2006 GP: Danish date and wild cards announced.

The date for the FIM Danish Speedway Grand Prix has been confirmed as 24 June 2006 and once again will take place under the spectacular floodlights of Denmark's national stadium PARKEN, Copenhagen, BSI has announced.

All adult fans who book their 2006 FIM Danish Speedway Grand Prix ticket before 31st January 2006 will be rewarded with a superb, 72 page, free event programme.

Danish supporters will have plenty to shout about with no less than four Danes - including 2003 World Champion Nicki Pedersen, world no.6 Bjarne Pedersen and new recruit Niels-Kristian Iversen - looking to enthral the patriotic crowd and become the first national rider to clinch the Danish GP title at PARKEN.

John Postlethwaite, Chief Executive, BSI, commented: "This will be our fourth consecutive year at PARKEN, is our biggest event in Scandinavia and is the largest motorsport event in Denmark. Year on year we strive to make the event bigger and better and 2006 will be no different. "

FIM SGP Race Director and three times World Champion, Ole Olsen, said: "The Danish fans create a special atmosphere at PARKEN. The new racing format introduced this year produced fantastic racing and combined with the sense of occasion that holding an event at a national stadium brings, we will be in for a great night of entertainment on 24th June 2006."

The FIM Speedway Grand Prix Commission and BSI have confirmed who has clinched the three final Permanent Wild Cards for the 2006 FIM Speedway Grand Prix Series (SGP).

The 1-8 Automatic Qualifiers for the 2006 SGP Series from this year are:

1 Tony RICKARDSSON (Sweden)
2 Jason CRUMP (Australia)
3 Leigh ADAMS (Australia)
4 Nicki PEDERSEN (Denmark)
5 Greg HANCOCK (USA)
6 Bjarne PEDERSEN (Denmark)
7 Tomasz GOLLOB (Poland)
8 Andreas JONSSON (Sweden)

The four riders already awarded a 2006 permanent wild card place are:

Jaroslaw HAMPEL (Poland)
Antonio LINDB?CK (Sweden)
Scott NICHOLLS (Great Britain)
Lee RICHARDSON (Great Britain)

The remaining three permanent wild card positions have been awarded to:

Niels Kristian IVERSEN (Denmark)
Piotr PROTASIEWICZ (Poland)
Matej ZAGAR (Slovenia)