Greg Hancock

Personal Information
Greg Hancock

Nationality	USA
Date of birth	June 3, 1970 (1970-06-03) (age 38)
Place of birth	Whittier, USA
Website	Official website
Current Club Information
Polish League	Częstochowa
Swedish League	Rospiggarna
Career History
Cradley Heath Heathens Getingarna (SWE) Leszno (POL) Rospiggarna (SWE) Gniezno (POL) Coventry Bees Wroclaw (POL) Oxford Cheetahs Gdansk (POL) Reading Bulldogs Częstochowa		1989-1996 1992-1994 1992-1994 1995- 1996-1997 1997-2001 1998-2004 2003-2005 2005 2006-2007 2006-
Individual Honours
World Champion American Champion British Grand Prix Champion Czech Grand Prix Champion Polish Grand Prix Champion Danish Grand Prix Champion Australian Grand Prix Champion Norwegian Grand Prix Champion Latvian Grand Prix Champion Elite League Riders Champion	1997 1995, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 1995, 2004 1997 1997 2000 2002 2003 2006 1997
Team Honours
World Pairs Champion World Team Cup Winner Swedish Elitserien Champion British League KO Cup Winner Craven Shield Winner Elite League Fours Winner Czech League Champion Danish League Champion Polish Div Two Champion	1992 1992, 1993, 1998 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002 1989 1997, 2000, 2005 1995 2000 1995 1998

Gregory Alan "Greg" Hancock (born June 3, 1970 in Whittier, California, USA)^[1] is an American motorcycle speedway rider. He is a former Speedway World Champion and a multiple World Team Champion with USA, with whom he is currently captain.

[edit] Career summary

Hancock's first championship on a world stage came in 1992 when he won both the Speedway World Pairs Championship with Sam Ermolenko and Ronnie Correy. He was also a member of the USA speedway team that won the Speedway World Team Cup the same year and again in 1993.^[2]

He won the World Championship in 1997. He was third in the final standings in 2004 and in 2006 he finished second in the Grand Prix series to Jason Crump.

Hancock is the only rider to have appeared in every Grand Prix round since its creation in 1995.

Year	Position	Points	Best Finish	Notes
1995	4th	82	Winner	Won in Britain
1996	3rd	88	3rd	Worst finish was 7th
1997	1st	118	Winner (twice)	Won Poland & Czech Republic
1998	6th	69	4th
1999	9th	62	2nd
2000	5th	76	Winner	Won in Denmark
2001	13th	43	8th (twice)
2002	6th	122	Winner	Won in Australia
2003	5th	121	Winner	Won in Norway
2004	3rd	137	Winner	Won in Britain
2005	5th	100	2nd
2006	2nd	144	Winner	Won in Latvia

2007 Speedway Grand Prix - 6th place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		6th	106	Riding No (2)
1 /11	Italian SGP	2	19	(3,3,2,2,2) +3 +2	10
2 /11	European SGP	5	15	(2,3,3,3,3) +1	2
3 /11	Swedish SGP	5	9	(3,1,3,2,0) +0	10
4 /11	Danish SGP	9	7	(3,X,1,3,0)	7
5 /11	British SGP	2	17	(0,3,2,3,3) +2 +2	16
6 /11	Czech Rep. SGP	12	6	(0,2,1,2,1)	6
7 /11	Scandinavian SGP	13	5	(1,2,0,2,0)	15
8 /11	Latvian SGP	13	3	(E,0,0,E,3)	2
9 /11	Polish SGP	11	5	(1,2,0,2,0)	1
10 /11	Slovenian SGP	14	4	(1,2,1,0,0)	12
11 /11	German SGP	2	16	(3,3,0,1,2) +3 +2	14

2008 Speedway Grand Prix

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:				Riding No (6)
1 /11	Slovenian SGP	8	8	(2,3,1,1,1)	10
2 /11	European SGP	2	20	(3,3,3,3,2) +2 +4	7
3 /11	Swedish SGP
4 /11	Danish SGP
5 /11	British SGP
6 /11	Czech Rep. SGP
7 /11	Scandinavian SGP
8 /11	Latvian SGP
9 /11	Polish SGP
10 /11	Italian SGP
11 /11	German SGP

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider notclassify (track reserve who not started)

^ Oakes, P.(2005). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-30-1
^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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