The 1996 Overseas Final was the sixteenth running of the Overseas Final. The Final was held at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England on 9 June and was open to riders from the American Final and the Australian, British and New Zealand Championships.Speedway World Championship History - 1996
Controversy The top 8 riders were to have qualified for the 1996 Intercontinental Final to be held in Holsted, Denmark. However, in a controversial decision the FIM disqualified all riders following the meeting, with the exception of Ryan Sullivan (2nd), Kelvin Tatum (5th) and Mark Lemon (14th), for refusing to start the meeting on solid block tyres. This led to the FIM putting forward the first 13 riders from the Scandinavian Final to make up the Intercontinental Final shortfall (originally it was to be 8 riders from each of the Overseas and Scandinavian Finals who advanced to the Intercontinental Final).
1996 Overseas Final 9 June Coventry, Brandon Stadium Qualification: See above
Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 Chris Manchester (3,3,3,3,2) 142 Ryan Sullivan (3,3,1,2,3 +3) 12+33 Jason Lyons (3,3,2,3,1 +2) 12+24 Carl Stonehewer (1,1,3,3,3) 115 Kelvin Tatum (3,3,1,2,1) 106 Mike Faria (0,2,3,1,3) 97 Tony Langdon (2,0,2,3,2) 98 David Norris (1,0,3,2,2) 89 Ray Morton (2,2,0,1,2 +3) 7+310 Mick Poole (2,0,2,0,3 +2) 7+211 Ben Howe (2,1,0,2,1) 612 Simon Cross (1,2,1,0,1) 513 Mark Lemon (0,1,2,1,0) 414 David Walsh (0,2,1,1,0) 415 Charlie Venegas (1,0,0,0,0) 116 Bobby Hedden (0,1,0,0,0) 1
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