1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date9 August 1997
City Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bradford
Event4 of 6 (16)
Referee Flag of Sweden.svg Christer Bergstrom
Stadium details
Stadium Odsal Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Denmark.svg Brian Andersen
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of the United States.svg Billy Hamill
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Nilsen

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.

Contents

Starting positions draw

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

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21222324
17 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Brian Andersen 25E33331223
26 Flag of the United States.svg (1) Billy Hamill 20312221042
311 Flag of Sweden.svg (11) Jimmy Nilsen 18323131231
48 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (7) Mark Loram 16233231310
513 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Tomasz Gollob 1432XF3863
64 Flag of Sweden.svg (4) Tony Rickardsson 133E131872
79 Flag of the United States.svg (3) Greg Hancock 1223201881
814 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Mikael Karlsson 1123022950
93 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (10) Leigh Adams 92X1317103
1010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Joe Screen 802222892
1112 Flag of Denmark.svg (2) Hans Nielsen 7123107111
1215 Flag of Sweden.svg (6) Peter Karlsson 6112116120
132 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (8) Chris Louis 4EE1326133
145 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Andy Smith 3110002142
151 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Sławomir Drabik 2101002151
1616 Flag of Sweden.svg (5) Henrik Gustafsson 101M102160
1717 Flag of Poland.svg (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 00017
1818 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (9) Simon Wigg -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 7525201812  
2 Flag of the United States.svg (1) Billy Hamill 6820121620  
3 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Brian Andersen 689142025  
4 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Tomasz Gollob 581825114  
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (2) Hans Nielsen 56816257  
6 Flag of Sweden.svg (4) Tony Rickardsson 5611181413  
7 Flag of Sweden.svg (11) Jimmy Nilsen 511371318  
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (7) Mark Loram 44713816  
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (8) Chris Louis 32124124  
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (10) Leigh Adams 306699  
11 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Sławomir Drabik 2616262  
12 Flag of Sweden.svg (6) Peter Karlsson 2441136  
13 Flag of Sweden.svg (5) Henrik Gustafsson 181431  
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Andy Smith 16ns943  
15 Flag of Poland.svg (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 121ns110  
16 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Mikael Karlsson 12ns1ns11  
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (16) Jason Crump 88  
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Joe Screen 88  
19 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Robert Barth 77  
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (9) Simon Wigg 53ns2ns  
21 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Tomáš Topinka 22  
Rider(s) not classified
Flag of the United States.svg (19) Sam Ermolenko 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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