1999 Speedway Grand Prix

5th season of the Speedway Grand Prix 1999 May 8 – September 25 6 6 5 22 2 144 SWE Tony Rickardsson POL Tomasz Gollob DEN Hans Nielsen The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix was the 54th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 10 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 It was the fifth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion. Event format The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions – while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final. The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final and the last two going towards the consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th to 8th scoring 15, 14, 12 and 10 point, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in. Qualification for Grand Prix 1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification The 1999 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below. Calendar 1999 CZE 1 May 8 Markéta Stadium Prague POL Tomasz Gollob USA Greg Hancock AUS Jason Crump SWE Jimmy Nilsen 1999 SWE 2 June 4 Motorstadium Linköping GBR Mark Loram SWE Jimmy Nilsen SWE Tony Rickardsson AUS Leigh Adams 1999 POL 3 July 3 Olympic Stadium Wrocław POL Tomasz Gollob SWE Jimmy Nilsen SWE Stefan Dannö SWE Tony Rickardsson 1999 GBR 4 July 31 Brandon Stadium Coventry SWE Tony Rickardsson GBR Chris Louis USA Greg Hancock DEN Hans Nielsen 1999 PL2 5 August 28 Polonia Stadium Bydgoszcz DEN Hans Nielsen SWE Tony Rickardsson AUS Ryan Sullivan GBR Mark Loram 1999 DEN 6 September 25 Speedway Center Vojens SWE Tony Rickardsson GBR Mark Loram DEN Hans Nielsen GBR Joe Screen Final standings 1999 CZE SWE POL GBR PL2 DEN Q P1 SWE 1 Tony Rickardsson f 7 c 18 d 16 a 25 b 20 a 25 Q P2 POL 3 Tomasz Gollob a 25 e 15 a 25 e 10 e 15 f 8 P P3 DEN 4 Hans Nielsen f 6 f 1 e 10 d 16 a 25 c 18 Q 4 SWE 2 Jimmy Nilsen d 16 b 20 b 20 f 8 f 4 f 5 w 5 GBR 23)(25 Mark Loram x a 25 f 2 f 8 d 16 b 20 Q 6 GBR 19 Joe Screen e 12 f 5 e 15 e 12 f 8 d 16 Q 7 AUS 13 Leigh Adams f 4 d 16 f 5 e 14 e 14 e 14 Q 8 AUS 8 Jason Crump c 18 f 7 e 12 e 15 f 8 f 6 Q 9 USA 6 Greg Hancock b 20 f 7 f 4 c 18 f 7 f 6 Q 10 AUS 7 Ryan Sullivan f 6 f 3 e 14 f 7 c 18 f 7 Q 11 SWE 17 Stefan Dannö e 10 e 12 c 18 f 5 f 5 f 2 Q 12 GBR 5 Chris Louis f 8 f 6 f 5 b 20 f 7 f 4 P 13 SWE 10 Peter Karlsson f 8 e 14 f 6 f 4 f 5 f 8 P 14 SWE 18 Mikael Karlsson f 7 f 5 f 8 f 7 f 6 e 12 P 15 CZE 11 Antonín Kasper Jr. e 15 e 10 f 7 f 3 f 2 f 2 P 16 DEN 9 Brian Karger f 3 f 8 f 6 f 6 f 3 e 10 P 17 SWE 15 Henrik Gustafsson f 5 f 2 f 7 f 4 e 10 f 7 P 18 USA 22 Billy Hamill f 2 f 3 f 3 f 6 f 6 e 15 P 19 DEN 20 John Jørgensen e 14 f 8 f 3 f 2 f 1 f 4 P 20 GBR 16 Andy Smith f 5 f 6 f 1 f 5 f 4 f 1 P 21 POL 21 Robert Dados f 4 f 4 f 4 f 1 f 2 f 5 P 22 DEN 14 Brian Andersen f 3 f 1 f 2 f 2 f 3 f 1 w 23 POL 23 Jacek Gollob x x x x e 12 x P 24 CZE 12 Marián Jirout f 1 f 2 f 1 f 1 x f 3 w 25 POL 24 Rafał Dobrucki x x f 8 x x x w 26 POL 24 Sebastian Ułamek x f 4 x x x x w 27 GBR 24 Scott Nicholls x x x f 3 x x w 28 DEN 24 Jesper B. Jensen x x x x x f 3 w 29 CZE 23 Antonín Šváb Jr. f 2 x x x x x w 30 POL 24 Piotr Protasiewicz f 1 x x x f 1 x References External links Official Speedway GP site 1999 World I