2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

Last updated August 25, 2024

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 3 riders that would qualify for the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix.^[1]

Calendar

- Domestic - Quarter-finals - Semi-finals - Final

Date (2007)	Venue	Winner
Domestic Qualification
June 6	Bydgoszcz	Grzegorz Walasek	result
Quarter-finals
June 23	Terenzano	Niels Kristian Iversen	result
June 24	Miskolc	Rory Schlein	result
June 23	Mšeno	Krzysztof Kasprzak	result
June 30	Motala	Damian Baliński	result
Semi-finals
July 7	Lonigo	Bjarne Pedersen	result
July 8	Ljubljana	Fredrik Lindgren	result
Final
15 September	Vojens	Niels Kristian Iversen	result

Domestic Qualification

Poland

Golden Helmet Final (Finał Złotego Kasku)
June 6, 2007
Bydgoszcz, Polonia Stadium
Referee: Ryszard Bryła (Zielona Góra)
Attendance: 2,500
Best Time: 61,63 s. - Wiesław Jaguś (7 heat)
Only 16 heats, because was rain.

Pos.	Rider	Points	Heats
1	Grzegorz Walasek Zielona Góra	9	(0,3,3,3)
2	Rafał Dobrucki Rzeszów	9	(2,1,3,3)
3	Krzysztof Kasprzak Leszno	9	(3,2,2,2)
4	Paweł Hlib Gorzów Wlkp.	8	(3,1,1,3)
5	Piotr Protasiewicz Zielona Góra	7	(3,1,3,F)
6	Jarosław Hampel Leszno	7	(2,2,E,3)
7	Damian Baliński Leszno	7	(1,3,2,1)
10	Tomasz Gapiński Wrocław	6	(2,0,2,2)

Paweł Hlib was injured before Quarter-Final and was replaced by Tomasz Gapiński. Wiesław Jaguś (8th) and Sebastian Ułamek (9th) refused.

Quarter-finals

Terenzano

Qualifying round A
June 23, 2007
Terenzano
Referee: ?
Attendance: ?
Best Time: ?
No12: Sebastian Aldén → Marco Gregnanin

Pos.	Rider	Points	Heats
1	(10) Niels Kristian Iversen	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2	(6) Jurica Pavlič	12+3	(1,2,3,3,3)
3	(14) Rafał Dobrucki	12+2	(2,1,3,3,3)
4	(7) Richard Hall	12+F/X	(2,3,2,2,3)
5	(16) Kyle Legault	11	(3,2,2,2,2)
6	(2) Niklas Klingberg	10	(3,0,3,3,1)
7	(5) Steve Johnston	10	(3,2,1,2,2)
8	(11) David Howe	8+3	(2,1,2,2,1)
9	(13) Henrik Møller	8+2	(1,3,1,1,2)
10	(9) Matej Ferjan ^[2]	5	(0,1,1,1,2)
11	(16) Andrea Maida	4	(0,3,1,0,0)
12	(8) Denis Štojs	3	(0,1,2,0,F)
13	(3) Guglielmo Franchetti	3	(2,F,0,1,0)
14	(4) Josef Franc	3	(1,2,E,0,0)
15	(12) Marco Gregnanin	3	(1,0,0,1,1)
16	(1) Maks Gregorič	1	(0,0,0,0,1)

Miskolc

Qualifying round B
June 24, 2007
Miskolc
Referee: ?
Attendance: ?
Best Time: ?

Pos.	Rider	Points	Heats
1	(9) Rory Schlein	14	(3,3,2,3,3)
2	(16) Piotr Protasiewicz	12+3	(3,3,2,3,1)
3	(7) Charlie Gjedde	12+2	(3,2,2,3,2)
4	(12) Sebastian Ułamek	10	(2,1,3,1,3)
5	(14) Chris Holder	10	(2,3,1,2,2)
6	(8) Denis Gizatullin	9	(2,2,3,2,E)
7	(11) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	8+3	(E,3,1,1,3)
8	(2) Zdeněk Simota	8+2	(1,2,2,3,0)
9	(6) Norbert Magosi	7	(1,0,3,1,2)
10	(15) Joonas Kylmäkorpi	7	(1,1,1,2,2)
11	(1) Jozsef Tabaka	6	(3,X,0,0,3)
12	(13) Ruslan Gatiatow	5	(0,2,3,0,0)
13	(3) Maksims Bogdanovs	5	(2,0,0,2,1)
14	(10) Kasts Poudzuks	5	(1,1,1,1,1)
15	(4) Magnus Karlsson	1	(0,0,0,0,1)
16	(5) Jaroslaw Poljuchowicz	1	(0,1,0,0,0)
-	(R1) Zsolt Bencze

