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1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 16 riders that qualified for the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]

1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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There was a late change to the qualifying when the Grand Prix increased to 24 permanent riders. Therefore 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 9 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge (originally just 4).[3] The final 3 GP places would go to wildcards.

Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.

Format edit

  • First Round - 5 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 3 riders each from Finland & Norway to Scandinavian Final
  • First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
  • First Round - 8 riders from British final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 4 riders from Australian/New Zealand final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 4 riders from United States final to Overseas Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
  • Third Round - 7 riders from positions 9-15 from the 1997 Grand Prix to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 9 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1998 Grand Prix

First round edit

Continental quarter finals edit

Second round edit

Overseas Final edit

Main article: 1997 Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final edit

8 riders to Intercontinental final

(7 Jun 1997   Hyvinkää)
Pos Rider Points
1   Peter Nahlin 12
2   Jesper B Jensen 12
3   Stefan Dannö 11
4   Kai Laukkanen 10
5   Ronni Pedersen 10
6   John Jørgensen 10
7   Frede Schött 10
8   Stefan Andersson 9
9   Rune Holta 8
10   Niklas Klingberg 8
11   Hans Clausen 6
12   Lars Gunnestad 5
13   Niklas Karlsson 3
14   Marko Hyyryläinen 2
15   Kenneth Borgenhaug 2
16   Jonas Kylmäkorpi 1

Continental semi finals edit

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1   Robert Sawina 14
2   Antonín Kasper Jr. 12
3   Piotr Świst 12
4   Andreas Bössner 10
5   Zoltán Adorján 10
6   Robbie Kessler 10
7   Armando Castagna 10
8   Andrea Maida 8
9   Zdenek Schneiderwind 8
10   Izak Šantej 7
11   Matej Ferjan 5
12   Alessandro Dalla Valle 4
13   Norbert Magosi 4
14   Nikolaj Manev 2
15   Christophe Dubernard 2
16   Gerhard Lekse 2

SF2

Pos. Rider Points
1   Jacek Gollob 14
2   Bohumil Brhel 12
3   Tomáš Topinka 11
4   Roman Povazhny 10
5   Jacek Krzyżaniak 10
6   Rinat Mardanshin 10
7   Robert Barth 9
8   Sebastian Ułamek 9
9   Sergej Darki 9
10   Dariusz Śledź 7
11   Gerd Riss 7
12   Václav Milík Sr. 5
13   Michal Makovský 4
14   Vladimir Trofimov 2
15   Björn Danielczik 1
16   Igor Marko 0
17   Jaroslav Gavenda (R) 0

Third round edit

Intercontinental Final edit

Main article: 1997 Intercontinental Final

2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final edit

  • 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 4 riders to GP Challenge
  • 26 July 1997   Lonigo
Pos. Rider Points
1   Armando Castagna 13
2   Zoltán Adorján 12
3   Tomáš Topinka 12
4   Sebastian Ułamek 10
5   Piotr Świst 9
6   Jacek Krzyżaniak 8
7   Antonín Kasper Jr. 8
8   Roman Povazhny 8
9   Jacek Gollob 8
10   Rinat Mardanshin 6
11   Bohumil Brhel 6
12   Andrea Maida 5
13   Robbie Kessler 5
14   Robert Sawina 5
15   Andreas Bössner 4
16   Zdenek Schneiderwind 1
17   Sergej Darkin 0

Final Round edit

GP Challenge edit

4 riders (changed to 9) to 1998 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider Points
1   Piotr Protasiewicz 14
2   Stefan Dannö 13
3   Leigh Adams 12
4   Craig Boyce 11
5   Andy Smith 9
6   Chris Louis 8
7   Henrik Gustafsson 7
8   Peter Karlsson 7
9   Sebastian Ułamek 7
10   Sam Ermolenko 7
11   Jacek Krzyżaniak 6
12   Tomáš Topinka 5
13   Piotr Świst 5
14   Joe Screen 4
15   Kelvin Tatum 2
16   Sławomir Drabik 1
17   Ronni Pedersen 1

References edit

  1. ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Loram Alone". Cambridge Daily News. 6 October 1997. Retrieved 6 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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