1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

**1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland**
1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date	18 September 1998
City	Linköping
Event	6 of 6 (24)
Referee	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	Polonia Stadium
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time	;
Winner	Tomasz Gollob
Runner-up	Ryan Sullivan
3rd place	Ryan Sullivan

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the sixth race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 18 September in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland^[1] It was the fourth Polish SGP, but first in Bydgoszcz. Grand Prix was won by Pole Tomasz Gollob, who was riding for Polonia Bydgoszcz in Polish League. It was his third winning in GP history.

Starting positions draw[]

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic) and two Poles: Robert Dados (1998 Under-21 World Champion who qualify to the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix) and Jacek Gollob as Wild Card.

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

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
	(4) Tony Rickardsson	111	25	25	18	8	25	10
	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	99	18	20	8	20	15	18
	(3) Tomasz Gollob	97	16	16	8	18	14	25
4	(7) Hans Nielsen	76	8	12	25	7	8	16
5	(18) Chris Louis	75	15	8	20	6	20	6
6	(1) Greg Hancock	69	6	10	14	15	16	8
7	(9) Ryan Sullivan	68	12	7	3	16	10	20
8	(10) Jason Crump	62 (+3)	3	3	16	25	7	8
9	(2) Billy Hamill	62 (+N)	20	18	6	12	5	1
10	(5) Mark Loram	52	6	7	10	7	8	14
11	(15) Leigh Adams	51	10	6	4	4	12	15
12	(22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	50	7	4	15	14	3	7
13	(14) Stefan Dannö	49	14	6	7	10	5	7
14	(17) Andy Smith	43	2	14	5	4	6	12
15	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	43	8	15	6	6	2	6
16	(6) Brian Andersen	31	5	–	7	8	7	4
17	(25) Peter Karlsson	27	1	8	–	–	18	–
18	(11) Armando Castagna	23	1	5	3	3	6	5
19	(12) Zoltan Adorjan	21	7	5	2	3	1	3
20	(16) Craig Boyce	18	3	4	1	1	4	5
21	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	16	2	1	5	2	3	3
22	(21) Jesper B. Jensen	14	4	–	1	5	2	2
23	(22) Brian Karger	12	–	–	12	–	–	–
24	(20) Sebastian Ułamek	10	–	1	2	1	4	2
25	(22) (24) Gerd Riss	6	4	2	–	–	–	–
26	(23) Bohumil Brhel	5	5	–	–	–	–	–
26	(23) Joe Screen	5	–	–	–	5	–	–
28	(24) Lars Gunnestad	5	–	–	4	–	1	–
29	(24) Jacek Gollob	4	–	–	–	–	–	4
30	(27) Jacek Krzyżaniak	3	–	3	–	–	–	–
31	(23) Robert Barth	2	–	2	–	–	–	–
32	(24) Martin Dugard	2	–	–	–	2	–	–
33	(23) Robert Dados	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	GER	DEN	GBR	SWE	POL