1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

Poland 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date 30 August 1997
City Poland Wrocław
Event 5 of 6 (17)
Referee Germany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium Olympic Stadium
Track speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Winner United States Greg Hancock
2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up United States Billy Hamill
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place Poland Tomasz Gollob

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the fifth race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 August in the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland[1][2] It was the third Polish SGP and was won by American rider Greg Hancock. It was the third win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Rafał Dobrucki from Poland as Wild Card.

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
1 3 United States (3) Greg Hancock 25 3 3 0 3 3 12 3 3
2 14 United States (1) Billy Hamill 20 3 3 2 2 3 13 2 2
3 8 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 18 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 1
4 5 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 16 2 3 3 1 2 11 4 0
5 16 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 14 2 2 3 2 1 10 7 3
6 1 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 13 2 1 2 3 3 11 5 2
7 7 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 12 1 1 3 E 3 8 8 1
8 9 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 11 3 2 1 2 2 10 6 0
9 13 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 9 1 0 2 2 0 5 11 3
10 15 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 8 0 0 1 3 1 5 10 2
11 12 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 7 2 0 2 1 2 7 9 1
12 10 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 6 1 2 1 0 0 4 12 0
13 2 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 16 3
14 11 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 13 2
15 4 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 2 1 1 X 0 0 2 15 1
16 6 Poland (16) Rafał Dobrucki 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 14 0
17 17 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson – - 17
18 18 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith – - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
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 		SWE
Sweden 		GER
Germany 		GBR
United Kingdom 		POL
Poland 		DEN
Denmark
1 United States (3) Greg Hancock 100 25 20 18 12 25  
2 United States (1) Billy Hamill 88 20 12 16 20 20  
3 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 76 18 25 1 14 18  
4 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 72 9 14 20 25 4  
5 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 70 11 18 14 13 14  
6 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 63 8 16 25 7 7  
7 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 60 13 7 13 18 9  
8 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 56 7 13 8 16 12  
9 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 45 12 4 12 4 13  
10 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 37 16 2 6 2 11  
11 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 33 6 6 9 9 3  
12 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 30 4 11 3 6 6  
13 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 28 1 ns 11 0 16  
14 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 20 14 3 – 1 2  
15 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 16 ns 9 4 3 ns  
16 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 13 3 ns 2 ns 8  
17 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson 12 ns 1 ns 11 ns  
18 Australia (16) Jason Crump 8 – 8 – – –  
19 United Kingdom (16) Joe Screen 8 – – – 8 –  
20 Germany (16) Robert Barth 7 – – 7 – –  
21 Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2 – – – –  
21 Poland (16) Rafał Dobrucki 1 – – – – 1  
Rider(s) not classified
United States (19) Sam Ermolenko — – – ns – –  
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic 		SWE
Sweden 		GER
Germany 		GBR
United Kingdom 		POL
Poland 		DEN
Denmark

See also

References

  1. ↑ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-12.
  2. ↑ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-12.


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