1995 Speedway Grand Prix

World motorcycle speedway event

1995 Speedway Grand Prix

Season details
Dates| 20 May - 30 September
Events| 6
Cities| 6
Countries| 6
Riders| 17 permanents
1 wild card(s)
Heats| 144 + 1 Run-off (in 6 events)
Winners
Champion|  DEN Hans Nielsen
Runner-up|  SWE Tony Rickardsson
3rd place|  USA Sam Ermolenko

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The 1995 Speedway Grand Prix was the 50th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2]

It was the first season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.[3] The Grand Prix series was won by Hans Nielsen; it was his fourth World Champion title.[4][5][6]

## Event format

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For the new Speedway Grand Prix series it remained the case at each meeting that each rider raced every other once. However, the top 4 riders qualified for a final and the points for all other riders determined their finishing position in the meeting and therefore their championship Grand Prix points. The 4 finalists scored 20, 18, 17 and 16 points, with the reminder scoring 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.

## Qualification for Grand Prix

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The 1995 season had 17 permanent riders (2 as track reserve) and 1 wild card at each event. Each event also could feature 2 reserves who were available to compete and qualify for full points. The 17 riders selected for the 1995 Grand Prix were the top 10 from the 1994 World final, 5 seeded through who were (Sam Ermolenko, Chris Louis, Tomasz Gollob, Gary Havelock and Andy Smith) and 2 wildcards (Billy Hamill and Mikael Karlsson).[7]

The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.

## 1995 Event Schedule and Winners

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Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results

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1  | 20 May  |  Wrocław , Poland
Olympic Stadium |  Tomasz Gollob |  Hans Nielsen |  Chris Louis |  Mark Loram  | results
2  | 17 June  |  Wiener Neustadt , Austria
Stadion Wiener Neustadt |  Billy Hamill |  Tony Rickardsson |  Hans Nielsen |  Mark Loram  | results
3  | 8 July  |  Abensberg , Germany
Motorstadion |  Tommy Knudsen |  Hans Nielsen |  Billy Hamill |  Gerd Riss  | results
4  | 12 August  |  Linköping , Sweden
Motorstadium |  Tommy Knudsen |  Tony Rickardsson |  Greg Hancock |  Hans Nielsen  | results
5  | 9 September  |  Vojens , Denmark
Speedway Center |  Hans Nielsen |  Sam Ermolenko |  Tony Rickardsson |  Tomasz Gollob | results
6  | 30 September  |  London , Great Britain
Hackney Wick Stadium |  Greg Hancock |  Sam Ermolenko |  Mark Loram |  Henka Gustafsson  | results

## Final standings

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.  | Rider  | Points  | POL
| AUT
| GER
| SWE
| DEN
| GBR

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|  (2) Hans Nielsen | 103  | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 14
|  (1) Tony Rickardsson | 88  | 15 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 8
|  (12) Sam Ermolenko | 83  | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 18
4  |  (4) Greg Hancock | 82  | 9 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 20
5  |  (18) Billy Hamill | 80  | 4 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 15
6  |  (8) Mark Loram | 77  | 16 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 17
7  |  (11) Chris Louis | 77  | 17 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 7
8  |  (7) Henrik Gustafsson | 73 (+3)  | 12 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 16
9  |  (13) Tomasz Gollob | 73 (+2)  | 20 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9
10  |  (5) Tommy Knudsen | 67  | 2 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 11
11  |  (3) Craig Boyce | 60  | 11 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 10
12  |  (6) Marvyn Cox | 54  | 8 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6
13  |  (15) Gary Havelock | 45  | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13
14  |  (14) Andy Smith | 38  | 6 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3
15  |  (10) Jan Stæchmann | 23  | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2
16  |  (17) Mikael Karlsson | 17  | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4
17  |  (16) Gerd Riss | 16  | – | – | 16 | – | – | –
18  |  (16) (19) Peter Karlsson | 16  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | – | –
19  |  (16) Jason Crump | 12  | – | – | – | – | – | 12
20  |  (16) Dariusz Śledź | 10  | 10 | – | – | – | – | –
21  |  (16) Lars Gunnestad | 9  | – | – | – | – | 9 | –
22  |  (9) Josh Larsen | 7  | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 1
23  |  (16) Franz Leitner | 6  | – | 6 | – | – | – | –
Pos. | Rider  | Points  | POL
| AUT
| GER
| SWE
| DEN
| GBR

## See also

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* motorcycle speedway

## References

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1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
2. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
3. ^ "How Cardiff became Speedway Grand Prix's 'Monaco'". The Mirror. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
4. ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-17. Archived 2009-05-11.
5. ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-17. Archived 2009-05-11.
6. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
7. ^ "Unfancied Swede gets a taste of big night". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 August 1994. Retrieved 5 January 2023 - via British Newspaper Archive.

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