2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
Information
Date	6 May 2000
City	Prague
Event	1 of 6 (31)
Referee	Anthony Steele
Stadium details
Stadium	Marketa Stadium
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Billy Hamill
Runner-up	Mark Loram
3rd place	Chris Louis

The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 6 May in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic ^[1] It was the fourth Czech Republic SGP and was won by American rider Billy Hamill. This was the first Grand Prix event to use an air fence.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Michal Makovský and Bohumil Brhel as Wild Card.

Heat details

Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	Pre-Main Event										Main Event										Final Event
				Round 1						Round 2				Round 1						Round 2				1/2		CF	F
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1	11	(11) Billy Hamill	25			1				2					2					1				2			1
2	16	(16) Mark Loram	20	1						3		2					1				1				2		2
3	10	(10) Chris Louis	18		3				1				2			1				4			2	1			3
4	21	(21) Todd Wiltshire	16				1				2			2							3		1		1		4
5	2	(2) Tomasz Gollob	15												1						4	1		3		1
6	1	(1) Tony Rickardsson	14											4X					2			2			3	2
7	12	(12) Mikael Karlsson	12				3		2			1				2					2			4		3
8	13	(13) Carl Stonehewer	10				2			1				1						2					4	4
9	8	(8) Ryan Sullivan	8											3				2					3
10	15	(15) Henrik Gustafsson	8		2					4			1				2			3		3
11	7	(7) Greg Hancock	7												3				1				4
12	18	(18) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	7		1						1				4			1				4
13	3	(3) Jimmy Nilsen	6													3		3
14	5	(5) Leigh Adams	6														3		3
15	4	(4) Joe Screen	5														4	4
16	6	(6) Jason Crump	5													4			4
Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
17	20	(20) Brian Andersen	4				4	2					3
18	22	(22) Rafał Dobrucki	4			3		1				3
19	9	(9) Stefan Dannö	3	2							4	4
20	19	(19) Peter Karlsson	3			2					3		4
21	14	(14) Brian Karger	2			4R			3
22	17	(17) Andy Smith	2	3				3
23	23	(23) Michal Makovský	1		4			4G
24	24	(24) Bohumil Brhel	1	4					4

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 – inside

gate B

gate C

gate D – outside

Standings

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	POL	GBR	DEN	EUR
1	(11) Billy Hamill	25	25
2	(16) Mark Loram	20	20
3	(10) Chris Louis	18	18
4	(21) Todd Wiltshire	16	16
5	(2) Tomasz Gollob	15	15
6	(1) Tony Rickardsson	14	14
7	(12) Mikael Karlsson	12	12
8	(13) Carl Stonehewer	10	10
9	(8) Ryan Sullivan	8	8
10	(15) Henrik Gustafsson	8	8
11	(7) Greg Hancock	7	7
12	(18) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	7	7
13	(3) Jimmy Nilsen	6	6
14	(5) Leigh Adams	6	6
15	(4) Joe Screen	5	5
16	(6) Jason Crump	5	5
17	(20) Brian Andersen	4	4
18	(22) Rafał Dobrucki	4	4
19	(9) Stefan Dannö	3	3
20	(19) Peter Karlsson	3	3
21	(14) Brian Karger	2	2
22	(17) Andy Smith	2	2
23	(23) Michal Makovský	1	1
24	(24) Bohumil Brhel	1	1
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	POL	GBR	DEN	EUR

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References

1. world.speedway.org Archived 2000-05-10 at archive.today . Retrieved on 2009-12-02.

External links

• FIM-live.com
• SpeedwayWorld.tv