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Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The Speedway Grand Prix Challenge or Speedway Grand Prix Qualification is an annual speedway qualifying tournament to determine the qualifiers for the Speedway Grand Prix, which is the World Championship of speedway. History From 1995 the Individual World Championship was replaced by the Grand Prix system. The 17 qualifiers for the 1995 Grand Prix were the top 10 from the 1994 World final, 5 seeds and 2 wildcards. From 1996, the leading riders from each Grand Prix series would automatically qualifying for the following year's event. The remaining places would be filled by the leading riders in the Challenge event and qualifiers from both the Continental Speedway Final and Intercontinental Final. However, the latter two finals would come to end in 2000 and 2001 respectively. Format and winners + Already qualified for the Grand Prix series See also * Motorcycle speedway * Speedway Grand Prix References {{International speedway Individual An individual is one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of soil, dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Smith (speedway Rider)
Andrew Smith (born 25 May 1966) is a retired motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned 29 international caps for the England national speedway team. Career Smith spent the first seven years of his career riding for the Belle Vue Aces from 1982 to 1988. He then joined Bradford Dukes for two British League seasons and began to build a reputation as one of Britain's leading riders. Smith also rode in Australia, including the 1990/91 Australian season when he based himself at Claremont Speedway in Perth, Western Australia. Despite Claremont being almost twice the length of most British tracks, on 18 January 1991 Smith defeated home town hero, and twice Australian Champion Glenn Doyle in the King of Claremont Classic. Smith also finished 2nd to Sweden's Dennis Löfqvist at the 1990 Boxing Day International at the Melbourne Showgrounds. After joining the Coventry Bees in 1992 he went on to win the British Speedway Championship three times in a row in 1993, 1994, and 1995, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Stonehewer
Carl Bryan Stonehewer (born 16 May 1972) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned seven international caps for the England national speedway team and five caps for the Great Britain team. Career Stonehewer's principal club in Britain were Belle Vue Aces and Workington Comets. In 1997, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering Martin Dixon for the Long Eaton Invaders, during the 1997 Premier League speedway season. The success was the first of five Pairs championships. He was also part of the Long Eaton four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 3 August 1997, at the East of England Arena. In 1999, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship again, partnering Brent Werner, during his first season with Workington. He successfully defended the title the following season but this time partnering Mick Powell during the 2000 Premier League speedway season. Also in 2000, he won the Polish Speedway Second Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Hamill
William Gordon Hamill (born 23 May 1970) is an American international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a former Speedway World Champion, winning the title in 1996 and earned 29 caps for the United States national speedway team. Career Early career Hamill was born on 23 May 1970 in California, United States. He began junior speedway in California in 1983, eventually turning professional in 1986. In 1990, he left California to race for Cradley Heathens in the British League, joining fellow Californian and friend Greg Hancock. In his debut season of racing in Europe, Hamill won his first FIM Gold Medal as the USA won the World Team Cup. 1991–1995 In 1991, Hamill again rode for the Heathens and was named captain and he also made his World Final debut at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg scoring six points. The 1992 World Championship campaign was cut short for Hamill after breaking his wrist at the Overseas final at Coventry's Brandon stadium, however he was still a majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 12 riders that would qualify for the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix. The format changed from the previous year, in that only 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. Billy Hamill won the GP Challenge. Format * First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Finland, 2 from Norway to Scandinavian Final * First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals * First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final * First Round - 4 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final * First Round - 4 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final * Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final * Seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jørgensen
John Jørgensen (born 18 July 1962 in Middelfart, Denmark) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. He earned 54 caps for the Denmark national speedway team. He is not to be confused with Johnny Jørgensen, the 1989 Danish Junior speedway champion. Career Jørgensen arrived to race in the British leagues late in the 1982 British League season after Chris Van Straaten signed him to ride for the Birmingham Brummies. After two solid seasons, Birmingham withdrew from the league and Jorgensen was signed by Coventry Bees, where he would spend most of his career. In 1986 he averaged 8.74 for Coventry and became part of the Danish national team during their period of domination during the 1980s and won the World Team Cup with Denmark in 1986 and 1988, riding alongside some of the world's best riders at the time Hans Nielsen, Erik Gundersen, Tommy Knudsen and his cousin Jan O. Pedersen. Jørgensen also qualified for the World Final on two occasions, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Gustafsson
