1997 Speedway Grand Prix

1997 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates May 17 - September 20
Events 6
Cities 6
Countries 6
Riders 17 permanents
1 wild card(s)
Heats 144 (in 6 events)
Winners
Champion  USA Greg Hancock
Runner-up  USA Billy Hamill
3rd place  POL Tomasz Gollob

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season was the third season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion.

Event format

During 1997 the initial SGP scoring system was used for the final time. Each rider raced every other in the meeting with the top 4 qualifying for a final - the points for all other riders determined their finishing position in the meeting and therefore their championship Grand Prix points. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with the reminder scoring 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Qualification for Grand Prix

The 1997 season had 17 permanent riders and one wild card at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.

Calendar

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1 May 17 Czech Republic Prague , Czech Republic
Stadion Markéta
United States Greg Hancock United States Billy Hamill Poland Tomasz Gollob Poland Slawomir Drabik results
2 June 14 Sweden Linköping , Sweden
Motorstadium
Poland Tomasz Gollob United States Greg Hancock Sweden Tony Rickardsson Denmark Hans Nielsen results
3 July 5 Germany Landshut , Germany
Stadion Ellermühle
Denmark Hans Nielsen Denmark Brian Andersen United States Greg Hancock United States Billy Hamill results
4 August 9 United Kingdom Bradford , Great Britain
Odsal Stadium
Denmark Brian Andersen United States Billy Hamill Sweden Jimmy Nilsen United Kingdom Mark Loram results
5 August 30 Poland Wrocław , Poland
Olympic Stadium
United States Greg Hancock United States Billy Hamill Poland Tomasz Gollob Poland Piotr Protaisewicz results
6 September 20 Denmark Vojens , Denmark
Speedway Center
United Kingdom Mark Loram Sweden Tony Rickardsson United States Greg Hancock Poland Tomasz Gollob results

Final standings

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
United States (3) Greg Hancock 118 252018122518
United States (1) Billy Hamill 101 201216202013
Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 92 18251141816
4 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 90 111814131420
5 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 81 7138161225
6 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 80 914202548
7 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 75 816257712
8 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 71 1371318911
9 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 59 1241241314
10 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 42 669939
11 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 38 16262111
12 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 37 4113667
13 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 31 1ns110163
14 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 22 ns943ns6
15 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 20 14312ns
16 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson 14 ns1ns11ns2
17 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 13 3ns2ns8ns
18 Australia (16) Jason Crump 8 8
19 United Kingdom (16) Joe Screen 8 8
20 Germany (16) Robert Barth 7 7
21 Denmark (16) Jesper B. Jensen 4 4
22 Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2
23 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

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