1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date31 July 1999
City Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Coventry
Event4 of 6 (28)
Referee Flag of Hungary.svg Istvan Darago
Stadium details
Stadium Brandon Stadium
Capacity5,000
Length320 m (350 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Louis
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock

The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 31 July at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England [1]

Contents

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated British rider Mark Loram and a Scott Nicholls as Wild Card.

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotalPre-Main EventMain EventFinal Event
Round 1Round 2Round 1Round 21/2CFF
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14 Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Tony Rickardsson 251111
214 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (5) Chris Louis 2024242122
316 Flag of the United States.svg (6) Greg Hancock 181311113
48 Flag of Denmark.svg (4) Hans Nielsen 162224
57 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (8) Jason Crump 152231
615 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (13) Leigh Adams 141141242
75 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (19) Joe Screen 1224233
81 Flag of Poland.svg (3) Tomasz Gollob 104214R4R
92 Flag of Sweden.svg (2) Jimmy Nilsen 8133
1023 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (23) Mark Loram 821133
116 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (7) Ryan Sullivan 7244
129 Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Mikael Karlsson 7321314R
1312 Flag of Denmark.svg (9) Brian Karger 61233
1419 Flag of the United States.svg (22) Billy Hamill 64M1243
1522 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Andy Smith 51234
163 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Stefan Dannö 534
PlacingDrawRiderTotal123456789101112131415161718192021222324
1713 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Peter Karlsson 4243R
1811 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Henrik Gustafsson 4313
1910 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (11) Antonín Kasper Jr. 3324
2024 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (24) Scott Nicholls 3234T
2120 Flag of Denmark.svg (14) Brian Andersen 233
2218 Flag of Denmark.svg (20) John Jørgensen 243
2321 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (12) Marian Jirout 14N4N
2417 Flag of Poland.svg (21) Robert Dados 144M
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 – 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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POL
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GBR
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PL2
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DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
1 Flag of Poland.svg (3) Tomasz Gollob 7525152510  
2 Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Tony Rickardsson 667181625  
3 Flag of Sweden.svg (2) Jimmy Nilsen 641620208  
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (8) Jason Crump 521871215  
5 Flag of the United States.svg (6) Greg Hancock 49207418  
6 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Stefan Dannö 451012185  
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (19) Joe Screen 441251512  
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (5) Chris Louis 3986520  
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (13) Leigh Adams 39416514  
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (11) Antonín Kasper Jr. 35151073  
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (23) Mark Loram 352528  
12 Flag of Denmark.svg (4) Hans Nielsen 33611016  
13 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Peter Karlsson 3281464  
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (7) Ryan Sullivan 3063147  
15 Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Mikael Karlsson 277587  
16 Flag of Denmark.svg (20) John Jørgensen 2714832  
17 Flag of Denmark.svg (9) Brian Karger 233866  
18 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Henrik Gustafsson 185274  
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Andy Smith 175615  
20 Flag of the United States.svg (22) Billy Hamill 142336  
21 Flag of Poland.svg (21) Robert Dados 134441  
22 Flag of Denmark.svg (14) Brian Andersen 83122  
23 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Rafał Dobrucki 88  
24 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (12) Marian Jirout 51211  
25 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Sebastian Ułamek 44  
26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (24) Scott Nicholls 33  
27 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (23) Antonín Šváb Jr. 22  
28 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Piotr Protasiewicz 11  
Pos. RiderPoints CZE
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SWE
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POL
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GBR
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PL2
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DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg

See also

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References

  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2001-05-14 at archive.today . Retrieved on 2009-11-22.