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 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.

Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.

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)PosRider Points 1 Rif Saitgareev 132 Roman Jankowski 133 Rafał Dobrucki114 Laszlo Bodi 115 Vladimir Kolodij 116 Sándor Tihanyi 117 Petr Vandírek88 Nikolaj Manev79 Martin Peterca 710 Csaba Hell 711 Massimo Mora 612 Mirosław Cierniak 513 Gerhard Leske 514 Ivan Nagar 215 Heinrich Schatzer 116 Zlato Krznaric 117 Marek Kepa 0

QF (7 May Pfaffenhofen)PosRider Points 1 Antonín Kasper Jr. 122 Andreas Bössner 123 Antonín Šváb Jr.114 Róbert Nagy 105 Zsolt Böszermenyi 96 Tomáš Topinka 97 Oleg Kurguskin98 Antal Kocso99 Franz Leitner 810 Andreas Schapf 711 Václav Milík Sr. 712 Sergej Eroschin 713 Zsolt Bencze 414 Valentino Furlanetto 415 Gaspar Forgac 116 Walter Nebel

QF (7 May Toruń)PosRider Points 1 Zoltán Adorján 142 Jaroslaw Olszewski 123 Roman Matoušek114 George Štancl 115 Tomasz Bajerski 116 Jacek Gollob 117 Rinat Mardanshin98 Grigorij Charchenko89 Igor Marko 710 Zoltan Hajdu 711 Daruisz Stenka 712 Vladimir Voronkov 513 Patrick Verbrugge 414 Igor Borysenko 215 Thomas Koch 116 Stefan Leonhard 017 Alexander Biznia 018 Dariusz Fliegert 0

QF (7 May Marmande)PosRider Points 1 Armando Castagna 132 Andrea Maida 133 Marián Jirout124 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 125 Dariusz Śledź 106 Stefano Alfonso 107 Bohumil Brhel98 Piotr Winiarz99 Jan Holub II 910 Christophe Dubernard 611 Rafał Wilk 612 Hartmut Balfanz 513 Stefano Spagnolo 314 Frederick Brisseau 215 Stéphane Trésarrieu 116 Maik Groen 0

Second round Overseas Final 8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final 8 riders to Intercontinental Final (11 Jun 1995 Brovst)PosRider Points 1 Stefan Andersson 142 Peter Karlsson 133 John Jørgensen134 Brian Karger 125 Lars Gunnestad 116 Brian Andersen 107 Rune Holta108 Gert Handberg89 Kai Laukkanen 710 Conny Ivarsson 511 Arnt Førland 512 Marko Hyyryläinen 413 Ingvar Hvamstad 114 Dennis Löfqvist 115 Vesa Ylinen 016 Tomi Kalliomäki 0

Continental semi finals Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental Final SF 11 June 1995 Mšeno Pos.RiderPoints1 Rif Saitgareev 142 Antonín Kasper Jr. 143 Tomáš Topinka124 Rafał Dobrucki 95 Antonín Šváb Jr. 96 Róbert Nagy 97 Vladimir Kolodij88 Andreas Bössner79 Laszlo Bodi 710 Sándor Tihanyi 611 Roman Jankowski 612 Franz Leitner 513 Martin Peterca 514 Antal Kocso 415 Csaba Hell 316 Nikolaj Manev 217 Zsolt Böszermenyi 0SF 10 June 1995 Lonigo Pos.RiderPoints1 Zoltán Adorján 152 Stefano Alfonso 123 Armando Castagna114 Rinat Mardanshin 115 Bohumil Brhel 96 Andrea Maida 97 Dariusz Śledź88 Jaroslaw Olszewski99 Roman Matoušek 710 Marián Jirout 711 Tomasz Bajerski 512 Jacek Gollob 513 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 414 George Štancl 215 Jan Holub II 016 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.RiderPoints1 Zoltán Adorján 12+32 Stefano Alfonso 12+23 Antonín Kasper Jr. 114 Róbert Nagy 105 Rif Saitgareev 106 Vladimir Kolodij 107 Tomáš Topinka 108 Armando Castagna 109 Rinat Mardanshin 610 Rafał Dobrucki 611 Jaroslaw Olszewski 6 12 Antonín Šváb Jr. 513 Andrea Maida 314 Andreas Bössner 315 Laszlo Bodi 316 Bohumil Brhel 217 Dariusz Śledź 018 Roman Matoušek 0

Final Round GP Challenge Final 8 riders to 1996 Grand Prix 8 October 1995 Lonigo Pos.RiderPoints1 Leigh Adams 142 Marvyn Cox 133 Peter Karlsson 114 Tommy Knudsen 115 Joe Screen 116 Gary Havelock 97 Craig Boyce 88 Andy Smith 89 Tomasz Gollob 810 Róbert Nagy 611 Jan Stæchmann 5 12 Zoltán Adorján 513 Mikael Karlsson 414 Brian Karger 315 Stefano Alfonso 216 Antonín Kasper Jr. 1

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