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2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

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Czech Republic 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
FIM Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date2 August 2008
CityCzech Republic Prague
Event6 of 11 (106)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Jury PresidentGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumMarketa Stadium
Capacity17,500
Length353 m (386 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best TimeDenmark Nicki Pedersen
62.73 secs (in Heat 3)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Nicki Pedersen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Hans N. Andersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeAustralia Hans N. Andersen

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the sixth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 2 in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.

Czech Republic SGP was won by current World Champion Nicki Pedersen from Denmark. It was his first GP Won in this season.[1][2]

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Luboš Tomíček as a wild card, and Adrian Rymel and Filip Šitera both as track reserves.[3] The draw was made on July 22 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[4]

Heat details

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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 10 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 22 3 2 3 3 3 14 1 2 3
2 13 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 16 2 3 1 1 2 9 6 3 2
3 12 Australia (3) Jason Crump 17 2 3 3 2 3 13 2 2 1
4 16 United States (6) Greg Hancock 13 3 1 3 1 2 10 5 3 0
5 8 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 12 2 2 3 3 2 12 3 0
6 6 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 10 3 3 0 3 1 10 4 0
7 15 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 9 1 3 2 2 0 8 7 1
8 5 Poland (7) Rune Holta 9 1 2 Fx 2 3 8 8 1
9 7 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 7 Fx 2 2 0 3 7 9
10 2 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 7 3 0 1 2 1 7 10
11 1 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 7 2 0 1 3 1 7 11
12 14 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 6 0 1 2 1 2 6 12
13 11 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 13
14 9 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 14
15 3 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15
16 4 Czech Republic (16) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 17 Czech Republic (17) Adrian Rymel - - 17
18 18 Czech Republic (18) Filip Šitera - - 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

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  1. (63.34) Iversen, Harris, Kasprzak, Tomicek
  2. (63.28) Adams, Gollob, Holta, B.Pedersen (Fx)
  3. (62.73) N.Pedersen, Crump, Lindgren, Dryml
  4. (64.98) Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson, Nicholls
  5. (63.88) Andersen, Holta, Lindgren, Harris
  6. (63.15) Adams, N.Pedersen, Nicholls, Iversen
  7. (63.28) Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Dryml, Kasprzak
  8. (63.06) Crump, Gollob, Hancock, Tomicek
  9. (63.95) Hancock, Dryml, Harris, Adams
  10. (63.86) Crump, Jonsson, Iversen, Holta (Fx)
  11. (64.49) Gollob, Nicholls, Lindgren, Kasprzak
  12. (63.36) N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Andersen, Tomicek
  13. (63.99) Harris, Crump, Nicholls, B.Pedersen
  14. (64.72) Gollob, Iversen, Andersen, Dryml
  15. (63.98) N.Pedersen, Holta, Hancock, Kasprzak
  16. (64.01) Adams, Jonsson, Lindgren, Tomicek
  17. (65.85) N.Pedersen, Gollob, Harris, Jonsson
  18. (64.24) B.Pedersen, Hancock, Iversen, Lindgren
  19. (64.78) Crump, Andersen, Adams, Kasprzak
  20. (64.39) Holta, Nicholls, Dryml, Tomicek
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (63.87) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Adams
  22. (64.81) Hancock, Crump, Holta, Gollob
    Final:
  23. (63.86) N.Pedersen (6 points), Andersen (4), Crump (2), Hancock (0)

The intermediate classification

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
SCA
Sweden
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
FIN
Poland
1 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 102 17 16 16 20 11 22          
2 Australia (3) Jason Crump 87 10 8 12 18 22 17          
3 United States (6) Greg Hancock 77 8 20 6 10 20 13          
4 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 74 19 12 8 19 4 12          
5 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 64 14 6 8 11 9 16          
6 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 59 5 20 9 8 7 10          
7 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 55 12 9 8 9 8 9          
8 Poland (7) Rune Holta 48 5 4 17 7 6 9          
9 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 45 7 7 22 3 2 4          
10 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 41 7 2 7 7 12 6          
11 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 39 8 10 2 6 6 7          
12 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 37 6 6 5 3 10 7          
13 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 32 4 7 14 7          
14 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 22 6 3 5 3 4 1          
15 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 20 9 2 3 1 1 4          
16 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 16          
17 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 11          
18 Czech Republic (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 3 5 0          
19 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 7          
20 Sweden (16) Jonas Davidsson 7 7          
21 United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 4 4          
22 Sweden (18) Billy Forsberg 2 2          
23 Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1          
24 Sweden (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 0          
Rider(s) not classified
Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej ns          
Poland (17) Damian Baliński ns          
United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden ns          
Czech Republic (17) Adrian Rymel ns          
Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs ns          
Poland (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski ns          
Denmark (18) Patrick Hougaard ns          
United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead ns          
Czech Republic (18) Filip Šitera ns          
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
SCA
Sweden
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
FIN
Poland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Press Release - Results SGP Prague" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  2. ^ "Nicki Pedersen w końcu zwycięski". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-02. Archived from the original on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  3. ^ "Dzika karta dla Tomicka". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-08. Archived from the original on 11 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  4. ^ "Press Release - Draw Prague SGP" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
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