2006 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

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2006 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
VenueLatvijas Spīdveja Centrs
LocationDaugavpils, (Latvia)
Start date9 September 2006
Competitors16 (2 reserves)
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The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia was the ninth round of the 2006 Speedway Grand Prix season (the world championship). It took place on 9 September 2006 at the Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs in Daugavpils, (Latvia)..[1][2][3]

It was the first time that the Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia had been held.

The Grand Prix was by the American rider Greg Hancock (his 8th career Grand Prix win).[4]

Grand Prix result[edit]

Placing Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts SF1 SF2 Final GP Pts
1 United States (3) Greg Hancock 3 1 2 3 3 12 3 3 25
2 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 3 2 3 3 2 13 3 2 20
3 Denmark (5) Nicki Pedersen 3 3 2 2 3 13 2 1 18
4 Sweden (8) Andreas Jonsson 0 3 1 2 3 9 2 x 16
5 Australia (6) Jason Crump 2 3 3 2 1 11 0 11
6 Slovenia (7) Matej Žagar 1 3 3 2 2 11 1 11
7 England (11) Scott Nicholls 2 2 0 3 2 9 1 9
8 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 1 1 0 3 3 8 0 8
9 Poland (14) Jarosław Hampel 1 2 3 1 e 7 7
10 Denmark (1) Bjarne Pedersen 2 2 1 0 2 7 7
11 Denmark (4) Niels Kristian Iversen 0 1 1 1 1 4 4
12 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 2 0 2 0 0 4 4
13 Poland (2) Piotr Protasiewicz 1 0 1 1 1 4 4
14 Denmark (15) Hans Andersen 3 0 e 0 1 4 4
15 Latvia (10) Kjasts Puodžuks f 1 2 1 0 4 4
16 England (13) Lee Richardson 0 0 0 ns ns 0 0
R1 Russia (R1) Grigory Laguta 0 0 R1
R2 Latvia (R2) Andrejs Koroļevs 0 0 R2

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2006 GP: Danish date and wild cards announced". Crash.net. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ "World individual final - Rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  3. ^ "2006 results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Hancock wins in Latvia". Swindon Speedway. Retrieved 15 June 2024.