1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was taken place on 9 August in the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, Great Britain[1] It was the third British SGP but the first and only in Bradford. The race was won by Danish rider Brian Andersen. It was the first and only win in his career.

United Kingdom 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date9 August 1997
CityUnited Kingdom Bradford
Event4 of 6 (16)
RefereeSweden Christer Bergstrom
Stadium details
StadiumOdsal Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Brian Andersen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Billy Hamill
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Jimmy Nilsen

Starting positions draw

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Joe Screen from Great Britain as Wild Card.

Heat details

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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 7   (12) Brian Andersen 25 E 3 3 3 3 12 2 3
2 6   (1) Billy Hamill 20 3 1 2 2 2 10 4 2
3 11   (11) Jimmy Nilsen 18 3 2 3 1 3 12 3 1
4 8   (7) Mark Loram 16 2 3 3 2 3 13 1 0
5 13   (13) Tomasz Gollob 14 3 2 X F 3 8 6 3
6 4   (4) Tony Rickardsson 13 3 E 1 3 1 8 7 2
7 9   (3) Greg Hancock 12 2 3 2 0 1 8 8 1
8 14   (17) Mikael Karlsson 11 2 3 0 2 2 9 5 0
9 3   (10) Leigh Adams 9 2 X 1 3 1 7 10 3
10 10   (16) Joe Screen 8 0 2 2 2 2 8 9 2
11 12   (2) Hans Nielsen 7 1 2 3 1 0 7 11 1
12 15   (6) Peter Karlsson 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 12 0
13 2   (8) Chris Louis 4 E E 1 3 2 6 13 3
14 5   (18) Andy Smith 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 14 2
15 1   (14) Sławomir Drabik 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15 1
16 16   (5) Henrik Gustafsson 1 0 1 M 1 0 2 16 0
17 17   (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 0 0 0 17
18 18   (9) Simon Wigg - 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

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
 
SWE
 
GER
 
GBR
 
POL
 
DEN
 
1   (3) Greg Hancock 75 25 20 18 12    
2   (1) Billy Hamill 68 20 12 16 20    
3   (12) Brian Andersen 68 9 14 20 25    
4   (13) Tomasz Gollob 58 18 25 1 14    
5   (2) Hans Nielsen 56 8 16 25 7    
6   (4) Tony Rickardsson 56 11 18 14 13    
7   (11) Jimmy Nilsen 51 13 7 13 18    
8   (7) Mark Loram 44 7 13 8 16    
9   (8) Chris Louis 32 12 4 12 4    
10   (10) Leigh Adams 30 6 6 9 9    
11   (14) Sławomir Drabik 26 16 2 6 2    
12   (6) Peter Karlsson 24 4 11 3 6    
13   (5) Henrik Gustafsson 18 14 3 1    
14   (18) Andy Smith 16 ns 9 4 3    
15   (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 12 1 ns 11 0    
16   (17) Mikael Karlsson 12 ns 1 ns 11    
17   (16) Jason Crump 8 8    
18   (16) Joe Screen 8 8    
19   (16) Robert Barth 7 7    
20   (9) Simon Wigg 5 3 ns 2 ns    
21   (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2    
Rider(s) not classified
  (19) Sam Ermolenko ns    
Pos. Rider Points CZE
 
SWE
 
GER
 
GBR
 
POL
 
DEN
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. 2009-05-12.world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. 2009-05-11.
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