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^[1] 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.^[2]

Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.^[3]

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

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

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

References

^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
^ "Runner up spot is Dukes target". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 10 October 1995. Retrieved 6 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[1] "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[2] "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[3] "Runner up spot is Dukes target". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 10 October 1995. Retrieved 6 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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