2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

**2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe**
2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
Information
Date	23 September 2000
City	Bydgoszcz
Event	6 of 6 (36)
Referee
Stadium details
Stadium	Polonia Stadium
Length	348 m (381 yd)
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time	;
Winner	Billy Hamill
Runner-up	Greg Hancock
3rd place	Greg Hancock

The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe was the sixth and the last race of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 23 September in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland^[1]

Starting positions draw[]

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Polish rider Jaroslaw Hampel and a Piotr Protasiewicz 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	(11) Billy Hamill	25														2			4			1		2		1
2	1	(7) Greg Hancock	20											2							2			1			2
3	10	(1) Tony Rickardsson	18		1						1				1						1				1		3
4	2	(6) Jason Crump	16												4			1				1		2			4
5	12	(2) Tomasz Gollob	15				2			1				1						1				4		1
6	4	(16) Mark Loram	14														3		1				2	3		2
7	18	(21) Todd Wiltshire	12		2					2					2					2					3	3
8	7	(15) Henrik Gustafsson	10												3				2			2			4	4
9	19	(3) Jimmy Nilsen	8			4			1				2			1				3		3
10	11	(4) Joe Screen	8			1				4M			1				1				3		3
11	9	(19) Peter Karlsson	7	1						3		1				2					4X	4
12	24	(24) Jarosław Hampel	7	4					2			2					4	2					4
13	6	(5) Leigh Adams	6													3		3
14	8	(8) Ryan Sullivan	6											4					3
15	22	(22) Rafał Dobrucki	5			2					2			3				4
DSQ	3	(9) Stefan Dannö														4N			4N
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	14	(10) Chris Louis	4			3		2					3
18	13	(18) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	4				4	1				3
19	17	(13) Carl Stonehewer	3	2							4	4
20	21	(17) Andy Smith	3				1				3		4
21	15	(12) Mikael Karlsson	2		3				3
22	16	(20) Brian Andersen	2	3				3
23	20	(14) Brian Karger	1				3		4
24	23	(23) Piotr Protasiewicz	1		4F			4T

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

Final standings[]

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	POL	GBR	DEN	EUR
	(16) Mark Loram	102	20	20	15	18	15	14
	(11) Billy Hamill	95	25	6	20	5	14	25
	(1) Tony Rickardsson	94	14	16	25	14	7	18
4	(6) Jason Crump	88	5	25	12	10	20	16
5	(7) Greg Hancock	76	7	5	7	12	25	20
6	(5) Leigh Adams	65	6	10	16	15	12	6
7	(2) Tomasz Gollob	64	15	14	14	–	6	15
8	(21) Todd Wiltshire	63	16	18	7	7	3	12
9	(8) Ryan Sullivan	62	8	12	8	20	8	6
10	(10) Chris Louis	60	18	7	18	8	5	4
11	(3) Jimmy Nilsen	42	6	15	5	6	2	8
12	(9) Stefan Dannö	41	3	4	10	6	18	0
13	(12) Mikael Karlsson	39	12	8	4	8	5	2
14	(15) Henrik Gustafsson	39	8	4	2	5	10	10
15	(19) Peter Karlsson	35	3	2	8	7	8	7
16	(4) Joe Screen	34	5	5	6	3	7	8
17	(18) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	32	7	6	5	4	6	4
18	(13) Carl Stonehewer	30	10	7	3	4	3	3
19	(23) Martin Dugard	25	–	–	–	25	–	–
20	(23) Nicki Pedersen	17	–	1	–	–	16	–
21	(22) Rafał Dobrucki	16	4	3	3	–	1	5
22	(28) Jason Lyons	16	–	–	–	16	–	–
23	(20) Brian Andersen	15	4	2	1	2	4	2
24	(14) Brian Karger	13	2	3	4	1	2	1
25	(17) Andy Smith	10	2	1	1	2	1	3
26	(24) Rune Holta	8	–	8	–	–	–	–
27	(24) Jarosław Hampel	7	–	–	–	–	–	7
28	(24) Sebastian Ułamek	6	–	–	6	–	–	–
29	(24) Jesper B. Jensen	4	–	–	–	–	4	–
30	(23) Piotr Protasiewicz	3	–	–	2	–	–	1
31	(24) Lee Richardson	3	–	–	–	3	–	–
32	(23) Michal Makovský	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
33	(24) Bohumil Brhel	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
34	(25) John Jørgensen	1	–	–	–	1	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	POL	GBR	DEN	EUR