2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

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Flag of Poland.svg 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date1 July 2000
City Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław
Event3 of 6 (33)
Referee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Steele
Stadium details
Stadium Olympic Stadium
Length387 m (423 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 States.svg Billy Hamill
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Louis

The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the third race of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 1 July at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland. [1]

Contents

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated two Poles Piotr Protasiewicz and Sebastian Ułamek 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 2523211
212 Flag of the United States.svg (11) Billy Hamill 203111212
310 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (10) Chris Louis 1814123123
48 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (5) Leigh Adams 1614M224
52 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Mark Loram 152241
66 Flag of Poland.svg (2) Tomasz Gollob 14113R2
71 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (6) Jason Crump 122133
816 Flag of Sweden.svg (9) Stefan Dannö 10224214R4
97 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (8) Ryan Sullivan 8143
1020 Flag of Sweden.svg (19) Peter Karlsson 822423
1115 Flag of the United States.svg (7) Greg Hancock 73R22314
123 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (21) Todd Wiltshire 7314
1314 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (4) Joe Screen 61133
1424 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Sebastian Ułamek 632243
155 Flag of Sweden.svg (3) Jimmy Nilsen 54R4
1613 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (18) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 51134
PlacingDrawRiderTotal123456789101112131415161718192021222324
179 Flag of Sweden.svg (12) Mikael Karlsson 4133
1818 Flag of Denmark.svg (14) Brian Karger 4243
1911 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (13) Carl Stonehewer 3234R
2019 Flag of Poland.svg (22) Rafał Dobrucki 3314
2117 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Henrik Gustafsson 243
2223 Flag of Poland.svg (23) Piotr Protasiewicz 24X3
2322 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Andy Smith 144
2421 Flag of Denmark.svg (20) Brian Andersen 144
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

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
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GBR
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DEN
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EUR
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1 Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Tony Rickardsson 55141625   
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Mark Loram 55202015   
3 Flag of the United States.svg (11) Billy Hamill 5125620   
4 Flag of Poland.svg (2) Tomasz Gollob 43151414   
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (10) Chris Louis 4318718   
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (6) Jason Crump 4252512   
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (21) Todd Wiltshire 4116187   
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (5) Leigh Adams 3261016   
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (8) Ryan Sullivan 288128   
10 Flag of Sweden.svg (3) Jimmy Nilsen 266155   
11 Flag of Sweden.svg (12) Mikael Karlsson 241284   
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (13) Carl Stonehewer 201073   
13 Flag of the United States.svg (7) Greg Hancock 19757   
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (18) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 18765   
15 Flag of Sweden.svg (9) Stefan Dannö 173410   
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (4) Joe Screen 16556   
17 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Henrik Gustafsson 14842   
18 Flag of Sweden.svg (19) Peter Karlsson 13328   
19 Flag of Poland.svg (22) Rafał Dobrucki 10433   
20 Flag of Denmark.svg (14) Brian Karger 9234   
21 Flag of Norway.svg (24) Rune Holta 88   
22 Flag of Denmark.svg (20) Brian Andersen 7421   
23 Flag of Poland.svg (24) Sebastian Ułamek 66   
24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Andy Smith 4211   
25 Flag of Poland.svg (23) Piotr Protasiewicz 22   
26 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (23) Michal Makovský 11   
27 Flag of Denmark.svg (23) Nicki Pedersen 11   
28 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (24) Bohumil Brhel 11   
Pos. RiderPoints CZE
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SWE
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POL
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GBR
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DEN
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EUR
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See also

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References

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