2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 6 riders that would qualify for the 2004 Speedway Grand Prix [1] to join the other 16 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix. [2]

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The system introduced the previous year, that of four quarter finals and two semi finals was retained and only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge. [3]

Format

Quarter finals

32 riders to semi finals (Andrea Maida & Jarosław Hampel seeded to sf)

Semi finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge

SF

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson 13
2 Flag of England.svg David Howe 13
3 Flag of the United States.svg Billy Janniro 12
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml Jr. 10
5 Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Protasiewicz 9
6 Flag of France.svg Tomáš Topinka 9
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Theo Pijper 8
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Charlie Gjedde 8
9 Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Žagar 7
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Slabon 6
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Ljung 6
12 Flag of Hungary.svg László Szatmári (R)4
13 Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Walasek 4
14 Flag of Poland.svg Jacek Rempala 4
15 Flag of Sweden.svg David Ruud 3
16 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Maida 3
17 Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Tihanyi 0

SF

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of Russia.svg Roman Povazhny 12
2 Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper B. Jensen 12
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Bjarne Pedersen 12
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohumil Brhel 11
5 Flag of Poland.svg Rafał Dobrucki 10
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Dryml 10
7 Flag of Finland.svg Kai Laukkanen 10
8 Flag of Poland.svg Sebastian Ułamek 8
9 Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7
10 Flag of Russia.svg Sergej Darkin 6
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Ingvar Karlsson 5
12 Flag of Poland.svg Jarosław Hampel 5
13 Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Stefáni 4
14 Flag of England.svg Simon Stead (R)3
15 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Fisher 2
16 Flag of England.svg Lee Richardson 1
17 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Andersson 2
18 Flag of the United States.svg Brent Werner (R)1

Final Round

GP Challenge

6 riders to 2004 Grand Prix

Pos.RiderTotalPoints
1 Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Protasiewicz 142, 3, 3, 3, 3
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohumil Brhel 133, 3, 2, 2, 3
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Bjarne Pedersen 122, 2, 2, 3, 3
4 Flag of Finland.svg Kai Laukkanen 113, 3, 1, 2, 2
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml Jr. 10exc, 3, 3, 3, 1
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper B. Jensen 91, ef, 3, 3, 2
7 Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi 73, 2, 0, 1, 1
8 Flag of England.svg Simon Stead (R)61, 0, 3, 2, exc
9 Flag of Poland.svg Rafał Dobrucki 63, 0, 1, 1, 1
10 Flag of the United States.svg Billy Janniro 62, 2, 1, 1, 0
11 Flag of Russia.svg Roman Povazhny 5exc, 1, 0, 1, 3
12 Flag of Denmark.svg Charlie Gjedde 50, 1, 0, 2, 2
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Topinka 52, 2, 1, 0, x
14 Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Žagar (R)51, -, 2, x, 2
15 Flag of Poland.svg Sebastian Ułamek 41, 1, 2, f, exc
16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Theo Pijper 10, 0, 0, 0, 1
17 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson 0ef, -, -, -, -
18 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Dryml -dns+ [4]

+broke his leg and was unable to compete further

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