2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II

2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
	2017 MIB Nordic Gorzów FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date	26 August 2017
City	Gorzów
Event	8 of 12
Referee	Krister Gardell
Stadium details
Stadium	Edward Jancarz Stadium
Capacity	17,000
Length	329 m (360 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time	;
	Tai Woffinden
	Patryk Dudek
	Jason Doyle

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2017 MIB Nordic Gorzów FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the eighth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 26 at the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów, Poland.^[1]

The 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 23rd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 72nd FIM Speedway World Championship. It was seventeenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.

Edward Jancarz Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. It is currently used mostly as a 329 m racetrack for speedway matches and is the home stadium of Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski in the Speedway Ekstraliga. The stadium has opened in 1951.

Gorzów Wielkopolski(listen), often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 124,116 inhabitants and one of its two capitals with a seat of a Voivodeship governor. Previously it was the capital of the Gorzów Voivodeship (1975–1998).

Riders

Second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Greg Hancock, fourth reserve Václav Milík Jr. replaced Nicki Pedersen and fifth reserve Michael Jepsen Jensen replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Krzysztof Kasprzak as the wild card, and Kacper Woryna and Oskar Polis both as Track Reserves.

Martin Smolinski is a German international motorcycle speedway and Grasstrack rider who has represented the German speedway team at senior level. He is the current World Long Track champion and European Grasstrack champion.

Gregory Alan "Greg" Hancock is an American motorcycle speedway rider.

Václav Milík Jr. is a speedway rider who ride for Czech Republic U-21 national team. He is a son of former czechoslovakian and czech speedway rider Václav Milík Sr.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Great Britain's Tai Woffinden, who beat Patryk Dudek, Jason Doyle and Bartosz Zmarzlik in the final.^[2] As a result of finishing third, Doyle moved back to the top of the overall standings. Previous series leader Maciej Janowski failed to make the semi-finals.

Tai Woffinden is a speedway rider. In 2013 he became World Speedway Champion and currently rides for the WTS Wrocław in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga and Indianerna Kumla in the Swedish Elitserien. Until the end of 2014 he also rode for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the British Elite League, but announced in late 2014 that he would not be riding in Britain during 2015 in his quest to regain his World Championship.

Patryk Dudek is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Polish national speedway team. He got his speedway licence in 2008. His father, Sławomir, is a former rider. Dudek won 2009 and 2010 Team U-19 European Champion and 2009 Individual Under-21 Polish Champion titles. He is the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix silver medallist, having accomplished this during his debut season in the Speedway Grand Prix series, which makes him the most successful SGP rookie ever.

Jason Kevin Doyle is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He became World Champion in 2017. He won the 2015 Australian Solo Championship. He has also won the South Australian Championship in 2014, and the Elite League Riders' Championship and the Master of Speedway meeting in Germany in 2015.

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
	12	(108) Tai Woffinden	18			3					2		2			3						3		13	1	2		3
	3	(692) Patryk Dudek	13	0						3				1				2				2		8	6	3		2
	6	(69) Jason Doyle	14		1				3			2							3			1		10	3		3	1
4	7	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	10		3					1					1	2					1			8	8		2	0
5	8	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	11		2						3			3			0			3				11	2		0
6	2	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	11	1					1				3				2				3			10	4	1
7	5	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	9		0			3					1					1					3	8	5		1
8	4	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	8	3							1				2				0				2	8	7	0
9	10	(55) Matej Žagar	7			1			0						3			3		0				7	9
10	11	(225) Václav Milík Jr.	7			2				0		3					1						1	7	10
11	15	(54) Martin Vaculík	7				2			2			0						2	1				7	11
12	13	(12) Krzysztof Kasprzak	6				3	0							0		3					0		6	12
13	1	(71) Maciej Janowski	6	2				2				0				0				2				6	13
14	14	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	5				0		2					2		1							0	5	14
15	16	(84) Martin Smolinski	4				1				0	1						0			2			4	15
16	9	(23) Chris Holder	2			0		1						0					1		0			2	16
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

Intermediate classification

^[3]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS
	(69) Jason Doyle	97	12	15	10	13	15	13	5	14	–	–	–	–
	(71) Maciej Janowski	94	6	16	13	6	17	17	13	6	–	–	–	–
	(692) Patryk Dudek	93	13	9	16	13	14	10	5	13	–	–	–	–
4	(108) Tai Woffinden	89	8	13	9	7	11	9	14	18	–	–	–	–
5	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	87	16	16	5	6	8	7	18	11	–	–	–	–
6	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	80	6	12	6	8	7	16	15	10	–	–	–	–
7	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	79	12	6	13	2	14	11	10	11	–	–	–	–
8	(54) Martin Vaculík	66	16	10	8	10	1	4	10	7	–	–	–	–
9	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	60	2	6	4	9	8	7	19	5	–	–	–	–
10	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	59	7	7	18	7	4	1	6	9	–	–	–	–
11	(55) Matej Žagar	58	10	1	10	4	11	12	3	7	–	–	–	–
12	(23) Chris Holder	52	6	6	4	11	7	10	6	2	–	–	–	–
13	(45) Greg Hancock	45	11	4	5	18	7	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	44	9	9	7	3	3	7	6	–	–	–	–	–
15	(25) Peter Kildemand	26	–	–	1	8	3	10	4	–	–	–	–	–
16	(225) Václav Milík Jr.	20	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Maksims Bogdanovs	8	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
18	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–
19	(12) Nicki Pedersen	8	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(16) Kenneth Bjerre	7	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–
22	(84) Martin Smolinski	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	–	–	–	–
23	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	(16) Craig Cook	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
25	(18) Josh Bates	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	(16) Linus Sundström	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
27	(16) Nick Škorja	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
28	(17) Josef Franc	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	(18) Matěj Kůs	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	(17) Adam Ellis	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS

References

↑ "Gorzow Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
↑ "Gorzow Grand Prix Result". SGP.
↑ "2017 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II

Contents

Riders

Results

Heat details

Intermediate classification

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References

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