1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

Denmark 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
Information
Date17 July 1998
CityDenmark Vojens
Event3 of 6 (21)
RefereeSweden Christer Bergstrom
Stadium details
StadiumSpeedway Center
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Hans Nielsen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Chris Louis
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Tony Rickardsson

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark was the third race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 17 July in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark[1] It was the fourth Danish SGP and was won by Danish rider Hans Nielsen. It was the fifth win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Brian Karger (from Denmark), Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic) and Lars Gunnestad (Norway) as Wild Card.

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotalPre-Main EventMain EventFinal Event
Round 1Round 2Round 1Round 21/2CFF
123456789101112131415161718192021222324
17Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen252121
29United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis201141212
31Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson182113
417Australia (10) Jason Crump162231224
523Czech Republic (23) Antonín Kasper, Jr.1524213131
68United States (1) Greg Hancock141232
722Denmark (22) Brian Karger121242
810United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram103212
94Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob8243
102Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen8323
1118Denmark (6) Brian Andersen713114R4
1212Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö711134
133United States (2) Billy Hamill633
145Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson633
1520Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz54F124X4
166United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith544
PlacingDrawRiderTotal123456789101112131415161718192021222324
1713Australia (15) Leigh Adams4233
1824Norway (24) Lars Gunnestad4413
1911Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan3244
2014Italy (11) Armando Castagna3324
2115Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan243
2221Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek233
2316Australia (16) Craig Boyce134
2419Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen144
Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event
1-4: First round
5-6: Last chance for second round
7-8: Second round
9-10: Last chance Main Event
Heats 11-20: Main Event
11-14: First round
15-16: Last chance for second round
17-18: Second round
19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals
Heats 21-24: Final Event
21-22: Semi-Finals
23: Consolation Final
24: The Big Final
gate A – insidegate Bgate Cgate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPointsCZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland
1Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson68252518   
2Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen4618208   
3Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen4581225   
4United States (2) Billy Hamill4420186   
5United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis4315820   
6Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob4016168   
7United States (1) Greg Hancock3061014   
8Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson298156   
9Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö271467   
10Czech Republic (22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr.267415   
11United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram236710   
12Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan221273   
13Australia (10) Jason Crump223316   
14United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith212145   
15Australia (15) Leigh Adams201064   
16Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan14752   
17Denmark (6) Brian Andersen1257   
18Denmark (22) Brian Karger1212   
19Italy (11) Armando Castagna9153   
20Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson918   
21Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz8215   
22Australia (16) Craig Boyce8341   
23Germany (22) (24) Gerd Riss642   
24Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen541   
25Czech Republic (23) Bohumil Brhel55   
26Norway (24) Lars Gunnestad44   
27Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek312   
28Poland (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak33   
29Germany (23) Robert Barth22   
Pos.RiderPointsCZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland

See also

References

  1. ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-08-30. Archived 2009-09-04.
  • FIM-live.com
  • SpeedwayWorld.tv
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