Henrik Anders (Henka) Gustafsson (born 14 August 1970) is a Swedish former Motorcycle speedway rider. He won the 1993 World Pairs Championship with Tony Rickardsson and the Speedway World Team Cup in 1994 and 2000. He earned 50 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Career Gustafsson, rode for Indianerna in the Swedish Elite League starting in 1986. Gustafsson rode in the first of his four Speedway World Finals in 1990, despite failing to qualify for the 1990 World Final in Bradford, England, he got a lucky break when he replaced the injured Dane Jan O. Pedersen. Supposed to be one who was "there for the experience" in his first World Final, Henka impressed many by finishing a surprise 6th in the final, winning two of his five rides. After his first 3 rides he was in equal first place with eventual winner and fellow Swede Per Jonsson and Australia's Todd Wiltshire. He first rode in Britain during a few matches for the 1990 season for the King's Lynn Stars before sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Andersen
Brian Askel Andersen (born 13 March 1971) is a Danish former international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 12 caps for the Denmark national speedway team. Career Andersen reached the final of the Under-21 World Championship in 1990. The following year, he won the championship to become the 1991 Junior World Champion. In the final he defeatied fellow Dane Morten Andersen in a run-off for the title after both riders had finished on 14 points. The success brought him to the attention of British leagues and Coventry Bees signed him for the 1992 British League season. He drove up his average over the following seasons for Coventry and established himself as one of their leading riders. In 1995, he won the Individual Speedway Danish Championship. In 1996, he finished second in the 1996 Intercontinental Final, which qualified him for his first Speedway Grand Prix series. He rode in the Grand Prix between 1997 and 2001, and won two bronze medals in the Speedway World Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 14 riders that qualified for the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix. The format was similar to the previous year, in that 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 8 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. The remaining two places would go to Billy Hamill and Robert Dados (world U21 champion) who were seeded through. Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge. Format * First Round – 6 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 2 riders each from Finland & Norway to Scandinavian Final * First Round – 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals * First Round – 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final * First Round – 3 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final * First Round – 1 rider from Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Dannö
Stefan Kjell Dannö (born 10 February 1969) is a Swedish former international speedway rider who rode in the Speedway World Championship. He earned 5 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Career Dannö rode for the Eastbourne Eagles in the British Speedway League and Indianerna in the Elitserien (speedway), Swedish Elite League when they were champions in 1990 and 1991. He was Speedway Swedish Individual Championship, Swedish Champion in 2003. Family His brother Roland Dannö was also a speedway rider. Speedway Grand Prix results World Longtrack Championship One Day Finals * 1991 Marianske Lazne (6th) 12pts * 1992 Pfarrkirchen (10th) 9pts * 1993 Muhldorf (10th) 9pts * 1995 Scheessel (16th) 3pts World Team Cup World final * 1996 Speedway World Team Cup, 1996 - Hofheim, Hesse (with Daniel Andersson (speedway rider), Daniel Andersson / Niklas Klingberg) - 5th - 14pts See also * Sweden national speedway team * List of Speedway Grand Prix riders * List of Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotr Protasiewicz
Piotr Protasiewicz (born 25 January 1975 in Zielona Góra, Poland) is a Polish international speedway rider. He is a four times World team champion and earned 24 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Career Protasiewicz began his career riding for Falubaz Zielona Góra in 1991 where he would spend four seasons. He began to record some notable performances including reaching the finals of three Speedway Under-21 World Championship in 1993, 1995 and 1996. In the 1996 final he scored a perfect 15 point maximum to be crowned the World U21 champion. He rode for the Polish national team in the 1996 Speedway World Cup and in October 1997, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the 1998 Grand Prix. He would repeat this feat three years later in October 2003. Protasiewicz made his British league debut in 1998 for the King's Lynn Stars and would spend two seasons with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 16 riders that qualified for the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix. There was a late change to the qualifying when the Grand Prix increased to 24 permanent riders. Therefore 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 9 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge (originally just 4). The final 3 GP places would go to wildcards. Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge. Format * First Round - 5 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 3 riders each from Finland & Norway to Scandinavian Final * First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals * First Round - 8 riders from British final to Overseas Final * First Round - 4 riders from Australian/New Zealand final to Overseas Final * First Round - 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
