1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the fourth race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 10 August in the Motorstadium in Linköping, Sweden[1][2] It was the second Swedish SGP and was won by American rider Billy Hamill. It was the second win of his career.

1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
Information
Date10 August 1996
City Linköping
Event4 of 6 (10)
RefereeGraham Brodie
Stadium details
StadiumMotorstadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Billy Hamill
Runner-up Henrik Gustafsson
3rd place Henrik Gustafsson

Starting positions draw

(11) Tommy Knudsen
(14) Gary Havelock
both was replaced by track reserve
Draw 17. track reserve (20) Jan Stæchmann
Draw 18. track reserve (21) Mikael Karlsson

Tomasz Gollob (#19) also rode.

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
1 16 (5) Billy Hamill 25 2 3 2 2 3 12 2 3
2 9 (8) Henrik Gustafsson 20 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 2
3 6 (19) Tomasz Gollob 18 3 3 1 1 3 11 4 1
4 1 (4) Greg Hancock 16 3 2 3 3 0 11 3 X
5 15 (2) Tony Rickardsson 14 3 2 2 3 1 11 6 3
6 10 (3) Sam Ermolenko 13 2 1 X 3 3 9 7 2
7 8 (6) Mark Loram 12 2 0 2 1 2 7 8 1
8 2 (9) Leigh Adams 11 2 2 3 3 1 11 5 0
9 13 (1) Hans Nielsen 9 1 1 3 0 2 7 9 3
10 4 (7) Chris Louis 8 0 2 X E 3 5 10 2
11 12 (12) Peter Karlsson 7 1 1 1 1 1 5 12 1
12 3 (15) Jason Crump 6 1 3 1 0 0 5 11 X
13 7 (17) Craig Boyce 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 13 3
14 11 (18) Andy Smith 3 X 1 0 2 0 3 15 2
15 5 (13) Joe Screen 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 14 1
16 14 (10) Marvyn Cox 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
17 17 (20) Jan Stæchmann - 17
18 18 (21) Mikael Karlsson - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
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 – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
ITA
GER
SWE
GBR
DEN
1 (1) Hans Nielsen 77 1825259  
2 (5) Billy Hamill 70 1620925  
3 (2) Tony Rickardsson 68 20181614  
4 (8) Henrik Gustafsson 56 1441820  
5 (4) Greg Hancock 54 12131316  
6 (11) Tommy Knudsen 41 2516  
7 (7) Chris Louis 39 89148  
8 (12) Peter Karlsson 37 73207  
9 (16) Tomasz Gollob 29 11ns18  
10 (3) Sam Ermolenko 27 91413  
11 (14) Gary Havelock 27 1314  
12 (6) Mark Loram 26 62612  
13 (13) Joe Screen 23 37112  
14 (9) Leigh Adams 21 2ns811  
15 (17) Craig Boyce 18 ns1224  
16 (18) Andy Smith 17 ns1133  
17 (10) Marvyn Cox 14 4811  
18 (15) Jason Crump 14 1ns76  
19 (16) Gerd Riss 12 12  
20 (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 6  
Rider(s) not classified
(20) Jan Stæchmann ns  
(21) Mikael Karlsson ns  
Pos. Rider Points POL
ITA
GER
SWE
GBR
DEN

See also

References

  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. Archived 2009-05-12.
  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. Archived 2009-05-11.
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