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.[1]

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 flat 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).[2]

1996 Overseas Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1United States Chris Manchester(3,3,3,3,2)14
2Australia Ryan Sullivan(3,3,1,2,3 +3)12+3
3Australia Jason Lyons(3,3,2,3,1 +2)12+2
4United Kingdom Carl Stonehewer(1,1,3,3,3)11
5United Kingdom Kelvin Tatum(3,3,1,2,1)10
6United States Mike Faria(0,2,3,1,3)9
7Australia Tony Langdon(2,0,2,3,2)9
8United Kingdom David Norris(1,0,3,2,2)8
9United Kingdom Ray Morton(2,2,0,1,2 +3)7+3
10Australia Mick Poole(2,0,2,0,3 +2)7+2
11United Kingdom Ben Howe(2,1,0,2,1)6
12United Kingdom Simon Cross(1,2,1,0,1)5
13Australia Mark Lemon(0,1,2,1,0)4
14United Kingdom David Walsh(0,2,1,1,0)4
15United States Charlie Venegas(1,0,0,0,0)1
16United States Bobby Hedden(0,1,0,0,0)1

References

  1. Speedway World Championship History - 1996
  2. "Kiwis in the Overseas Final - 1996". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

See also

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