1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

SWE 28 August 1998 Linköping 5 of 6 (23) Wolfgang Glas GER Motorstadium speedway track Tony Rickardsson SWE Chris Louis GBR Peter Karlsson SWE The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the fifth race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 August in the Motorstadium in Linköping, Swedenworld.speedway.org https://web.archive.org/web/20080116003228/http://world.speedway.org/1998/wc/i/gp5.sdf 2008-01-16 . Retrieved on 2009-10-17. It was fourth Swedish SGP and was won by World Champion Tony Rickardsson. It was third win of his career. Starting positions draw The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic), Peter Karlsson (Sweden) and Lars Gunnestad (Norway) as Wild Card. Heat details 8 1 SWE 4 Tony Rickardsson 1 1 1 r 1 12 2 GBR 18 Chris Louis 1 3 1 4 T 2 2 2 w 2 23 3 SWE 23 Peter Karlsson 3 2 2 2 2 2 y 3 5 4 USA 1 Greg Hancock 3 2 2 1 b 4 2 5 SWE 8 Jimmy Nilsen 1 3 1 3 1 3 6 POL 3 Tomasz Gollob 2 1 4 R 2 15 7 AUS 15 Leigh Adams 1 2 2 4 1 3 3 4 8 AUS 9 Ryan Sullivan 1 2 4 4 10 9 GBR 5 Mark Loram 2 1 3 1 3 11 10 DNK 7 Hans Nielsen 2 1 2 4 3 9 11 DNK 6 Brian Andersen 2 4 1 1 3 4 1 12 AUS 10 Jason Crump 4 1 4 17 13 ITA 11 Armando Castagna 1 2 3 3 16 14 GBR 17 Andy Smith 3 2 2 3 3 6 15 USA 2 Billy Hamill 4 4 7 16 SWE 14 Stefan Dannö 4 4 20 17 AUS 16 Craig Boyce 4 1 3 21 18 POL 20 Sebastian Ułamek 2 4 3 19 19 POL 13 Piotr Protasiewicz 1 3 4 22 20 CZE 22 Antonín Kasper, Jr. 4 R 1 4 13 21 SWE 19 Henrik Gustafsson 3 3 14 22 DEN 21 Jesper B. Jensen 3 3 18 23 HUN 12 Zoltan Adorjan 4 4 24 24 NOR 24 Lars Gunnestad 4 4 T The intermediate classification 1998 CZE GER DEN GBR SWE POL Q 1 SWE 4 Tony Rickardsson a 25 a 25 c 18 f 8 a 25 i Q 2 SWE 8 Jimmy Nilsen c 18 b 20 f 8 b 20 e 15 i q 3 POL 3 Tomasz Gollob d 16 d 16 f 8 c 18 e 14 i q 4 GBR 18 Chris Louis e 15 f 8 b 20 f 6 b 20 i q 5 USA 1 Greg Hancock f 6 e 10 e 14 e 15 d 16 i q 6 USA 2 Billy Hamill b 20 c 18 f 6 e 12 f 5 i q 7 DEN 7 Hans Nielsen f 8 e 12 a 25 f 7 f 8 i q 8 AUS 10 Jason Crump f 3 f 3 d 16 a 25 f 7 i p 9 AUS 9 Ryan Sullivan e 12 f 7 f 3 d 16 e 10 i w 10 CZE 22) (23) (24 Antonín Kasper, Jr. f 7 f 4 e 15 e 14 f 3 i p 11 SWE 14 Stefan Dannö e 14 f 6 f 7 e 10 f 5 i p 12 GBR 5 Mark Loram f 6 f 7 e 10 f 7 f 8 i p 13 SWE 19 Henrik Gustafsson f 8 e 15 f 6 f 6 f 2 i p 14 AUS 15 Leigh Adams e 10 f 6 f 4 f 4 e 12 i p 15 GBR 17 Andy Smith f 2 e 14 f 5 f 4 f 6 i P 16 DEN 6 Brian Andersen f 5 x f 7 f 8 f 7 i w 17 SWE 25 Peter Karlsson f 1 f 8 x x c 18 i P 18 ITA 11 Armando Castagna f 1 f 5 f 3 f 3 f 6 i P 19 HUN 12 Zoltan Adorjan f 7 f 5 f 2 f 3 f 1 i P 20 POL 13 Piotr Protasiewicz f 2 f 1 f 5 f 2 f 3 i P 21 AUS 16 Craig Boyce f 3 f 4 f 1 f 1 f 4 i P 22 DEN 21 Jesper B. Jensen f 4 x f 1 f 5 f 2 i w 23 DEN 22 Brian Karger x x e 12 x x i P 24 POL 20 Sebastian Ułamek x f 1 f 2 f 1 f 4 i w 25 GER 22) (24 Gerd Riss f 4 f 2 x x x i w 26 CZE 23 Bohumil Brhel f 5 x x x x i w 26 GBR 23 Joe Screen x x x f 5 x i w 28 NOR 24 Lars Gunnestad x x f 4 x f 1 i w 29 POL 27 Jacek Krzyżaniak x f 3 x x x i w 30 GER 23 Robert Barth x f 2 x x x i w 31 GBR 24 Martin Dugard x x x f 2 x i See also Speedway Grand Prix List of Speedway Grand Prix riders References External links FIM-live.com SpeedwayWorld.tv S Speedway Grand Prix 1998 Category:20th century in Östergötland County Category:Sports competitions in Linköping