1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the sixth 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.

Poland 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date18 September 1998
CityPoland Linköping
Event6 of 6 (24)
RefereeGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumPolonia Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Tomasz Gollob
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Ryan Sullivan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Jimmy Nilsen

Starting positions draw

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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

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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   (3) Tomasz Gollob 25 2 1 1 1
2 7   (9) Ryan Sullivan 20 1 2 2 2
3 4   (8) Jimmy Nilsen 18 1 3 1 2 3
4 9   (7) Hans Nielsen 16 1 1 2 1 1 4
5 6   (15) Leigh Adams 15 2 4 1 3 1
6 8   (5) Mark Loram 14 3 2 2 4 2
7 13   (17) Andy Smith 12 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 3
8 1   (4) Tony Rickardsson 10 1 2 3 4
9 3   (1) Greg Hancock 8 1 3 3
10 11   (10) Jason Crump 8 1 2 2 4 3
11 15   (14) Stefan Dannö 7 1 1 4 1 4
12 22   (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 7 3 1 1 4 1 4
13 2   (18) Chris Louis 6 3 3
14 19   (19) Henrik Gustafsson 6 2 3 2 3 3
15 12   (11) Armando Castagna 5 1 2 4 4
16 16   (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   (6) Brian Andersen 4 3 1 3
18 24   (24) Jacek Gollob 4 2 4 3
19 21   (12) Zoltan Adorjan 3 3 2 4R
20 18   (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 3 2 4 4
21 20   (21) Jesper B. Jensen 2 4 3
22 17   (20) Sebastian Ułamek 2 4 3
23 14   (2) Billy Hamill 1 4F 4N
24 23   (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

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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
 
GER
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
POL
 
    (4) Tony Rickardsson 111 25 25 18 8 25 10
    (8) Jimmy Nilsen 99 18 20 8 20 15 18
    (3) Tomasz Gollob 97 16 16 8 18 14 25
4   (7) Hans Nielsen 76 8 12 25 7 8 16
5   (18) Chris Louis 75 15 8 20 6 20 6
6   (1) Greg Hancock 69 6 10 14 15 16 8
7   (9) Ryan Sullivan 68 12 7 3 16 10 20
8   (10) Jason Crump 62 (+3) 3 3 16 25 7 8
9   (2) Billy Hamill 62 (+N) 20 18 6 12 5 1
10   (5) Mark Loram 52 6 7 10 7 8 14
11   (15) Leigh Adams 51 10 6 4 4 12 15
12   (22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 50 7 4 15 14 3 7
13   (14) Stefan Dannö 49 14 6 7 10 5 7
14   (17) Andy Smith 43 2 14 5 4 6 12
15   (19) Henrik Gustafsson 43 8 15 6 6 2 6
16   (6) Brian Andersen 31 5 7 8 7 4
17   (25) Peter Karlsson 27 1 8 18
18   (11) Armando Castagna 23 1 5 3 3 6 5
19   (12) Zoltan Adorjan 21 7 5 2 3 1 3
20   (16) Craig Boyce 18 3 4 1 1 4 5
21   (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 16 2 1 5 2 3 3
22   (21) Jesper B. Jensen 14 4 1 5 2 2
23   (22) Brian Karger 12 12
24   (20) Sebastian Ułamek 10 1 2 1 4 2
25   (22) (24) Gerd Riss 6 4 2
26   (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5
26   (23) Joe Screen 5 5
28   (24) Lars Gunnestad 5 4 1
29   (24) Jacek Gollob 4 4
30   (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak 3 3
31   (23) Robert Barth 2 2
32   (24) Martin Dugard 2 2
33   (23) Robert Dados 1 1
Pos. Rider Points CZE
 
GER
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
POL
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2000-12-09 at archive.today. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.
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