1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date7 August 1998
City Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Coventry
Event4 of 6 (22)
Referee Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium Brandon Stadium
Capacity5,000
Length320 m (350 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Nilsen
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Gollob

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 7 August in the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England [1] It was the fourth British SGP and first in Coventry. SGP was won by Australian rider Jason Crump. It was the second win of his career, after winning in 1996 London GP.

Contents

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic) and Joe Screen and Martin Dugard (both from Great Britain) as Wild Card.

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotalPre-Main EventMain EventFinal Event
Round 1Round 2Round 1Round 21/2CFF
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14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (10) Jason Crump 254X2211
28 Flag of Sweden.svg (8) Jimmy Nilsen 2031222
37 Flag of Poland.svg (3) Tomasz Gollob 182123
416 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (9) Ryan Sullivan 162113114
55 Flag of the United States.svg (1) Greg Hancock 151131
622 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 14222242
711 Flag of the United States.svg (2) Billy Hamill 12111243
810 Flag of Sweden.svg (14) Stefan Dannö 1014223134
93 Flag of Sweden.svg (4) Tony Rickardsson 8143
109 Flag of Denmark.svg (6) Brian Andersen 8131243
116 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (5) Mark Loram 7424
121 Flag of Denmark.svg (7) Hans Nielsen 7414X
132 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Chris Louis 643
1412 Flag of Sweden.svg (19) Henrik Gustafsson 613133
1521 Flag of Denmark.svg (21) Jesper B. Jensen 524234
1623 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (23) Joe Screen 52234
PlacingDrawRiderTotal123456789101112131415161718192021222324
1715 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (15) Leigh Adams 44T13
1814 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Andy Smith 4413
1917 Flag of Italy.svg (11) Armando Castagna 3324
2018 Flag of Hungary.svg (12) Zoltan Adorjan 3324
2113 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 243
2224 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (24) Martin Dugard 243R
2320 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (16) Craig Boyce 134X
2419 Flag of Poland.svg (20) Sebastian Ułamek 134
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 – insidegate Bgate Cgate 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.RiderPoints CZE
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GER
Flag of Germany.svg
DEN
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GBR
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SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
1 Flag of Sweden.svg (4) Tony Rickardsson 762525188  
2 Flag of Sweden.svg (8) Jimmy Nilsen 661820820  
3 Flag of Poland.svg (3) Tomasz Gollob 581616818  
4 Flag of the United States.svg (2) Billy Hamill 562018612  
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (7) Hans Nielsen 52812257  
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Chris Louis 49158206  
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (10) Jason Crump 47331625  
8 Flag of the United States.svg (1) Greg Hancock 456101415  
9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 40741514  
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (9) Ryan Sullivan 38127316  
11 Flag of Sweden.svg (14) Stefan Dannö 37146710  
12 Flag of Sweden.svg (19) Henrik Gustafsson 3581566  
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (5) Mark Loram 3067107  
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Andy Smith 2521454  
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (15) Leigh Adams 2410644  
16 Flag of Denmark.svg (6) Brian Andersen 205ns78  
17 Flag of Hungary.svg (12) Zoltan Adorjan 177523  
18 Flag of Italy.svg (11) Armando Castagna 121533  
19 Flag of Denmark.svg (22) Brian Karger 1212  
20 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 102152  
21 Flag of Denmark.svg (21) Jesper B. Jensen 10415  
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (16) Craig Boyce 93411  
23 Flag of Sweden.svg (25) Peter Karlsson 918  
24 Flag of Germany.svg (22) (24) Gerd Riss 642  
25 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (23) Bohumil Brhel 55  
26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (23) Joe Screen 55  
27 Flag of Poland.svg (20) Sebastian Ułamek 4121  
28 Flag of Norway.svg (24) Lars Gunnestad 44  
29 Flag of Poland.svg (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak 33  
30 Flag of Germany.svg (23) Robert Barth 22  
31 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (24) Martin Dugard 22  
Pos. RiderPoints CZE
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GER
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DEN
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GBR
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SWE
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POL
Flag of Poland.svg

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References

  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2000-04-14 at archive.today . Retrieved on 2009-10-17.