1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

CZE 15 May 1998 Prague 1 of 6 (19) Wolfgang Glas GER Markéta Stadium speedway track Tony Rickardsson SWE Billy Hamill USA Jimmy Nilsen SWE The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 15 May in the Markéta Stadium in Prague, Czech Republicspeedwaygp.republika.pl https://web.archive.org/web/20090422155710/http://speedwaygp.republika.pl/ 2009-04-22 . Retrieved on 2009-03-27. 2009-05-12.world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. Archived 2009-05-11. It was the second Czech Republic SGP and was won by Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson. It was the first win of his career. Starting positions draw The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr., Bohumil Brhel (both from Czech Republic) and Gerd Riss (from Germany) as Wild Card. Draw 20. POL (20) Sebastian Ułamek → SWE (25) Peter Karlsson Heat details 4 1 SWE 4 Tony Rickardsson 2 1 1 r 1 2 2 USA 2 Billy Hamill 2 3 1 2 y 2 8 3 SWE 8 Jimmy Nilsen 1 2 1 b 3 3 4 POL 3 Tomasz Gollob 3 1 2 2 w 4 18 5 GBR 18 Chris Louis 3 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 14 6 SWE 14 Stefan Dannö 1 4 2 2 1 4 2 9 7 AUS 9 Ryan Sullivan 1 1 2 2 4 3 15 8 AUS 15 Leigh Adams 1 2 4 1 2 3 4 7 9 DEN 7 Hans Nielsen 1 4 3 19 10 SWE 19 Henrik Gustafsson 4 2 1 1 4 3 12 11 HUN 12 Zoltan Adorjan 2 2 4 2 4 22 12 CZE 22 Antonín Kasper, Jr. 2 1 3 2 4 1 13 USA 1 Greg Hancock 3 3 5 14 GBR 5 Mark Loram 3 3 6 15 DEN 6 Brian Andersen 4 4 23 16 CZE 23 Bohumil Brhel 2 3 2 4 4 21 17 DEN 21 Jesper B. Jensen 1 4 3 24 18 GER 24 Gerd Riss 3 2 3 10 19 AUS 10 Jason Crump 4 E 1 4 16 20 AUS 16 Craig Boyce 2 3 4 13 21 POL 13 Piotr Protasiewicz 4 3 17 22 GBR 17 Andy Smith 4 E 3 11 23 ITA 11 Armando Castagna 3 4 F 20 24 SWE 25 Peter Karlsson 3 4 The intermediate classification 1998 CZE GER DEN GBR SWE POL q 1 SWE 4 Tony Rickardsson a 25 i i i i i q 2 USA 2 Billy Hamill b 20 i i i i i q 3 SWE 8 Jimmy Nilsen c 18 i i i i i q 4 POL 3 Tomasz Gollob d 16 i i i i i q 5 GBR 18 Chris Louis e 15 i i i i i q 6 SWE 14 Stefan Dannö e 14 i i i i i q 7 AUS 9 Ryan Sullivan e 12 i i i i i q 8 AUS 15 Leigh Adams e 10 i i i i i p 9 DEN 7 Hans Nielsen f 8 i i i i i p 10 SWE 19 Henrik Gustafsson f 8 i i i i i p 11 HUN 12 Zoltan Adorjan f 7 i i i i i w 12 CZE 22 Antonín Kasper, Jr. f 7 i i i i i p 13 USA 1 Greg Hancock f 6 i i i i i p 14 GBR 5 Mark Loram f 6 i i i i i p 15 DEN 6 Brian Andersen f 5 i i i i i w 16 CZE 23 Bohumil Brhel f 5 i i i i i p 17 DEN 21 Jesper B. Jensen f 4 i i i i i w 18 GER 24 Gerd Riss f 4 i i i i i p 19 AUS 10 Jason Crump f 3 i i i i i p 20 AUS 16 Craig Boyce f 3 i i i i i p 21 POL 13 Piotr Protasiewicz f 2 i i i i i p 22 GBR 17 Andy Smith f 2 i i i i i p 23 ITA 11 Armando Castagna f 1 i i i i i w 24 SWE 25 Peter Karlsson f 1 i i i i i p POL 20 Sebastian Ułamek x i i i i i See also Speedway Grand Prix List of Speedway Grand Prix riders References External links FIM-live.com SpeedwayWorld.tv C Speedway Grand Prix 1998