1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

Germany 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
Information
Date 6 June 1998
City Germany Pocking
Event 2 of 6 (20)
Referee Frank Ebdon
Stadium details
Stadium Rottalstadion
Track speedway track
SGP Results
Winner Sweden Tony Rickardsson
Runner-up Sweden Jimmy Nilsen
3rd place United States Billy Hamill

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the second race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 6 in the Rottalstadion in Pocking, Germany[1][2] The second Czech Republic SGP, it was won by Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson, his second career win.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Gerd Riss, Robert Barth (both from Germany) and Antonín Kasper, Jr. (from Czech Republic) as Wild Card.

Draw 14. Denmark (6) Brian AndersenPoland (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak
Draw 21. Denmark (21) Jesper B. JensenSweden (25) Peter Karlsson

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 1 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 25 1 1 1 1
2 3 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 20 1 4T 2 2 2
3 2 United States (2) Billy Hamill 18 2 2 1 3
4 4 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 16 2 3 2 2 4
5 10 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 15 1 1 1 1 3 1
6 19 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 14 3 2 2 2 2 3 2
7 9 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 12 3 1 1 3 1 1 4X 3
8 12 United States (1) Greg Hancock 10 2 2 4 2 1 4 4
9 5 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 8 1 4 3
10 15 Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson 8 2 1 2 3 3
11 13 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 7 3 2 2 3 2 4
12 7 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 7 3 1 4F
13 6 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 6 4 3
14 8 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 6 3 3
15 20 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 5 1 2 4 4X
16 11 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 5 1 4 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 17 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 4 1 3 3
18 24 Czech Republic (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 4 2 3 3
19 16 Australia (10) Jason Crump 3 4X 1 4
20 14 Poland (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak 3 2 4 4
21 22 Germany (22) Gerd Riss 2 4 3
22 23 Germany (23) Robert Barth 2 4 3
23 18 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 1 3 4E
24 21 Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek 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
1 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 50 25 25        
2 United States (2) Billy Hamill 38 20 18        
3 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 38 18 20        
4 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 32 16 16        
5 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 23 15 8        
6 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 23 8 15        
7 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 20 8 12        
8 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 20 14 6        
9 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 19 12 7        
10 United States (1) Greg Hancock 16 6 10        
11 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 16 10 6        
12 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 16 2 14        
13 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 13 6 7        
14 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 12 7 5        
15 Czech Republic (22) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 11 7 4        
16 Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson 9 1 8        
17 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 7 3 4        
18 Australia (10) Jason Crump 6 3 3        
19 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 6 1 5        
20 Germany (22) (24) Gerd Riss 6 4 2        
21 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 5 5        
22 Czech Republic (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5        
23 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 4 4        
24 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 3 2 1        
25 Poland (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak 3 3        
26 Germany (23) Robert Barth 2 2        
27 Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek 1 1        
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland

See also

References

  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. Archived 2009-05-12.
  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. Archived 2009-05-11.

External links

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