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

• 9 June
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• Qualification: See above

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

References

See also

• Motorcycle Speedway