1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

**1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland**
1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date	30 August 1997
City	Wrocław
Event	5 of 6 (17)
Referee
Stadium details
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time	;
Winner	Greg Hancock
Runner-up	Billy Hamill
3rd place	Billy Hamill

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the fifth race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 August in the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland^[1]^[2] It was the third Polish SGP and was won by American rider Greg Hancock. It was the third win of his career.

Starting positions draw[]

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Rafał Dobrucki from Poland as Wild Card.

Heat details[]

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	24
1	3	(3) Greg Hancock	25	3						3				0				3				3		12	3				3
2	14	(1) Billy Hamill	20				3		3					2		2							3	13	2				2
3	8	(13) Tomasz Gollob	18		3						3			3			3			2				14	1				1
4	5	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	16		2			3					3					1					2	11	4				0
5	16	(4) Tony Rickardsson	14				2				2	3						2			1			10	7			3
6	1	(8) Chris Louis	13	2				1				2				3				3				11	5			2
7	7	(7) Mark Loram	12		1					1					3	E					3			8	8			1
8	9	(14) Sławomir Drabik	11			3		2						1					2		2			10	6			0
9	13	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	9				1	0							2		2					0		5	11		3
10	15	(9) Simon Wigg	8				0			0			1						3	1				5	10		2
11	12	(2) Hans Nielsen	7			2					0		2			1						2		7	9		1
12	10	(6) Peter Karlsson	6			1			2						1			0		0				4	12		0
13	2	(12) Brian Andersen	4	0					1				0				1				0			2	16	3
14	11	(10) Leigh Adams	3			0				2		0					0						1	3	13	2
15	4	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	2	1							1				X				0				0	2	15	1
16	6	(16) Rafał Dobrucki	1		0				0			1							1			1		3	14	0
17	17	(17) Mikael Karlsson	–																					-	17
18	18	(18) Andy Smith	–																					-	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	24

Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th

Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th

Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th

Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th

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	SWE	GER	GBR	POL	DEN
1	(3) Greg Hancock	100	25	20	18	12	25
2	(1) Billy Hamill	88	20	12	16	20	20
3	(13) Tomasz Gollob	76	18	25	1	14	18
4	(12) Brian Andersen	72	9	14	20	25	4
5	(4) Tony Rickardsson	70	11	18	14	13	14
6	(2) Hans Nielsen	63	8	16	25	7	7
7	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	60	13	7	13	18	9
8	(7) Mark Loram	56	7	13	8	16	12
9	(8) Chris Louis	45	12	4	12	4	13
10	(14) Sławomir Drabik	37	16	2	6	2	11
11	(10) Leigh Adams	33	6	6	9	9	3
12	(6) Peter Karlsson	30	4	11	3	6	6
13	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	28	1	ns	11	0	16
14	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	20	14	3	–	1	2
15	(18) Andy Smith	16	ns	9	4	3	ns
16	(9) Simon Wigg	13	3	ns	2	ns	8
17	(17) Mikael Karlsson	12	ns	1	ns	11	ns
18	(16) Jason Crump	8	–	8	–	–	–
19	(16) Joe Screen	8	–	–	–	8	–
20	(16) Robert Barth	7	–	–	7	–	–
21	(16) Tomáš Topinka	2	2	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Rafał Dobrucki	1	–	–	–	–	1
Rider(s) not classified
	(19) Sam Ermolenko	—	–	–	ns	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	GER	GBR	POL	DEN