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The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 16 riders that qualified for the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix [1] to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix. [2]
There was a late change to the qualifying when the Grand Prix increased to 24 permanent riders. Therefore 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 9 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge (originally just 4). [3] The final 3 GP places would go to wildcards.
Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
8 riders to Intercontinental final
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| Pos | Rider | Points | |||
| 1 |  Peter Nahlin | 12 | |||
| 2 |  Jesper B Jensen | 12 | |||
| 3 | Stefan Dannö | 11 | |||
| 4 | Kai Laukkanen | 10 | |||
| 5 | Ronni Pedersen | 10 | |||
| 6 | John Jørgensen | 10 | |||
| 7 | Frede Schött | 10 | |||
| 8 | Stefan Andersson | 9 | |||
| 9 |  Rune Holta | 8 | |||
| 10 | Niklas Klingberg | 8 | |||
| 11 | Hans Clausen | 6 | |||
| 12 | Lars Gunnestad | 5 | |||
| 13 | Niklas Karlsson | 3 | |||
| 14 | Marko Hyyryläinen | 2 | |||
| 15 | Kenneth Borgenhaug | 2 | |||
| 16 | Jonas Kylmäkorpi | 1 | |||
Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final
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2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge
Lonigo | Pos. | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armando Castagna | 13 |
| 2 |  Zoltán Adorján | 12 |
| 3 |  Tomáš Topinka | 12 |
| 4 |  Sebastian Ułamek | 10 |
| 5 | Piotr Świst | 9 |
| 6 | Jacek Krzyżaniak | 8 |
| 7 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 8 |
| 8 |  Roman Povazhny | 8 |
| 9 | Jacek Gollob | 8 |
| 10 | Rinat Mardanshin | 6 |
| 11 | Bohumil Brhel | 6 |
| 12 | Andrea Maida | 5 |
| 13 |  Robbie Kessler | 5 |
| 14 | Robert Sawina | 5 |
| 15 |  Andreas Bössner | 4 |
| 16 | Zdenek Schneiderwind | 1 |
| 17 | Sergej Darkin | 0 |
4 riders (changed to 9) to 1998 Grand Prix
Wiener Neustadt | Pos. | Rider | Points |
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| 1 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 14 |
| 2 | Stefan Dannö | 13 |
| 3 |  Leigh Adams | 12 |
| 4 | Craig Boyce | 11 |
| 5 |  Andy Smith | 9 |
| 6 | Chris Louis | 8 |
| 7 | Henrik Gustafsson | 7 |
| 8 | Peter Karlsson | 7 |
| 9 | Sebastian Ułamek | 7 |
| 10 |  Sam Ermolenko | 7 |
| 11 | Jacek Krzyżaniak | 6 |
| 12 | Tomáš Topinka | 5 |
| 13 | Piotr Świst | 5 |
| 14 | Joe Screen | 4 |
| 15 | Kelvin Tatum | 2 |
| 16 | Sławomir Drabik | 1 |
| 17 | Ronni Pedersen | 1 |
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