1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

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Czech Republic 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
Information
Date15 May 1998
CityCzech Republic Prague
Event1 of 6 (19)
RefereeGermany
Stadium details
Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Tony Rickardsson
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Billy Hamill
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Billy Hamill

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 15 May in the in Prague, Czech Republic[1][2] It was the second Czech Republic SGP and was won by Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson. It was the first win of his career.

Starting positions draw[]

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr., Bohumil Brhel (both from Czech Republic) and Gerd Riss (from Germany) as Wild Card.

Draw 20. Poland (20) Sebastian UłamekSweden (25) Peter Karlsson

Heat details[]

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 4 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 25 2 1 1 1
2 2 United States (2) Billy Hamill 20 2 3 1 2 2
3 8 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 18 1 2 1 3
4 3 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 16 3 1 2 2 4
5 18 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 15 3 1 1 1 3 1 3 1
6 14 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 14 1 4 2 2 1 4 2
7 9 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 12 1 1 2 2 4 3
8 15 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 10 1 2 4 1 2 3 4
9 7 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 8 1 4 3
10 19 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 8 4 2 1 1 4 3
11 12 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 7 2 2 4 2 4
12 22 Czech Republic (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 7 2 1 3 2 4
13 1 United States (1) Greg Hancock 6 3 3
14 5 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 6 3 3
15 6 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 5 4 4
16 23 Czech Republic (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 2 3 2 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 21 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 4 1 4 3
18 24 Germany (24) Gerd Riss 4 3 2 3
19 10 Australia (10) Jason Crump 3 4E 1 4
20 16 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 3 2 3 4
21 13 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 2 4 3
22 17 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 2 4E 3
23 11 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 1 3 4F
24 20 Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson 1 3 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[]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland
1 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 25 25          
2 United States (2) Billy Hamill 20 20          
3 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 18 18          
4 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 16 16          
5 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 15 15          
6 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 14 14          
7 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 12 12          
8 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 10 10          
9 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 8 8          
10 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 8 8          
11 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 7 7          
12 Czech Republic (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 7 7          
13 United States (1) Greg Hancock 6 6          
14 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 6 6          
15 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 5 5          
16 Czech Republic (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5          
17 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 4 4          
18 Germany (24) Gerd Riss 4 4          
19 Australia (10) Jason Crump 3 3          
20 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 3 3          
21 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 2 2          
22 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 2 2          
23 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 1 1          
24 Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson 1 1          
Rider(s) not classified
Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek          
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. Archived 2009-05-12.
  2. ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. Archived 2009-05-11.

External links[]

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