1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the first race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 18 May in the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland and was won by Danish rider Tommy Knudsen.[1][2] Knudsen was the first rider who won in three SGP Events.

1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date18 May 1996
City Wrocław
Event1 of 6 (7)
RefereeGraham Brodie
Stadium details
StadiumOlympic Stadium
Length387 m (423 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Tommy Knudsen
Runner-up Tony Rickardsson
3rd place Tony Rickardsson

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Tomasz Gollob as Wild Card. Gollob was Polish SGP Winner last season.

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 6 (11) Tommy Knudsen 25 3 3 3 1 1 11 3 3
2 14 (2) Tony Rickardsson 20 2 2 2 3 1 10 4 2
3 3 (1) Hans Nielsen 18 3 1 3 2 2 11 1 1
4 9 (5) Billy Hamill 16 2 3 1 2 3 11 2 0
5 4 (8) Henrik Gustafsson 14 X 3 E 3 3 9 6 3
6 7 (14) Gary Havelock 13 0 3 3 2 1 9 7 2
7 13 (4) Greg Hancock 12 3 2 2 1 0 8 8 1
8 12 (16) Tomasz Gollob 11 3 0 3 1 3 10 5 0
9 8 (3) Sam Ermolenko 9 2 1 0 2 2 7 10 3
10 5 (7) Chris Louis 8 1 1 1 1 2 6 11 2
11 2 (12) Peter Karlsson 7 1 1 0 3 2 7 9 1
12 1 (6) Mark Loram 6 2 0 0 0 3 5 12 0
13 16 (10) Marvyn Cox 4 1 2 1 E 0 4 15 3
14 11 (13) Joe Screen 3 0 2 2 X 0 4 14 2
15 10 (9) Leigh Adams 2 1 0 1 3 0 5 13 1
16 15 (15) Jason Crump 1 E 0 2 0 1 3 16 0
17 17 (17) Craig Boyce – - 17
18 18 (18) Andy Smith – - 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 (11) Tommy Knudsen 25 25     
2 (2) Tony Rickardsson 20 20     
3 (1) Hans Nielsen 18 18     
4 (5) Billy Hamill 16 16     
5 (8) Henrik Gustafsson 14 14     
6 (14) Gary Havelock 13 13     
7 (4) Greg Hancock 12 12     
8 (16) Tomasz Gollob 11 11     
9 (3) Sam Ermolenko 9 9     
10 (7) Chris Louis 8 8     
11 (12) Peter Karlsson 7 7     
12 (6) Mark Loram 6 6     
13 (10) Marvyn Cox 4 4     
14 (13) Joe Screen 3 3     
15 (9) Leigh Adams 2 2     
16 (15) Jason Crump 1 1     
Rider(s) not classified
(17) Craig Boyce — ns     
(18) Andy Smith — ns     
Pos. Rider Points POL
ITA
GER
SWE
GBR
DEN

See also

References
  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl Archived 2009-05-12 at WebCite. Retrieved on 2009-03-20.
  2. world.speedway.org Archived 2001-11-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-20.


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