Mšeno

Qualifying round C
June 23, 2007
Mšeno
Referee: ?
Attendance: ?
Best Time: ?
No13: Denis Sajfutdinov → Martin Vaculík

Pos.	Rider	Points	Heats
1	(4) Krzysztof Kasprzak	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2	(10) Renat Gafurov	13	(3,3,2,2,3)
3	(5) Aleš Dryml, Jr.	11	(3,2,1,3,2)
4	(7) Tobias Kroner	10	(2,2,1,2,3)
5	(11) Izak Šantej	9	(E,3,3,3,0)
6	(15) Jarosław Hampel	9	(3,E,2,2,2)
7	(12) Lukáš Dryml	8+3	(E,2,3,3,F)
8	(14) Lewis Bridger	8+2	(2,2,2,1,1)
9	(9) Daniel King	8+1	(2,1,3,1,1)
10	(1) Adrian Rymel	6	(2,3,0,0,1)
11	(13) Martin Vaculík	6	(1,0,0,2,3)
12	(16) Thomas Stange	6	(0,1,2,1,2)
13	(17) Hynek Štichauer	3	(1,2)
14	(3) Henk Bos	3	(0,1,1,0,1)
15	(2) Fritz Wallner	3	(1,1,E,1,E)
16	(8) Kaj de Jong	1	(1,0,0,0,0)
-	(6) Manuel Hauzinger	0	(E,0,-,-,-)
-	(18) Richard Wolff	0	(0)
17: Heats: ? 18: Heat: ?

Motala

Qualifying round D
June 30, 2007
Motala
Referee: ?
Attendance: ?
Best Time: ?
No5: Carl Johan Raugstad → Daniel Davidsson

Pos.	Rider	Points	Heats
1	(4) Damian Baliński	12+3	(1,3,3,2,3)
2	(8) Kenneth Bjerre	12+2	(3,1,3,2,3)
3	(3) Mikael Max	12+1	(3,3,2,3,1)
4	(14) Tomasz Gapiński	11	(2,3,1,3,2)
5	(16) Fredrik Lindgren	11	(1,2,3,2,3)
6	(6) Kai Laukkanen	11	(2,2,1,3,3)
7	(13) Jonas Davidsson	10	(0,3,2,3,2)
8	(15) Kauko Nieminen	9	(3,1,2,1,2)
9	(11) Jesper B. Jensen	8	(3,2,2,1,E)
10	(12) Simon Stead	6	(1,0,3,2,0)
11	(10) Martin Smolinski	6	(2,1,1,1,1)
12	(1) Christian Hefenbrock	5	(2,2,0,1,0)
13	(5) Daniel Davidsson	3	(0,1,0,0,2)
14	(2) Oliver Allen	2	(0,0,1,0,1)
15	(9) Rune Sola	2	(1,0,0,0,1)
16	(7) Matt Browne	0	(0,0,0,0,0)
-	(17) Ricky Kling

Semi-finals

Lonigo

Semi-final A
July 7, 2007
Lonigo
Referee: ?
Attendance: ?
Best Time: ?

Pos.	Rider	Points	Heats
1	(7) Bjarne Pedersen	11+3	(3,2,2,3,1)
2	(4) Krzysztof Kasprzak	11+2	(2,3,0,3,3)
3	(14) Damian Baliński	10+3	(3,3,2,2,0)
4	(10) Denis Gizatullin	10+2	(3,1,3,1,2)
5	(12) Tobias Kroner	10+1	(2,2,3,1,2)
6	(1) Lukáš Dryml	9	(3,X,3,X,3)
7	(2) Kyle Legault	8+3	(1,2,2,3,0)
8	(9) Steve Johnston	8+2	(0,2,1,2,3)
9	(11) Charlie Gjedde	8+1	(1,3,1,2,1)
10	(3) Chris Holder	7	(F,1,0,3,3)
11	(8) Jarosław Hampel	7	(2,0,3,1,1)
12	(16) Jurica Pavlič	7	(2,1,0,2,2)
13	(5) Mikael Max	6	(0,3,1,0,2)
14	(6) Tomasz Gapiński	4	(1,0,2,E,1)
15	(15) Richard Hall	2	(1,0,F,1,0)
16	(18) Zdeněk Simota	1	(E,1,0,0)
17	(13) Mattia Carpanese	0	(0,F/-,-,-,-)
18	(17) David Howe	0	(F/-)
17: Heat: 5 18: Heats: 5, 12, 14 and 19 Heat 5: Carpanese fell (injury); replaced by Howe. Howe fell by Dryml (injury); Dryml was exclusion; Howe replaced by Simota.

