Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand

The New Zealand Speedway Grand Prix is a motorcycle speedway race part of the Speedway Grand Prix. The event is held at the Western Springs Stadium in Auckland. 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.

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

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 has been dropped from the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix series.

Winners

Season City Stadium Winner
1 2012 Auckland Western Springs Greg Hancock result
2 2013 Auckland Western Springs Jaroslaw Hampel result
3 2014 Auckland Western Springs Martin Smolinski result

See also

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