169
10 (5) Tommy Knudsen 67 2220201211
11 (3) Craig Boyce 60 1187141010
12 (6) Marvyn Cox 54 81411786
13 (15) Gary Havelock 45 13746213
14 (14) Andy Smith 38 6914333
15 (10) Jan Stæchmann 23 743162
16 (17) Mikael Karlsson 17 332414
17 (16) Gerd Riss 16 ––16–––
18 (16) (19) Peter Karlsson 16 11113––
19 (16) Jason Crump 12 –––––12
20 (16) Dariusz Śledź 10 10–––––
21 (16) Lars Gunnestad 9 ––––9–
22 (9) Josh Larsen 7 –––241
23 (16) Franz Leitner 6 –6––––
Pos. Rider Points POL
AUT
GER
SWE
DEN
GBR

See also

References
  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-17. Archived 2009-05-11.
  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-17. Archived 2009-05-11.
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