1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

Poland 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date 18 September 1998
City Poland Linköping
Event 6 of 6 (24)
Referee Germany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium Polonia Stadium
Track speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Winner Poland Tomasz Gollob
2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up Australia Ryan Sullivan
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place Sweden Jimmy Nilsen

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the fifth race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 18 September in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland[1] It was the fourth Polish SGP, but first in Bydgoszcz. Grand Prix was won by Pole Tomasz Gollob, who was riding for Polonia Bydgoszcz in Polish League. It was his third winning in GP history.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic) and two Poles: Robert Dados (1998 Under-21 World Champion who qualify to the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix) and Jacek Gollob as Wild Card.

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 5 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 25 2 1 1 1
2 7 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 20 1 2 2 2
3 4 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 18 1 3 1 2 3
4 9 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 16 1 1 2 1 1 4
5 6 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 15 2 4 1 3 1
6 8 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 14 3 2 2 4 2
7 13 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 12 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 3
8 1 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 10 1 2 3 4
9 3 United States (1) Greg Hancock 8 1 3 3
10 11 Australia (10) Jason Crump 8 1 2 2 4 3
11 15 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 7 1 1 4 1 4
12 22 Czech Republic (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 7 3 1 1 4 1 4
13 2 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 6 3 3
14 19 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 6 2 3 2 3 3
15 12 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 5 1 2 4 4
16 16 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 5 3 2 1 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 10 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 4 3 1 3
18 24 Poland (24) Jacek Gollob 4 2 4 3
19 21 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 3 3 2 4R
20 18 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 3 2 4 4
21 20 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 2 4 3
22 17 Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek 2 4 3
23 14 United States (2) Billy Hamill 1 4F 4N
24 23 Poland (23) Robert Dados 1 4 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
Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 111 25251882510
Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 99 18208201518
Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 97 16168181425
4 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 76 812257816
5 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 75 158206206
6 United States (1) Greg Hancock 69 6101415168
7 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 68 1273161020
8 Australia (10) Jason Crump 62 (+3) 33162578
9 United States (2) Billy Hamill 62 (+N) 201861251
10 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 52 67107814
11 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 51 106441215
12 Czech Republic (22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 50 74151437
13 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 49 14671057
14 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 43 21454612
15 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 43 8156626
16 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 31 57874
17 Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson 27 1818
18 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 23 153365
19 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 21 752313
20 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 18 341145
21 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 16 215233
22 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 14 41522
23 Denmark (22) Brian Karger 12 12
24 Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek 10 12142
25 Germany (22) (24) Gerd Riss 6 42
26 Czech Republic (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5
26 United Kingdom (23) Joe Screen 5 5
28 Norway (24) Lars Gunnestad 5 41
29 Poland (24) Jacek Gollob 4 4
30 Poland (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak 3 3
31 Germany (23) Robert Barth 2 2
32 United Kingdom (24) Martin Dugard 2 2
33 Poland (23) Robert Dados 1 1
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland

See also

References

  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2000-12-09 at Archive.is. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.


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