2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

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Flag of Denmark.svg 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date14 June 2008
City Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen
Event4 of 11 (104)
Referee Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium Parken Stadium
Capacity32,500
Length275 m (301 yd)
TrackTemporary
SGP Results
Attendance29,000 [1]
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Gollob
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicki Pedersen

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark will be the fourth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 14 in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark. [2]

Contents

Copenhagen is also the second of four rounds of the 2008 Super Prix. The meeting winner will be given the blue helmet in the Super Prix Final at Gelsenkirchen in October with a chance of winning a share of an extra $200,000 prize fund. [3]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Kenneth Bjerre as a wild card, and Nicolai Klindt and Patrick Hougaard both as track reserves. [4] The draw was made on June 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. [5]

Result

Tomasz Gollob was the winner at Parken and became the first rider to win two Grand Prix rounds in 2008. [1] He won the final from Nicki Pedersen, Jason Crump and Hans N. Andersen. The result kept Nicki Pedersen at the top of the World Championship standings, eleven points ahead of nearest rival Gollob. Danish wild card entry Kenneth Bjerre reached the semi-finals and finished in fifth position. [1]

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223
112 Flag of Poland.svg (4) Tomasz Gollob 192231210433
213 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Nicki Pedersen 203332314122
38 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (3) Jason Crump 181333313231
46 Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Hans N. Andersen 11312309520
57 Flag of Denmark.svg (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11230331130
62 Flag of the United States.svg (6) Greg Hancock 1023112961
74 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Andreas Jonsson 931220881
811 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (2) Leigh Adams 832003870
91 Flag of Denmark.svg (11) Bjarne Pedersen 71230179
1010 Flag of Poland.svg (7) Rune Holta 712130710
115 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (8) Scott Nicholls 701222711
1214 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 610221612
1316 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (9) Chris Harris 320100313
1415 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 300012314
153 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Fredrik Lindgren 301X11315
169 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (13) Lukáš Dryml 100M/-01116
1717 Flag of Denmark.svg (17) Nicolai Klindt 11117
1818 Flag of Denmark.svg (18) Patrick Hougaard --18
PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – insidegate Bgate Cgate D – outside

Heat after heat

  1. Jonsson, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
  2. Andersen, Bjerre, Crump, Nicholls
  3. Adams, Gollob, Holta, Dryml
  4. N.Pedersen, Harris, Iversen, Kasprzak
  5. N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Dryml
  6. Hancock, Holta, Andersen, Iversen
  7. Bjerre, Adams, Lindgren, Kasprzak
  8. Crump, Gollob, Jonsson, Harris
  9. B.Pedersen, Andersen, Harris, Adams
  10. Gollob, Nicholls, Hancock, Kasprzak
  11. Crump, Iversen, Klindt, Dryml (M/-), Lindgren (X/F2)
    Drryml collides with Lindgren in spectacular crash. Lindgren excluded for restart. Dryml's bike fails to start before end of time limit, he is excluded. replaced by Nicolai Klindt.
  12. N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Holta, Bjerre
  13. Bjerre, Iversen, Gollob, B.Pedersen
  14. Crump, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
  15. Holta, Nicholls, Lindgren, Harris
  16. Andersen, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Dryml
  17. Crump, Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Holta
  18. Bjerre, Hancock, Dryml, Harris
  19. N.Pedersen, Gollob, Lindgren, Andersen
  20. Adams, Nicholls, Iversen, Jonsson
    Semi-finals:
  21. Gollob, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
  22. Crump, Andersen, Jonsson, Bjerre
    Final:
  23. Gollob (6), N.Pedersen (4), Crump (2), Andersen (0)

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPoints SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
EUR
Flag of Poland.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
LAT
Flag of Latvia.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
FIN
Flag of Poland.svg
1 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Nicki Pedersen 6917161620       
2 Flag of Poland.svg (4) Tomasz Gollob 581912819       
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (3) Jason Crump 481081218       
4 Flag of the United States.svg (6) Greg Hancock 44820610       
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (2) Leigh Adams 4252098       
6 Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Hans N. Andersen 39146811       
7 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Fredrik Lindgren 3977223       
8 Flag of Sweden.svg (10) Andreas Jonsson 3812989       
9 Flag of Poland.svg (7) Rune Holta 3354177       
10 Flag of Denmark.svg (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 2681026       
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (8) Scott Nicholls 237277       
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (9) Chris Harris 206653       
13 Flag of Poland.svg (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 176353       
14 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Jarosław Hampel 1616       
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (13) Lukáš Dryml 159231       
16 Flag of Denmark.svg (11) Bjarne Pedersen 1147       
17 Flag of Denmark.svg (16) Kenneth Bjerre 1111       
18 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 835       
19 Flag of Slovenia.svg (16) Matej Žagar 77       
20 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Jonas Davidsson 77       
21 Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Billy Forsberg 22       
22 Flag of Denmark.svg (17) Nicolai Klindt 11       
23 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Sebastian Aldén 00       
Rider(s) not classified
Flag of Slovenia.svg (17) Izak Šantej ns       
Flag of Poland.svg (17) Damian Baliński ns       
Flag of Slovenia.svg (18) Denis Štojs ns       
Flag of Poland.svg (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski ns       
Flag of Denmark.svg (18) Patrick Hougaard ns       
Pos. RiderPoints SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
EUR
Flag of Poland.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
LAT
Flag of Latvia.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
FIN
Flag of Poland.svg

See also

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