1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

GBR 9 August 1997 Bradford 4 of 6 (16) Christer Bergstrom SWE Odsal Stadium speedway track Brian Andersen DEN Billy Hamill USA Jimmy Nilsen SWE The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was taken place on 9 August in the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, Great Britainspeedwaygp.republika.pl https://web.archive.org/web/20090422155710/http://speedwaygp.republika.pl/ 2009-04-22 . Retrieved on 2009-03-24. 2009-05-12.world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. 2009-05-11. It was the third British SGP but the first and only in Bradford. The race was won by Danish rider Brian Andersen. It was the first and only win in his career. Starting positions draw The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Joe Screen from Great Britain as Wild Card. Heat details 7 1 DEN 12 Brian Andersen E 3 3 3 3 2 b 3 6 2 USA 1 Billy Hamill 3 1 2 2 2 4 y 2 11 3 SWE 11 Jimmy Nilsen 3 2 3 1 3 3 w 1 8 4 GBR 7 Mark Loram 2 3 3 2 3 1 r 0 13 5 POL 13 Tomasz Gollob 3 2 X F 3 6 3 4 6 SWE 4 Tony Rickardsson 3 E 1 3 1 7 2 9 7 USA 3 Greg Hancock 2 3 2 0 1 8 1 14 8 SWE 17 Mikael Karlsson 2 3 0 2 2 5 0 3 9 AUS 10 Leigh Adams 2 X 1 3 1 10 3 10 10 GBR 16 Joe Screen 0 2 2 2 2 9 2 12 11 DEN 2 Hans Nielsen 1 2 3 1 0 11 1 15 12 SWE 6 Peter Karlsson 1 1 2 1 1 12 0 2 13 GBR 8 Chris Louis E E 1 3 2 13 3 5 14 GBR 18 Andy Smith 1 1 0 0 0 14 2 1 15 POL 14 Sławomir Drabik 1 0 1 0 0 15 1 16 16 SWE 5 Henrik Gustafsson 0 1 M 1 0 16 0 17 POL 15 Piotr Protasiewicz 17 b 0 18x GBR 9 Simon Wigg The intermediate classification 1997 CZE SWE GER GBR POL DEN q 1 USA 3 Greg Hancock a 25 b 20 c 18 e 12 i i q 2 USA 1 Billy Hamill b 20 e 12 d 16 b 20 i i q 3 DEN 12 Brian Andersen f 9 e 14 b 20 a 25 i i q 4 POL 13 Tomasz Gollob c 18 a 25 f 1 e 14 i i q 5 DEN 2 Hans Nielsen f 8 d 16 a 25 f 7 i i q 6 SWE 4 Tony Rickardsson e 11 c 18 e 14 e 13 i i q 7 SWE 11 Jimmy Nilsen e 13 f 7 e 13 c 18 i i q 8 GBR 7 Mark Loram f 7 e 13 f 8 d 16 i i p 9 GBR 8 Chris Louis e 12 f 4 e 12 f 4 i i p 10 AUS 10 Leigh Adams f 6 f 6 f 9 f 9 i i p 11 POL 14 Sławomir Drabik d 16 f 2 f 6 f 2 i i p 12 SWE 6 Peter Karlsson f 4 e 11 f 3 f 6 i i p 13 SWE 5 Henrik Gustafsson e 14 f 3 x f 1 i i p 14 GBR 18 Andy Smith n f 9 f 4 f 3 i i p 15 POL 15 Piotr Protasiewicz f 1 n e 11 f 0 i i p 16 SWE 17 Mikael Karlsson n f 1 n e 11 i i w 17 AUS 16 Jason Crump x f 8 x x i i w 18 GBR 16 Joe Screen x x x f 8 i i w 19 GER 16 Robert Barth x x f 7 x i i p 20 GBR 9 Simon Wigg f 3 n f 2 n i i w 21 CZE 16 Tomáš Topinka f 2 x x x i i r USA 19 Sam Ermolenko x x n x i i See also Speedway Grand Prix List of Speedway Grand Prix riders References External links FIM-live.com SpeedwayWorld.tv Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain Gr 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain 1997