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
editContinental quarter finals
editSecond round
editOverseas Final
edit8 riders to Intercontinental Final
Scandinavian Final
edit8 riders to Intercontinental final
(7 Jun 1997 Hyvinkää) | |||||
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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
editContinental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final
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Third round
edit- 7 riders from positions 9-15 from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix to GP Challenge
Intercontinental Final
edit2 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 |
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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
editGP Challenge
edit4 riders (changed to 9) to 1998 Grand Prix
- 5 October 1997 Wiener Neustadt
Pos. | Rider | Points |
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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- ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Loram Alone". Cambridge Daily News. 6 October 1997. Retrieved 6 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.