2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the ninth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 13 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock from United States, it was his first GP win of the 2008 season.[1]
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| FIM Bydgoszcz Speedway Grand Prix of Poland | |
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| Date | 13 September 2008 |
| City | |
| Event | 9 of 11 (109) |
| Referee |  |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | Polonia Stadium |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| Length | 348 m (381 yd) |
| Track | speedway track (granite) |
| SGP Results | |
| Best Time | |
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Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Wiesław Jaguś as a wild card, and Krzysztof Buczkowski and Adrian Gomólski both as track reserves.[2] The draw was made on September 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[3] Maciej Janowski replaced Adrian Gomólski, having been injured in the Polish First League match on 2008-09-07 (KM Ostrów vs Polonia Bydgoszcz 42:47).[4]
- Draw No 18:
Andreas Jonsson and Krzysztof Buczkowski were Polonia Bydgoszcz's riders in 2008 season.
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 |
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| 1 | 12 | |
18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 10 | |
21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 13 | |
20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 |  |
10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | |
10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | |
9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 11 | |
9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 14 |  |
8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 16 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 9 | |
6 | 0 | E4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 6 | |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 3 | |
4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 15 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 8 |  |
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 17 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 7 | |
0 | T/- | 0 | 0 | E3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | |
- | - | 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 |
e: retired or mechanical failure •
m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •
t: exclusion for touching the tapes •
x: other exclusion •
f: fell
ns: non-starter •
nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals
| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |
Heat after heat
Fans
Heat 9 - Andersen (white), Adams (yellow), Harris (red) and Holta (blue).
- Nicholls, Jaguś, Andersen, Iversen
- Crump, Harris, Buczkowski, Dryml, Lindgren (T/-)
- N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams, Kasprzak
- Gollob, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Holta
- Gollob, Andersen, Crump, Kasprzak (E4)
- N.Pedersen, Harris, Jonsson, Jaguś
- Adams, Iversen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
- Nicholls, Hancock, Holta, Dryml
- Andersen, Adams, Harris, Holta
- Jaguś, Crump, Hancock, B.Pedersen
- Jonsson, Dryml, Kasprzak, Iversen
- Gollob, N.Pedersen, Nicholls, Lindgren
- Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson, Lindgren (E3)
- Gollob, Jaguś, Adams, Dryml
- N.Pedersen, Holta, Iversen, Crump
- Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Harris
- N.Pedersen, Andersen, Dryml, B.Pedersen
- Holta, Kasprzak, Jaguś, Lindgren
- Gollob, Hancock, Iversen, Harris
- Crump, Adams, Jonsson, Nicholls
- Semi-Finals:
- Gollob, Nicholls, Andersen, Adams
- N.Pedersen, Hancock, Jaguś, Crump
- Final:
- Hancock (6 points), N.Pedersen (4), Gollob (2), Nicholls (0)
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 | SVN  | EUR | SWE | DEN | GBR | CZE | SCA | LAT  | POL | ITA  | FIN |
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| 1 | |
155 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 21 | ||
| 2 | |
127 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 9 | ||
| 3 | |
120 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 18 | ||
| 4 | |
118 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 20 | ||
| 5 | |
101 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 6 | |
98 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 7 | |
79 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 8 | |
63 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | |
62 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 10 | |
59 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 11 | |
54 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 12 | |
53 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | |
49 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 14 | |
44 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 15 | |
35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 16 | |
16 | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 17 | |
11 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 18 | |
9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | ||
| 19 | |
8 | – | 3 | 5 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | ||
| 20 | |
7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
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7 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | ||
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4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||
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3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | ||
| 24 | |
2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||
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2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
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1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
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1 | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 28 | |
0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 29 | |
0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||
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| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN | EUR | SWE | DEN | GBR | CZE | SCA | LAT | POL | ITA | FIN |
References
- "Hancock najlepszy w Bydgoszczy" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-13. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- "Oficjalnie: Jaguś z dziką kartą". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-26. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- "Press Release Bydgoszcz SGP" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- "Janowski zastąpi Gomólskiego!". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-09. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
External links
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