Ljubljana

Semi-final B
July 8, 2007
Ljubljana
Referee: ?
Attendance: ?
Best Time: ?

Pos.	Rider	Points	Heats
1	(16) Fredrik Lindgren	11+3	(2,1,2,3,3)
2	(4) Renat Gafurov	11+2	(1,3,1,3,3)
3	(10) Kenneth Bjerre	11+1	(3,3,3,2,0)
4	(15) Rory Schlein	10	(3,2,3,1,1)
5	(8) Niels Kristian Iversen	10	(1,2,3,2,2)
6	(1) Rafał Dobrucki	9	(3,2,1,0,3)
7	(7) Jonas Davidsson	8+3	(3,1,E3,3,1)
8	(12) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	8+2	(2,0,2,2,2)
9	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	8+1	(0,3,2,F/X,3)
10	(6) Grzegorz Walasek	7	(2,1,3,0,1)
11	(9) Niklas Klingberg	7	(1,0,2,2,2)
12	(14) Kai Laukkanen	6	(1,2,1,1,1)
13	(2) Jernej Kolenko	5	(2,0,0,3,0)
14	(11) Sebastian Ułamek	4	(0,3,0,1,0)
15	(5) Izak Šantej	4	(0,1,1,0,2)
16	(3) Aleš Dryml, Jr.	1	(E4,0,0,1,T/-)
17	(17) Kauko Nieminen	0	(0)
-	(18) Lewis Bridger
17: Heat: 19

Grand Prix Challenge

September 15, 2007 (Saturday, 19:30)
Vojens
Referee:
Jury President:
Attendance:
Best Time:
Stadium and track:
- Name: Vojens Speedway Center

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
1	(8) Niels Kristian Iversen	14		3						3			3			3			2				14	1
2	(6) Lukáš Dryml	12		1				3			2							3			3		12	2
3	(4) Bjarne Pedersen	11	3							1				3				1				3	11	3	3
4	(12) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	11			3					2		2			3						1		11	4	2
5	(5) Kenneth Bjerre	10		2			3					3					X					2	10	5
6	(11) Rafał Dobrucki	10			1				3		3					2						1	10	6
7	(3) Jonas Davidsson	8	0						2				1				3				2		8	7
8	(15) Krzysztof Kasprzak	8				1			1			1						2	3				8	8
9	(14) Renat Gafurov	7				3		2					0		2							0	7	9
10	(10) Fredrik Lindgren	7			2			1						2			2		X				7	10
11	(16) Denis Gizatullin	6				2				0	0						1			3			6	11
12	(1) Damian Baliński	5	2				2				1				E				-				5	12
13	(7) Rory Schlein	4		0					0					1	1					2			4	13
14	(9) Steve Johnston	3			0		1						2					0		0			3	14
15	(2) Tobias Kroner	2	1					0				0				E				1			2	15
16	(13) Kyle Legault	1				X	0							0		1					0		1	16
17	(17) Charlie Gjedde	1																	1				1	17
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Heat after heat

Pedersen, Baliński, Kroner, Davidsson
Iversen, Bjerre, Dryml, Schlein
Tomíček, Lindgren, Dobrucki, Johnston
Gafurov, Gizatullin, Kasprzak, Legault (F/X)
Bjerre, Baliński, Johnston, Legault
Dryml, Gafurov, Lindgren, Kroner
Dobrucki, Davidsson, Kasprzak, Schlein
Iversen, Tomíček, Pedersen, Gizatullin
Dobrucki, Dryml, Baliński, Gizatullin
Bjerre, Tomíček, Kasprzak, Kroner
Iversen, Johnston, Davidsson, Gafurov
Pedersen, Lindgren, Schlein, Legault
Tomíček, Gafurov, Schlein, Baliński (E/start)
Iversen, Dobrucki, Legault, Kroner (E4)
Davidsson, Lindgren, Gizatullin, Bjerre (F/X)
Dryml, Kasprzak, Pedersen, Johnston
Kasprzak, Iversen, Gjedde, Lindgren (F/X)
Gizatullin, Schlein, Kroner, Johnston
Dryml, Davidsson, Tomíček, Legault
Pedersen, Bjerre, Dobrucki, Gafurov
Play-off 3-4 place:
Pedersen, Tomíček

Top three riders qualified to 2008 Speedway Grand Prix:

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References

↑ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995–2013 Speedway Grand Prix – Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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