1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification 1998 2000 The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 14 riders that qualified for the 1999 Speedway Grand Prixhttp://www.speedway.org/history/98.htm#1998 Individual Championship Speedway.org 7 January 2023 to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix.http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/grandprixquali.php HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications Speedway History 7 January 2023 The format was similar to the previous year, in that 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 8 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. The remaining two places would go to Billy Hamill and Robert Dados (world U21 champion) who were seeded through. Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.Speedway Lynn Advertiser 6 October 1998 7 January 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003808/19981006/631/0046 British Newspaper Archive subscription Format First Round – 6 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 2 riders each from Finland & Norway to Scandinavian Final First Round – 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals First Round – 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final First Round – 3 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final First Round – 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final First Round – 1 rider from South African Final to Overseas Final First Round – 3 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final Second Round – 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final Second Round – 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final Second Round – 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final Third Round – 12 riders from positions 9-20 from the 1998 Grand Prix to GP Challenge Third Round – 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge Third Round – 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge Final Round – 8 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1999 Grand Prix First round Continental quarter finals start QF (1 May AUT Mureck)PosRiderPoints1 POL Rafał Dobrucki 142 AUT Andreas Bössner 13+3 ITA Andrea Maida13+4 POL Jacek Rempala 105 GER Joachim Kugelmann 106 HUN Laszlo Bodi 97 UKR Alexander Liatosinski98 ITA Alessandro Dalla Valle99 AUT Thomas Stadler 810 AUT Siegfried Eder 711 HUN Zsolt Bencze 512 SVN Tomasz Sustersic 313 CRO Zeljko Feher 314 AUT Ivan Nagar 315 SVK Vladimir Visvader 216 UKR Igor Marko 1 break QF (3 May GER Moorwinkelsdamm)PosRiderPoints1 ENG Marvyn Cox 132 CZE Tomáš Topinka 133 GER Robert Barth124 POL Tomasz Bajerski 115 RUS Roman Povazhny 116 POL Piotr Świst 107 FRA Philippe Bergé88 GER Matthias Kröger89 CZE Marián Jirout 810 ITA Stefano Alfonso 811 RUS Oleg Kurguskin 512 GER Björn Danielczik 413 GER Björn Dräger 314 NED Roy Verbrugge 215 GER Mirko Wolter 216 RUS Sergej Eroschin 117 NED Patrick Verbrugge 118 FRA Jean Michael Bouillaud 0 break QF (9 May SVN Krško)PosRiderPoints1 AUS Todd Wiltshire 142 SVN Matej Ferjan 143 HUN Sándor Tihanyi134 CZE George Štancl 115 CZE Bohumil Brhel 106 SVN Izak Šantej 107 HUN Norbert Magosi98 CZE Karel Průša Jr.89 SVN Gerhard Lekse 810 CRO Renato Kuster 711 CRO Krunoslav Zganec 512 AUT Toni Pilotto 413 ITA Francesco Ulian 314 ITA Graziano Franchetti 215 FRA Sebastien Trésarrieu 116 FRA Stéphane Trésarrieu 1 break QF (10 May POL Gniezno)PosRiderPoints1 POL Roman Jankowski 142 CZE Antonín Kasper Jr. 