1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

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.

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

Starting positions draw

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

Heat details

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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 7   (7) Hans Nielsen 25 2 1 2 1
2 9   (18) Chris Louis 20 1 1 4 1 2 1 2
3 1   (4) Tony Rickardsson 18 2 1 1 3
4 17   (10) Jason Crump 16 2 2 3 1 2 2 4
5 23   (23) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 15 2 4 2 1 3 1 3 1
6 8   (1) Greg Hancock 14 1 2 3 2
7 22   (22) Brian Karger 12 1 2 4 2
8 10   (5) Mark Loram 10 3 2 1 2
9 4   (3) Tomasz Gollob 8 2 4 3
10 2   (8) Jimmy Nilsen 8 3 2 3
11 18   (6) Brian Andersen 7 1 3 1 1 4R 4
12 12   (14) Stefan Dannö 7 1 1 1 3 4
13 3   (2) Billy Hamill 6 3 3
14 5   (19) Henrik Gustafsson 6 3 3
15 20   (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 5 4F 1 2 4X 4
16 6   (17) Andy Smith 5 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 13   (15) Leigh Adams 4 2 3 3
18 24   (24) Lars Gunnestad 4 4 1 3
19 11   (9) Ryan Sullivan 3 2 4 4
20 14   (11) Armando Castagna 3 3 2 4
21 15   (12) Zoltan Adorjan 2 4 3
22 21   (20) Sebastian Ułamek 2 3 3
23 16   (16) Craig Boyce 1 3 4
24 19   (21) Jesper B. Jensen 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

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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
 
1   (4) Tony Rickardsson 68 25 25 18      
2   (8) Jimmy Nilsen 46 18 20 8      
3   (7) Hans Nielsen 45 8 12 25      
4   (2) Billy Hamill 44 20 18 6      
5   (18) Chris Louis 43 15 8 20      
6   (3) Tomasz Gollob 40 16 16 8      
7   (1) Greg Hancock 30 6 10 14      
8   (19) Henrik Gustafsson 29 8 15 6      
9   (14) Stefan Dannö 27 14 6 7      
10   (22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 26 7 4 15      
11   (5) Mark Loram 23 6 7 10      
12   (9) Ryan Sullivan 22 12 7 3      
13   (10) Jason Crump 22 3 3 16      
14   (17) Andy Smith 21 2 14 5      
15   (15) Leigh Adams 20 10 6 4      
16   (12) Zoltan Adorjan 14 7 5 2      
17   (6) Brian Andersen 12 5 7      
18   (22) Brian Karger 12 12      
19   (11) Armando Castagna 9 1 5 3      
20   (25) Peter Karlsson 9 1 8      
21   (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 8 2 1 5      
22   (16) Craig Boyce 8 3 4 1      
23   (22) (24) Gerd Riss 6 4 2      
24   (21) Jesper B. Jensen 5 4 1      
25   (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5      
26   (24) Lars Gunnestad 4 4      
27   (20) Sebastian Ułamek 3 1 2      
28   (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak 3 3      
29   (23) Robert Barth 2 2      
Pos. Rider Points CZE
 
GER
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
POL
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-08-30. Archived 2009-09-04.
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