1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the sixth race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 18 September in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland[1] It was the fourth Polish SGP, but first in Bydgoszcz. Grand Prix was won by Pole Tomasz Gollob, who was riding for Polonia Bydgoszcz in Polish League. It was his third winning in GP history.

1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date18 September 1998
City Linköping
Event6 of 6 (24)
Referee Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumPolonia Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Tomasz Gollob
Runner-up Ryan Sullivan
3rd place Ryan Sullivan

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic) and two Poles: Robert Dados (1998 Under-21 World Champion who qualify to the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix) and Jacek Gollob as Wild Card.

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total Pre-Main Event Main Event Final Event
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 1/2 CF F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 5 (3) Tomasz Gollob 25 2 1 1 1
2 7 (9) Ryan Sullivan 20 1 2 2 2
3 4 (8) Jimmy Nilsen 18 1 3 1 2 3
4 9 (7) Hans Nielsen 16 1 1 2 1 1 4
5 6 (15) Leigh Adams 15 2 4 1 3 1
6 8 (5) Mark Loram 14 3 2 2 4 2
7 13 (17) Andy Smith 12 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 3
8 1 (4) Tony Rickardsson 10 1 2 3 4
9 3 (1) Greg Hancock 8 1 3 3
10 11 (10) Jason Crump 8 1 2 2 4 3
11 15 (14) Stefan Dannö 7 1 1 4 1 4
12 22 (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 7 3 1 1 4 1 4
13 2 (18) Chris Louis 6 3 3
14 19 (19) Henrik Gustafsson 6 2 3 2 3 3
15 12 (11) Armando Castagna 5 1 2 4 4
16 16 (16) Craig Boyce 5 3 2 1 4 4
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
17 10 (6) Brian Andersen 4 3 1 3
18 24 (24) Jacek Gollob 4 2 4 3
19 21 (12) Zoltan Adorjan 3 3 2 4R
20 18 (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 3 2 4 4
21 20 (21) Jesper B. Jensen 2 4 3
22 17 (20) Sebastian Ułamek 2 4 3
23 14 (2) Billy Hamill 1 4F 4N
24 23 (23) Robert Dados 1 4 4
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 – inside gate B gate C gate 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. Rider Points CZE
GER
DEN
GBR
SWE
POL
(4) Tony Rickardsson 111 25251882510
(8) Jimmy Nilsen 99 18208201518
(3) Tomasz Gollob 97 16168181425
4 (7) Hans Nielsen 76 812257816
5 (18) Chris Louis 75 158206206
6 (1) Greg Hancock 69 6101415168
7 (9) Ryan Sullivan 68 1273161020
8 (10) Jason Crump 62 (+3) 33162578
9 (2) Billy Hamill 62 (+N) 201861251
10 (5) Mark Loram 52 67107814
11 (15) Leigh Adams 51 106441215
12 (22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 50 74151437
13 (14) Stefan Dannö 49 14671057
14 (17) Andy Smith 43 21454612
15 (19) Henrik Gustafsson 43 8156626
16 (6) Brian Andersen 31 57874
17 (25) Peter Karlsson 27 1818
18 (11) Armando Castagna 23 153365
19 (12) Zoltan Adorjan 21 752313
20 (16) Craig Boyce 18 341145
21 (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 16 215233
22 (21) Jesper B. Jensen 14 41522
23 (22) Brian Karger 12 12
24 (20) Sebastian Ułamek 10 12142
25 (22) (24) Gerd Riss 6 42
26 (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5
26 (23) Joe Screen 5 5
28 (24) Lars Gunnestad 5 41
29 (24) Jacek Gollob 4 4
30 (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak 3 3
31 (23) Robert Barth 2 2
32 (24) Martin Dugard 2 2
33 (23) Robert Dados 1 1
Pos. Rider Points CZE
GER
DEN
GBR
SWE
POL

See also

References

  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2000-12-09 at Archive.today. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.


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