2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

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Flag of Poland.svg 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
Information
Date23 September 2000
City Flag of Poland.svg Bydgoszcz
Event6 of 6 (36)
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 the United States.svg Billy Hamill
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson

The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe was the sixth and the last race of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 23 September in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland [1]

Contents

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Polish rider Jaroslaw Hampel and a Piotr Protasiewicz as Wild Card.

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotalPre-Main EventMain EventFinal Event
Round 1Round 2Round 1Round 21/2CFF
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15 Flag of the United States.svg (11) Billy Hamill 2524121
21 Flag of the United States.svg (7) Greg Hancock 202212
310 Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Tony Rickardsson 18111113
42 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (6) Jason Crump 1641124
512 Flag of Poland.svg (2) Tomasz Gollob 15211141
64 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Mark Loram 1431232
718 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (21) Todd Wiltshire 12222233
87 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Henrik Gustafsson 1032244
919 Flag of Sweden.svg (3) Jimmy Nilsen 8412133
1011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (4) Joe Screen 814M1133
119 Flag of Sweden.svg (19) Peter Karlsson 713124X4
1224 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Jarosław Hampel 7422424
136 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (5) Leigh Adams 633
148 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (8) Ryan Sullivan 643
1522 Flag of Poland.svg (22) Rafał Dobrucki 52234
DSQ3 Flag of Sweden.svg (9) Stefan Dannö 4N4N
PlacingDrawRiderTotal123456789101112131415161718192021222324
1714 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (10) Chris Louis 4323
1813 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (18) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 4413
1917 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (13) Carl Stonehewer 3244
2021 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Andy Smith 3134
2115 Flag of Sweden.svg (12) Mikael Karlsson 233
2216 Flag of Denmark.svg (20) Brian Andersen 233
2320 Flag of Denmark.svg (14) Brian Karger 134
2423 Flag of Poland.svg (23) Piotr Protasiewicz 14F4T
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

Final standings

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
Flag of Poland.svg
GBR
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DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
EUR
Flag of Poland.svg
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Mark Loram 102202015181514
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg (11) Billy Hamill 952562051425
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Tony Rickardsson 9414162514718
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (6) Jason Crump 8852512102016
5 Flag of the United States.svg (7) Greg Hancock 76757122520
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (5) Leigh Adams 656101615126
7 Flag of Poland.svg (2) Tomasz Gollob 64151414615
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (21) Todd Wiltshire 63161877312
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (8) Ryan Sullivan 6281282086
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (10) Chris Louis 6018718854
11 Flag of Sweden.svg (3) Jimmy Nilsen 426155628
12 Flag of Sweden.svg (9) Stefan Dannö 4134106180
13 Flag of Sweden.svg (12) Mikael Karlsson 391284852
14 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Henrik Gustafsson 3984251010
15 Flag of Sweden.svg (19) Peter Karlsson 35328787
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (4) Joe Screen 34556378
17 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (18) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 32765464
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (13) Carl Stonehewer 301073433
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (23) Martin Dugard 2525
20 Flag of Denmark.svg (23) Nicki Pedersen 17116
21 Flag of Poland.svg (22) Rafał Dobrucki 1643315
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (28) Jason Lyons 1616
23 Flag of Denmark.svg (20) Brian Andersen 15421242
24 Flag of Denmark.svg (14) Brian Karger 13234121
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Andy Smith 10211213
26 Flag of Norway.svg (24) Rune Holta 88
27 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Jarosław Hampel 77
28 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Sebastian Ułamek 66
29 Flag of Denmark.svg (24) Jesper B. Jensen 44
30 Flag of Poland.svg (23) Piotr Protasiewicz 321
31 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (24) Lee Richardson 33
32 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (23) Michal Makovský 11
33 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (24) Bohumil Brhel 11
34 Flag of Denmark.svg (25) John Jørgensen 11
Pos. RiderPoints CZE
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SWE
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POL
Flag of Poland.svg
GBR
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DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
EUR
Flag of Poland.svg

See also

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References

  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2000-12-07 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 2009-12-03.