1996 Intercontinental final

Speedway competition 1996 Intercontinental Final 1995 1997 The 1996 Intercontinental Final was the eighteenth running of the Intercontinental Final and was the second last qualifying stage for Motorcycle speedway riders to qualify for the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix series. The Final was run on 28 July at the Holsted Speedway Center in Holsted, DenmarkSpeedway World Championship History - 1996 The Intercontinental Final saw a unique situation where 13 of the riders had come from the Scandinavian Final, five more than originally planned. This came about because of the FIM's controversial post-meeting decision to disqualify all bar three riders (Ryan Sullivan, Kelvin Tatum and Mark Lemon) from the Overseas Final in Coventry, England, for not starting the meeting on flat tyres. Italian rider Valentino Furlanetto would be added to the Intercontinental Final line up as an injury replacement for Mark Lemon, making him the first and only "Continental" rider to ever race in the Intercontinental Final. He scored 1 point from his 5 rides. Jimmy Nilsen won the event.Super Swede Cambridge Daily News 29 July 1996 20 January 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19960729/035/0035 British Newspaper Archive subscription Intercontinental Final 28 July DEN Holsted, Holsted Speedway Center Top 2 to 1997 Speedway Grand Prix Riders 3–7 plus 1 reserve to GP Challenge Pos. Rider Total1 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 13+32 DEN Brian Andersen 13+23 GER Gerd Riss 124 SWE Stefan Dannö 115 SWE Mikael Karlsson 106 AUS Ryan Sullivan 97 DEN Brian Karger 98 NOR Rune Holta 89 DEN Jan Stæchmann 710 GBR Kelvin Tatum 611 DEN John Jørgensen 512 DEN Ronni Pedersen 513 SWE Niklas Klingberg 514 NOR Arnt Førland 415 FIN Vesa Ylinen 216 ITA Valentino Furlanetto 117 FIN Kai Laukkanen (Res) 0 References 1996 World Individual