2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

**2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland**
2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
FIM Bydgoszcz Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date	13 September 2008
City	Bydgoszcz
Event	9 of 11 (109)
Referee	István Daragó
Stadium details
Stadium	Polonia Stadium
Capacity	18,000
Length	348 m (381 yd)
Track	speedway track (granite)
SGP Results
Best Time	;
Winner	Greg Hancock
Runner-up	Nicki Pedersen
3rd place	Nicki Pedersen

Last updated August 20, 2022

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the ninth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 13 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock from United States, it was his first GP win of the 2008 season.^[1]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Wiesław Jaguś as a wild card, and Krzysztof Buczkowski and Adrian Gomólski both as track reserves.^[2] The draw was made on September 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.^[3] Maciej Janowski replaced Adrian Gomólski, having been injured in the Polish First League match on 2008-09-07 (KM Ostrów vs Polonia Bydgoszcz 42:47).^[4]

Draw No 18: (18) Adrian Gomólski → (18) Maciej Janowski

Andreas Jonsson and Krzysztof Buczkowski were Polonia Bydgoszcz's riders in 2008 season.

Heat details

Placing	Draw	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	22	23
1	12	(6) Greg Hancock	18			2					2		1			3						2		10	3		2	3
2	10	(1) Nicki Pedersen	21			3			3						2			3		3				14	2		3	2
3	13	(4) Tomasz Gollob	20				3	3							3		3					3		15	1	3		1
4	4	(8) Scott Nicholls	10	3							3				1				1				0	8	7	2		0
5	1	(5) Hans N. Andersen	10	1				2				3				2				1				9	4	1
6	5	(3) Jason Crump	9		3			1					2					0					3	9	5		0
7	2	(16) Wiesław Jaguś	9	2					0				3				2				1			8	8		1
8	11	(2) Leigh Adams	9			1				3		2					1						2	9	6	0
9	14	(10) Andreas Jonsson	8				2		1					3		1							1	8	9
10	16	(7) Rune Holta	6				0				1	0						2			3			6	10
11	9	(14) Krzysztof Kasprzak	6			0		E4						1					3		2			6	11
12	6	(9) Chris Harris	5		2				2			1							0			0		5	12
13	3	(12) Niels Kristian Iversen	4	0						2				0				1				1		4	13
14	15	(11) Bjarne Pedersen	4				1			1			0						2	0				4	14
15	8	(13) Lukáš Dryml	3		0						0			2			0			1				3	15
16	17	(17) Krzysztof Buczkowski	1		1																			1	16
17	7	(15) Fredrik Lindgren	0		T/-					0					0	E3					0			0	17
18	18	(18) Maciej Janowski	-																					-	18
Placing	Draw	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	22	23

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 – inside

gate B

gate C

gate D – outside

Heat after heat

Nicholls, Jaguś, Andersen, Iversen
Crump, Harris, Buczkowski, Dryml, Lindgren (T/-)
N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams, Kasprzak
Gollob, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Holta
Gollob, Andersen, Crump, Kasprzak (E4)
N.Pedersen, Harris, Jonsson, Jaguś
Adams, Iversen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
Nicholls, Hancock, Holta, Dryml
Andersen, Adams, Harris, Holta
Jaguś, Crump, Hancock, B.Pedersen
Jonsson, Dryml, Kasprzak, Iversen
Gollob, N.Pedersen, Nicholls, Lindgren
Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson, Lindgren (E3)
Gollob, Jaguś, Adams, Dryml
N.Pedersen, Holta, Iversen, Crump
Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Harris
N.Pedersen, Andersen, Dryml, B.Pedersen
Holta, Kasprzak, Jaguś, Lindgren
Gollob, Hancock, Iversen, Harris
Crump, Adams, Jonsson, Nicholls
Semi-Finals:
Gollob, Nicholls, Andersen, Adams
N.Pedersen, Hancock, Jaguś, Crump
Final:
Hancock (6 points), N.Pedersen (4), Gollob (2), Nicholls (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.	Rider	Points	SVN	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	ITA	FIN
1	(1) Nicki Pedersen	155	17	16	16	20	11	22	14	18	21
2	(3) Jason Crump	127	10	8	12	18	22	17	12	19	9
3	(6) Greg Hancock	120	8	20	6	10	20	13	12	13	18
4	(4) Tomasz Gollob	118	19	12	8	19	4	12	8	16	20
5	(5) Hans N. Andersen	101	14	6	8	11	9	16	20	7	10
6	(2) Leigh Adams	98	5	20	9	8	7	10	21	9	9
7	(10) Andreas Jonsson	79	12	9	8	9	8	9	6	10	8
8	(7) Rune Holta	63	5	4	17	7	6	9	5	4	6
9	(8) Scott Nicholls	62	7	2	7	7	12	6	4	7	10
10	(15) Fredrik Lindgren	59	7	7	22	3	2	4	7	7	0
11	(9) Chris Harris	54	6	6	5	3	10	7	3	9	5
12	(12) Niels Kristian Iversen	53	8	10	2	6	6	7	9	1	4
13	(11) Bjarne Pedersen	49	4	–	–	7	14	7	6	7	4
14	(14) Krzysztof Kasprzak	44	6	3	5	3	4	1	9	7	6
15	(13) Lukáš Dryml	35	9	2	3	1	1	4	5	7	3
16	(16) Jarosław Hampel	16	–	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Kenneth Bjerre	11	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	–	–
18	(16) Wiesław Jaguś	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9
19	(16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	8	–	3	5	–	–	0	–	–	–
20	(16) Matej Žagar	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) (17) Jonas Davidsson	7	–	–	7	–	–	–	ns	–	–
22	(16) Edward Kennett	4	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
23	(16) Peter Ljung	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–
24	(16) Grigory Laguta	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
25	(18) Billy Forsberg	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	(17) Nicolai Klindt	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
27	(17) (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski	1	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
28	(17) Sebastian Aldén	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	(17) Maksims Bogdanovs	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Izak Šantej	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Damian Baliński	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Tai Woffinden	—	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(17) Adrian Rymel	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Denis Štojs	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Patrick Hougaard	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Simon Stead	—	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(18) Filip Šitera	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Thomas H. Jonasson	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Kasts Poudzuks	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
	(18) Maciej Janowski	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	ITA	FIN

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References

↑ "Hancock najlepszy w Bydgoszczy" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-13. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
↑ "Oficjalnie: Jaguś z dziką kartą". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-26. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
↑ "Press Release Bydgoszcz SGP" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
↑ "Janowski zastąpi Gomólskiego!". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-09. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

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[1] "Hancock najlepszy w Bydgoszczy" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-13. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-14.

[2] "Oficjalnie: Jaguś z dziką kartą". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-26. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

[3] "Press Release Bydgoszcz SGP" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-05.

[4] "Janowski zastąpi Gomólskiego!". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-09. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

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