2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the ninth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 13 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock from United States, it was his first GP win of the 2008 season.[1]

Poland 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
FIM Bydgoszcz Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date13 September 2008
CityPoland Bydgoszcz
Event9 of 11 (109)
RefereeHungary István Daragó
Stadium details
StadiumPolonia Stadium
Capacity18,000
Length348 m (381 yd)
Trackspeedway track (granite)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited States Greg Hancock
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Nicki Pedersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Nicki Pedersen

Riders edit

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Wiesław Jaguś as a wild card, and Krzysztof Buczkowski and Adrian Gomólski both as track reserves.[2] The draw was made on September 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[3] Maciej Janowski replaced Adrian Gomólski, having been injured in the Polish First League match on 2008-09-07 (KM Ostrów vs Polonia Bydgoszcz 42:47).[4]

Andreas Jonsson and Krzysztof Buczkowski were Polonia Bydgoszcz's riders in 2008 season.

Heat details edit

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23
1 12   (6) Greg Hancock 18 2 2 1 3 2 10 3 2 3
2 10   (1) Nicki Pedersen 21 3 3 2 3 3 14 2 3 2
3 13   (4) Tomasz Gollob 20 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3 1
4 4   (8) Scott Nicholls 10 3 3 1 1 0 8 7 2 0
5 1   (5) Hans N. Andersen 10 1 2 3 2 1 9 4 1
6 5   (3) Jason Crump 9 3 1 2 0 3 9 5 0
7 2   (16) Wiesław Jaguś 9 2 0 3 2 1 8 8 1
8 11   (2) Leigh Adams 9 1 3 2 1 2 9 6 0
9 14   (10) Andreas Jonsson 8 2 1 3 1 1 8 9
10 16   (7) Rune Holta 6 0 1 0 2 3 6 10
11 9   (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 0 E4 1 3 2 6 11
12 6   (9) Chris Harris 5 2 2 1 0 0 5 12
13 3   (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 13
14 15   (11) Bjarne Pedersen 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 14
15 8   (13) Lukáš Dryml 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 15
16 17   (17) Krzysztof Buczkowski 1 1 1 16
17 7   (15) Fredrik Lindgren 0 T/- 0 0 E3 0 0 17
18 18   (18) Maciej Janowski - - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat edit

 
Fans
 
Heat 9 - Andersen (white), Adams (yellow), Harris (red) and Holta (blue).
  1. Nicholls, Jaguś, Andersen, Iversen
  2. Crump, Harris, Buczkowski, Dryml, Lindgren (T/-)
  3. N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams, Kasprzak
  4. Gollob, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Holta
  5. Gollob, Andersen, Crump, Kasprzak (E4)
  6. N.Pedersen, Harris, Jonsson, Jaguś
  7. Adams, Iversen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
  8. Nicholls, Hancock, Holta, Dryml
  9. Andersen, Adams, Harris, Holta
  10. Jaguś, Crump, Hancock, B.Pedersen
  11. Jonsson, Dryml, Kasprzak, Iversen
  12. Gollob, N.Pedersen, Nicholls, Lindgren
  13. Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson, Lindgren (E3)
  14. Gollob, Jaguś, Adams, Dryml
  15. N.Pedersen, Holta, Iversen, Crump
  16. Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Harris
  17. N.Pedersen, Andersen, Dryml, B.Pedersen
  18. Holta, Kasprzak, Jaguś, Lindgren
  19. Gollob, Hancock, Iversen, Harris
  20. Crump, Adams, Jonsson, Nicholls
    Semi-Finals:
  21. Gollob, Nicholls, Andersen, Adams
  22. N.Pedersen, Hancock, Jaguś, Crump
    Final:
  23. Hancock (6 points), N.Pedersen (4), Gollob (2), Nicholls (0)

The intermediate classification edit

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
EUR
 
SWE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
CZE
 
SCA
 
LAT
 
POL
 
ITA
 
FIN
 
1   (1) Nicki Pedersen 155 17 16 16 20 11 22 14 18 21    
2   (3) Jason Crump 127 10 8 12 18 22 17 12 19 9    
3   (6) Greg Hancock 120 8 20 6 10 20 13 12 13 18    
4   (4) Tomasz Gollob 118 19 12 8 19 4 12 8 16 20    
5   (5) Hans N. Andersen 101 14 6 8 11 9 16 20 7 10    
6   (2) Leigh Adams 98 5 20 9 8 7 10 21 9 9    
7   (10) Andreas Jonsson 79 12 9 8 9 8 9 6 10 8    
8   (7) Rune Holta 63 5 4 17 7 6 9 5 4 6    
9   (8) Scott Nicholls 62 7 2 7 7 12 6 4 7 10    
10   (15) Fredrik Lindgren 59 7 7 22 3 2 4 7 7 0    
11   (9) Chris Harris 54 6 6 5 3 10 7 3 9 5    
12   (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 53 8 10 2 6 6 7 9 1 4    
13   (11) Bjarne Pedersen 49 4 7 14 7 6 7 4    
14   (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 44 6 3 5 3 4 1 9 7 6    
15   (13) Lukáš Dryml 35 9 2 3 1 1 4 5 7 3    
16   (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 16    
17   (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 11    
18   (16) Wiesław Jaguś 9 9    
19   (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 3 5 0    
20   (16) Matej Žagar 7 7    
21   (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson 7 7 ns    
22   (16) Edward Kennett 4 4    
23   (16) Peter Ljung 3 3    
24   (16) Grigory Laguta 2 2    
25   (18) Billy Forsberg 2 2    
26   (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1    
27   (17) (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski 1 ns 1    
28   (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 0    
29   (17) Maksims Bogdanovs 0 0    
Rider(s) not classified
  (17) Izak Šantej ns    
  (17) Damian Baliński ns    
  (17) Tai Woffinden ns    
  (17) Adrian Rymel ns    
  (18) Denis Štojs ns    
  (18) Patrick Hougaard ns    
  (18) Simon Stead ns    
  (18) Filip Šitera ns    
  (18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns    
  (18) Kasts Poudzuks ns    
  (18) Maciej Janowski ns    
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
EUR
 
SWE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
CZE
 
SCA
 
LAT
 
POL
 
ITA
 
FIN
 

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Hancock najlepszy w Bydgoszczy" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-13. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
  2. ^ "Oficjalnie: Jaguś z dziką kartą". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-26. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
  3. ^ "Press Release Bydgoszcz SGP" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  4. ^ "Janowski zastąpi Gomólskiego!". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-09. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

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