1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

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Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
Information
Date17 May 1997
City Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague
Event1 of 6 (13)
Referee Christer Bergstrom
Stadium details
Stadium Marketa Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of the United States.svg Billy Hamill
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Poland.svg Billy Hamill

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 17 May in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic [1] [2] It was the first Czech Republic SGP and was won by American rider Greg Hancock. It was the second win of his career.

Contents

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Tomas Topinka from Czech Republic as Wild Card.

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21222324
15 Flag of the United States.svg (3) Greg Hancock 25333221313
211 Flag of the United States.svg (1) Billy Hamill 20213331222
316 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Tomasz Gollob 18232311131
410 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Sławomir Drabik 16332121140
515 Flag of Sweden.svg (5) Henrik Gustafsson 1433E21983
66 Flag of Sweden.svg (11) Jimmy Nilsen 1322X32972
78 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (8) Chris Louis 12023231051
812 Flag of Sweden.svg (4) Tony Rickardsson 1111133960
92 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Brian Andersen 9002136113
107 Flag of Denmark.svg (2) Hans Nielsen 812320892
114 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (7) Mark Loram 7301116101
129 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (10) Leigh Adams 6022026120
1314 Flag of Sweden.svg (6) Peter Karlsson 4111104133
143 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (9) Simon Wigg 32000E2152
1513 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Tomáš Topinka 201T012141
161 Flag of Poland.svg (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 1101002160
1717 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Mikael Karlsson -17
1818 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Andy Smith -18
PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21222324
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 – insidegate Bgate Cgate 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.RiderPoints CZE
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SWE
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GER
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GBR
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POL
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DEN
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1 Flag of the United States.svg (3) Greg Hancock 2525     
2 Flag of the United States.svg (1) Billy Hamill 2020     
3 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Tomasz Gollob 1818     
4 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Sławomir Drabik 1616     
5 Flag of Sweden.svg (5) Henrik Gustafsson 1414     
6 Flag of Sweden.svg (11) Jimmy Nilsen 1313     
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (8) Chris Louis 1212     
8 Flag of Sweden.svg (4) Tony Rickardsson 1111     
9 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Brian Andersen 99     
10 Flag of Denmark.svg (2) Hans Nielsen 88     
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (7) Mark Loram 77     
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (10) Leigh Adams 66     
13 Flag of Sweden.svg (6) Peter Karlsson 44     
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (9) Simon Wigg 33     
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Tomáš Topinka 22     
16 Flag of Poland.svg (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 11     
Rider(s) not classified
Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Mikael Karlsson ns     
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Andy Smith ns     
Pos. RiderPoints CZE
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SWE
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GER
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GBR
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POL
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DEN
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See also

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References

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  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-11.