143 POL Adam Fajfer134 HUN Róbert Nagy 115 POL Sławomir Drabik 106 RUS Rinat Mardanshin 97 RUS Michail Starostin98 LAT Vladimir Voronkov89 LAT Nikolaj Kokins 710 HUN László Szatmári 611 UKR Vladimir Trofimov 412 RUS Sergej Darkin 313 NED Rob Steman 314 LAT Alexander Biznia 315 UKR Vladimir Kolodij 316 POL Andrzej Huszcza 217 CZE Adrian Rymel 118 POL Grzegorz Rempala 0 end Second round Overseas Final 1998 Overseas Final 8 riders to Intercontinental Final Scandinavian Final 8 riders to Intercontinental final (4 July 1998 SWE Norrköping)PosRiderPoints1 DEN John Jørgensen 132 SWE Peter Karlsson 133 SWE Mikael Karlsson124 DEN Brian Karger 115 DEN Nicki Pedersen 106 DEN Ronni Pedersen 107 NOR Lars Gunnestad98 SWE Peter Nahlin99 SWE Andreas Jonsson 910 SWE Niklas Klingberg 611 FIN Kai Laukkanen 512 NOR Arnt Førland 413 SWE Niklas Karlsson 414 DEN Hans Clausen 215 DEN Bjarne Pedersen 216 FIN Kauko Nieminen 1 Continental semi finals Continental semi-finals – 16 riders from to Continental final SF 13 June 1998 ITA Lonigo Pos.RiderPoints1 POL Rafał Dobrucki 142 POL Piotr Świst 113 CZE Marián Jirout114 POL Tomasz Bajerski 105 CZE Tomáš Topinka 106 POL Jacek Rempala 97 ITA Andrea Maida98 RUS Roman Povazhny99 GER Matthias Kröger 910 GER Robert Barth 711 HUN Laszlo Bodi 512 GER Joachim Kugelmann 413 AUT Andreas Bössner 314 UKR Alexander Liatosinski 315 FRA Philippe Bergé 216 ITA Alessandro Dalla Valle 217 ITA Stefano Alfonso 218 AUT Thomas Stadler 0SF 14 June 1998 CRO Prelog Pos.RiderPoints1 CZE Antonín Kasper Jr. 152 AUS Todd Wiltshire 133 POL Adam Fajfer124 HUN Sándor Tihanyi 115 POL Sławomir Drabik 106 SVN Matej Ferjan 97 HUN Róbert Nagy78 POL Roman Jankowski79 RUS Rinat Mardanshin 710 SVN Izak Šantej 611 HUN Norbert Magosi 612 SVN Gerhard Lekse 513 RUS Michail Starostin 514 CZE Bohumil Brhel 415 CZE George Štancl 316 CZE Karel Průša Jr. 0 Third round 12 riders from positions 9-20 from the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix to GP Challenge Intercontinental Final 1998 Intercontinental Final 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge Continental Final 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge 25 July 1998 HUN Debrecen Pos.RiderPoints1 CZE Antonín Kasper Jr. 132 CZE Marián Jirout 113 RUS Roman Povazhny104 HUN Róbert Nagy 105 POL Sławomir Drabik 96 HUN Sándor Tihanyi 97 POL Piotr Świst98 POL Adam Fajfer99 POL Rafał Dobrucki 810 CZE Tomáš Topinka 811 POL Jacek Rempala 712 SVN Matej Ferjan 613 AUS Todd Wiltshire 514 ITA Andrea Maida 415 POL Tomasz Bajerski 116 POL Roman Jankowski 1 Final Round GP Challenge 8 riders to 1998 Grand Prix 3 October 1998 CZE Pardubice Pos.Riderpre-qualqualsfFinal1 AUS Leigh Adams x3, 3332 DEN Brian Andersen x2, 2223 SWE Henrik Gustafsson x2, 1, 3314 ENG Andy Smithx 1, 2, 2205 SWE Stefan Dannöx 3, 31x6 SWE Mikael Karlsson 2, 2 2, 21x7 ENG Joe Screen 2, 31, 30x8 DEN John Jørgensen 1, 33, 30x9 ENG Mark Loram x 3, 0, 1xx10 DEN Nicki Pedersen 3, 31, 3, 1xx11 HUN Zoltán Adorján x2, 0, 0xx12 USA Sam Ermolenko 2, 02, 1, 2xx13 ITA Armando Castagna x0, 1xx14 POL Sebastian Ulamek 3, 20, 1xx15 DEN Jesper B Jensen 3, 13, 0, 0xx16 POL Piotr Świst 0, 22, 0, 0xx17 AUS Craig Boyce 2, 01xx18 ENG Gary Havelock 1, 21xx19 POL Piotr Protasiewicz 3, 10xx20 HUN Sándor Tihanyi 0, 30xx21 DEN Ronni Pedersen 1, 1xxx22 POL Sławomir Drabik 0, 1xxx23 RUS Roman Povazhny 1, 0xxx24 HUN Róbert Nagy 0, 0xxx References Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Category:Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Qualification