1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 8 riders that qualified for the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix and Jason Crump who was seeded through to the Grand Prix.

Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.

Format

• First Round - 4 riders each from Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway to Scandinavian Final
• First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
• First Round - 6 riders from British final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 5 riders from Australian final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 4 riders from United States final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 1 rider from New Zealand final to Overseas Final
• Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian final to Intercontinental Final
• Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas final to Intercontinental Final
• Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
• Third Round - 8 riders from positions 9-16 from the 1995 Grand Prix to GP Challenge
• Third Round - 4 riders from the Continental Final to GP Challenge
• Third Round - 3 riders from the Intercontinental Final to GP Challenge
• Final Round - 8 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1996 Grand Prix

First round

Continental quarter finals

QF (7 May Ljubljana)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Rif Saitgareev	13
2	Roman Jankowski	13
3	Rafał Dobrucki	11
4	Laszlo Bodi	11
5	Vladimir Kolodij	11
6	Sándor Tihanyi	11
7	Petr Vandírek	8
8	Nikolaj Manev	7
9	Martin Peterca	7
10	Csaba Hell	7
11	Massimo Mora	6
12	Mirosław Cierniak	5
13	Gerhard Leske	5
14	Ivan Nagar	2
15	Heinrich Schatzer	1
16	Zlato Krznaric	1
17	Marek Kepa	0

QF (7 May Pfaffenhofen)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Antonín Kasper Jr.	12
2	Andreas Bössner	12
3	Antonín Šváb Jr.	11
4	Róbert Nagy	10
5	Zsolt Böszermenyi	9
6	Tomáš Topinka	9
7	Oleg Kurguskin	9
8	Antal Kocso	9
9	Franz Leitner	8
10	Andreas Schapf	7
11	Václav Milík Sr.	7
12	Sergej Eroschin	7
13	Zsolt Bencze	4
14	Valentino Furlanetto	4
15	Gaspar Forgac	1
16	Walter Nebel

QF (7 May Toruń)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Zoltán Adorján	14
2	Jaroslaw Olszewski	12
3	Roman Matoušek	11
4	George Štancl	11
5	Tomasz Bajerski	11
6	Jacek Gollob	11
7	Rinat Mardanshin	9
8	Grigorij Charchenko	8
9	Igor Marko	7
10	Zoltan Hajdu	7
11	Daruisz Stenka	7
12	Vladimir Voronkov	5
13	Patrick Verbrugge	4
14	Igor Borysenko	2
15	Thomas Koch	1
16	Stefan Leonhard	0
17	Alexander Biznia	0
18	Dariusz Fliegert	0

QF (7 May Marmande)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Armando Castagna	13
2	Andrea Maida	13
3	Marián Jirout	12
4	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	12
5	Dariusz Śledź	10
6	Stefano Alfonso	10
7	Bohumil Brhel	9
8	Piotr Winiarz	9
9	Jan Holub II	9
10	Christophe Dubernard	6
11	Rafał Wilk	6
12	Hartmut Balfanz	5
13	Stefano Spagnolo	3
14	Frederick Brisseau	2
15	Stéphane Trésarrieu	1
16	Maik Groen	0

Second round

Overseas Final

Main article: 1995 Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(11 Jun 1995 Brovst)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Stefan Andersson	14
2	Peter Karlsson	13
3	John Jørgensen	13
4	Brian Karger	12
5	Lars Gunnestad	11
6	Brian Andersen	10
7	Rune Holta	10
8	Gert Handberg	8
9	Kai Laukkanen	7
10	Conny Ivarsson	5
11	Arnt Førland	5
12	Marko Hyyryläinen	4
13	Ingvar Hvamstad	1
14	Dennis Löfqvist	1
15	Vesa Ylinen	0
16	Tomi Kalliomäki	0

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental Final

SF 11 June 1995 Mšeno Pos. Rider Points 1 Rif Saitgareev 14 2 Antonín Kasper Jr. 14 3 Tomáš Topinka 12 4 Rafał Dobrucki 9 5 Antonín Šváb Jr. 9 6 Róbert Nagy 9 7 Vladimir Kolodij 8 8 Andreas Bössner 7 9 Laszlo Bodi 7 10 Sándor Tihanyi 6 11 Roman Jankowski 6 12 Franz Leitner 5 13 Martin Peterca 5 14 Antal Kocso 4 15 Csaba Hell 3 16 Nikolaj Manev 2 17 Zsolt Böszermenyi 0	SF 10 June 1995 Lonigo Pos. Rider Points 1 Zoltán Adorján 15 2 Stefano Alfonso 12 3 Armando Castagna 11 4 Rinat Mardanshin 11 5 Bohumil Brhel 9 6 Andrea Maida 9 7 Dariusz Śledź 8 8 Jaroslaw Olszewski 9 9 Roman Matoušek 7 10 Marián Jirout 7 11 Tomasz Bajerski 5 12 Jacek Gollob 5 13 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 4 14 George Štancl 2 15 Jan Holub II 0 16 Stefano Spagnolo 0

Third round

• Peter Karlsson seeded to GP Challenge
• 8 riders from positions 9-16 from the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix to GP Challenge final

Intercontinental Final

Main article: 1995 Intercontinental Final

3 riders to GP Challenge final

Continental Final

• 4 riders to GP Challenge
• 30 July 1995 Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Zoltán Adorján	12+3
2	Stefano Alfonso	12+2
3	Antonín Kasper Jr.	11
4	Róbert Nagy	10
5	Rif Saitgareev	10
6	Vladimir Kolodij	10
7	Tomáš Topinka	10
8	Armando Castagna	10
9	Rinat Mardanshin	6
10	Rafał Dobrucki	6
11	Jaroslaw Olszewski	6
12	Antonín Šváb Jr.	5
13	Andrea Maida	3
14	Andreas Bössner	3
15	Laszlo Bodi	3
16	Bohumil Brhel	2
17	Dariusz Śledź	0
18	Roman Matoušek	0

Final Round

GP Challenge Final

8 riders to 1996 Grand Prix

• 8 October 1995 Lonigo

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Leigh Adams	14
2	Marvyn Cox	13
3	Peter Karlsson	11
4	Tommy Knudsen	11
5	Joe Screen	11
6	Gary Havelock	9
7	Craig Boyce	8
8	Andy Smith	8
9	Tomasz Gollob	8
10	Róbert Nagy	6
11	Jan Stæchmann	5
12	Zoltán Adorján	5
13	Mikael Karlsson	4
14	Brian Karger	3
15	Stefano Alfonso	2
16	Antonín Kasper Jr.	1