1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II

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Flag of Poland.svg 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date28 September 1998
City Flag of Poland.svg Bydgoszcz
Event5 of 6 (29)
Referee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Steele
Stadium details
Stadium Polonia Stadium
Length348 m (381 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Sullivan

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the fifth race of the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 September in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland [1]

Contents

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated British rider Jacek Gollob and a Piotr Protasiewicz as Wild Card.

Draw 22. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (12) Marian Jirout Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (25) Mark Loram

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotalPre-Main EventMain EventFinal Event
Round 1Round 2Round 1Round 21/2CFF
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14 Flag of Denmark.svg (4) Hans Nielsen 251111
21 Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Tony Rickardsson 201112
310 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (7) Ryan Sullivan 18111223
422 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (25) Mark Loram 163111224R
58 Flag of Poland.svg (3) Tomasz Gollob 1523131
66 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (13) Leigh Adams 1431132
723 Flag of Poland.svg (23) Jacek Gollob 1231124243
817 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Henrik Gustafsson 101223244
95 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (8) Jason Crump 8313
107 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (19) Joe Screen 8323
112 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (5) Chris Louis 7424
123 Flag of the United States.svg (6) Greg Hancock 7244
1311 Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Mikael Karlsson 624243
1413 Flag of the United States.svg (22) Billy Hamill 61243
1516 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Peter Karlsson 523244
1615 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Stefan Dannö 52134G
PlacingDrawRiderTotal123456789101112131415161718192021222324
179 Flag of Sweden.svg (2) Jimmy Nilsen 4323
1814 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Andy Smith 4133
1912 Flag of Denmark.svg (9) Brian Karger 3244G
2019 Flag of Denmark.svg (14) Brian Andersen 3424
2118 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (11) Antonín Kasper Jr. 243
2221 Flag of Poland.svg (21) Robert Dados 233
2320 Flag of Denmark.svg (20) John Jørgensen 144
2424 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Piotr Protasiewicz 14F4
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
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
PL2
Flag of Poland.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
1 Flag of Poland.svg (3) Tomasz Gollob 902515251015 
2 Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Tony Rickardsson 86718162520 
3 Flag of Sweden.svg (2) Jimmy Nilsen 6816202084 
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (8) Jason Crump 6018712158 
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (4) Hans Nielsen 5861101625 
6 Flag of the United States.svg (6) Greg Hancock 562074187 
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (13) Leigh Adams 5341651414 
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (19) Joe Screen 5212515128 
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (23)(25) Mark Loram 51252816 
10 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Stefan Dannö 5010121855 
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (7) Ryan Sullivan 486314718 
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (5) Chris Louis 46865207 
13 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Peter Karlsson 37814645 
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (11) Antonín Kasper Jr. 371510732 
15 Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Mikael Karlsson 3375876 
16 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Henrik Gustafsson 28527410 
17 Flag of Denmark.svg (20) John Jørgensen 28148321 
18 Flag of Denmark.svg (9) Brian Karger 2638663 
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Andy Smith 2156154 
20 Flag of the United States.svg (22) Billy Hamill 2023366 
21 Flag of Poland.svg (21) Robert Dados 1544412 
22 Flag of Poland.svg (23) Jacek Gollob 1212 
23 Flag of Denmark.svg (14) Brian Andersen 1131223 
24 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Rafał Dobrucki 88 
25 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (12) Marian Jirout 51211 
26 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Sebastian Ułamek 44 
27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (24) Scott Nicholls 33 
28 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (23) Antonín Šváb Jr. 22 
29 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Piotr Protasiewicz 211 
Pos. RiderPoints CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
PL2
Flag of Poland.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg

See also

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References

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