1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

Czech Republic 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
Information
Date 17 May 1997
City Czech Republic Prague
Event 1 of 6 (13)
Referee Christer Bergstrom
Stadium details
Stadium Marketa 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 Czech Republic was the first race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 17 May in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic[1][2] It was the first Czech Republic SGP and was won by American rider Greg Hancock. It was the second win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Tomas Topinka from Czech Republic 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 5 United States (3) Greg Hancock 25 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 3
2 11 United States (1) Billy Hamill 20 2 1 3 3 3 12 2 2
3 16 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 18 2 3 2 3 1 11 3 1
4 10 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 16 3 3 2 1 2 11 4 0
5 15 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 14 3 3 E 2 1 9 8 3
6 6 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 13 2 2 X 3 2 9 7 2
7 8 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 12 0 2 3 2 3 10 5 1
8 12 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 11 1 1 1 3 3 9 6 0
9 2 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 9 0 0 2 1 3 6 11 3
10 7 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 8 1 2 3 2 0 8 9 2
11 4 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 7 3 0 1 1 1 6 10 1
12 9 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 6 0 2 2 0 2 6 12 0
13 14 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 13 3
14 3 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 3 2 0 0 0 E 2 15 2
15 13 Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 0 1 T 0 1 2 14 1
16 1 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 16 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 25 25     
2 United States (1) Billy Hamill 20 20     
3 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 18 18     
4 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 16 16     
5 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 14 14     
6 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 13 13     
7 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 12 12     
8 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 11 11     
9 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 9 9     
10 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 8 8     
11 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 7 7     
12 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 6 6     
13 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 4 4     
14 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 3 3     
15 Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2     
16 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 1 1     
Rider(s) not classified
Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson — ns     
United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith — 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 2009-05-11.
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