1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

Czech Republic 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
Information
Date 15 May 1998
City Czech Republic Prague
Event 1 of 6 (19)
Referee Germany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium Marketa Stadium
Track speedway track
SGP Results
Winner Sweden Tony Rickardsson
Runner-up United States Billy Hamill
3rd place Sweden Jimmy Nilsen

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was take place on 15 May in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic[1][2] It was second Czech Republic SGP and was won by Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson. It was first win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr., Bohumil Brhel (both from Czech Republic) and Gerd Riss (from Germany) as Wild Card.

Draw 20. Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek → Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total Pre-Main Event Main Event Final Event
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 1/2 CF F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 4 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 25 2 1 1 1
2 2 United States (2) Billy Hamill 20 2 3 1 2 2
3 8 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 18 1 2 1 3
4 3 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 16 3 1 2 2 4
5 18 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 15 3 1 1 1 3 1 3 1
6 14 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 14 1 4 2 2 1 4 2
7 9 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 12 1 1 2 2 4 3
8 15 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 10 1 2 4 1 2 3 4
9 7 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 8 1 4 3
10 19 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 8 4 2 1 1 4 3
11 12 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 7 2 2 4 2 4
12 22 Czech Republic (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 7 2 1 3 2 4
13 1 United States (1) Greg Hancock 6 3 3
14 5 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 6 3 3
15 6 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 5 4 4
16 23 Czech Republic (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 2 3 2 4 4
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
17 21 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 4 1 4 3
18 24 Germany (24) Gerd Riss 4 3 2 3
19 10 Australia (10) Jason Crump 3 4E 1 4
20 16 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 3 2 3 4
21 13 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 2 4 3
22 17 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 2 4E 3
23 11 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 1 3 4F
24 20 Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson 1 3 4

Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event

1-4: First round
5-6: Last chance for second round
7-8: Second round
9-10: Last chance Main Event

Heats 11-20: Main Event

11-14: First round
15-16: Last chance for second round
17-18: Second round
19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals

Heats 21-24: Final Event

21-22: Semi-Finals
23: Consolation Final
24: The Big Final
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic 		GER
Germany 		DEN
Denmark 		GBR
United Kingdom 		SWE
Sweden 		POL
Poland
1 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 25 25          
2 United States (2) Billy Hamill 20 20          
3 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 18 18          
4 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 16 16          
5 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 15 15          
6 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 14 14          
7 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 12 12          
8 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 10 10          
9 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 8 8          
10 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 8 8          
11 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 7 7          
12 Czech Republic (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 7 7          
13 United States (1) Greg Hancock 6 6          
14 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 6 6          
15 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 5 5          
16 Czech Republic (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5          
17 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 4 4          
18 Germany (24) Gerd Riss 4 4          
19 Australia (10) Jason Crump 3 3          
20 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 3 3          
21 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 2 2          
22 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 2 2          
23 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 1 1          
24 Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson 1 1          
Rider(s) not classified
Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek — –          
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic 		GER
Germany 		DEN
Denmark 		GBR
United Kingdom 		SWE
Sweden 		POL
Poland

See also

References

  1. ↑ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. Archived 2009-05-12.
  2. ↑ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. Archived 2009-05-11.

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