1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification 1997 1999 The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 16 riders that qualified for the 1998 Speedway Grand Prixhttp://www.speedway.org/history/97.htm#1997 Individual Championship Speedway.org 6 January 2023 to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix.http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/grandprixquali.php HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications Speedway History 6 January 2023 There was a late change to the qualifying when the Grand Prix increased to 24 permanent riders. Therefore 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 9 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge (originally just 4).Loram Alone Cambridge Daily News 6 October 1997 6 January 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19971006/028/0028 British Newspaper Archive subscription The final 3 GP places would go to wildcards. Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge. Format First Round - 5 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 3 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 - 4 riders from Australian/New Zealand final to Overseas Final First Round - 4 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 - 7 riders from positions 9-15 from the 1997 Grand Prix to GP Challenge Third Round - 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge Third Round - 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge Final Round - 9 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1998 Grand Prix First round Continental quarter finals start QF (1 May ITA Terenzano)PosRiderPoints1 ITA Armando Castagna 132 HUN Zoltán Adorján 123 ITA Alessandro Dalla Valle124 CZE Zdenek Schneiderwind 115 FRA Christophe Dubernard 116 CZE Antonín Kasper Jr. 107 ITA Andrea Maida108 SVN Izak Šantej89 NED Maik Groen 610 HUN Csaba Hell 511 RUS Sergej Eroschin 512 FRA Stéphane Trésarrieu 413 ITA Massimo Mora 414 RUS Oleg Kurguskin 415 AUT Thomas Stadler 316 AUT Helmut Lercher 2 break QF (4 May POL Częstochowa)PosRiderPoints1 POL Sebastian Ułamek 142 POL Dariusz Śledź 133 UKR Igor Marko134 RUS Rinat Mardanshin 125 LAT Nikolaj Kokins 116 CZE Václav Milík Sr. 107 POL Wieslaw Jagus98 UKR Vladimir Trofimov89 LAT Vladimir Voronkov 710 EST Rene Aas 511 GER Björn Danielczik 512 CZE Michal Makovský 413 GER Mirko Wolter 414 POL Waldemar Walczak 315 RUS Grigorij Charchenko 116 FRA Frederic Brisseau 017 POL Robert Jucha 018 POL Artur Pietrzyk 0 break QF (4 May SVN Ljubljana)PosRiderPoints1 POL Robert Sawina 132 POL Piotr Świst 133 GER Robbie Kessler124 AUT Andreas Bössner 115 SVN Matej Ferjan 116 BUL Nikolaj Manev 97 SVN Gerhard Lekse98 HUN Norbert Magosi89 ARG Emiliano Sanchez 810 SVN Martin Peterca 711 HUN Sándor Tihanyi 412 ITA Alessandro Milanese 413 UKR Alexander Liatosinski 414 CRO Krunoslav Zganec 315 BUL Milen Nikolajev 216 CRO Renato Kuster 1 break QF (19 May GER Abensberg)PosRiderPoints1 GER Gerd Riss 152 POL Jacek Krzyżaniak 133 RUS Roman Povazhny114 CZE Tomáš Topinka 115 GER Robert Barth 116 CZE Bohumil Brhel 107 POL Jacek Gollob108 RUS Sergej Darkin99 SVK Jaroslav Gavenda 810 HUN Laszlo Bodi 711 AUT Heinrich Schatzer 412 HUN Gabor Röth 413 SVK Vladimir Visvader 314 LAT Alexander Biznia 315 ITA Simone Tadiello 116 NED Patrik Verbrugge 0 end Second round Overseas Final 1997 Overseas Final 8 riders to Intercontinental Final Scandinavian Final 8 riders to Intercontinental final (7 Jun 1997 FIN Hyvinkää)PosRiderPoints1 SWE Peter Nahlin 122 DEN Jesper B Jensen 123 SWE Stefan Dannö114 FIN Kai Laukkanen 105 DEN Ronni Pedersen 106 DEN John Jørgensen 107 DEN Frede Schött108 SWE Stefan Andersson99 NOR Rune Holta 810 SWE Niklas Klingberg 811 DEN Hans Clausen 612 NOR Lars Gunnestad 513 SWE Niklas Karlsson 314 FIN Marko Hyyryläinen 215 NOR Kenneth Borgenhaug 216 FIN Jonas Kylmäkorpi 1 Continental semi finals Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final SF 8 June 1997 AUT St. Johann im Pongau District Pos.RiderPoints1 POL Robert Sawina 142 CZE Antonín Kasper Jr. 123 POL Piotr Świst124 AUT Andreas Bössner 105 HUN Zoltán Adorján 106 GER Robbie Kessler 107 ITA Armando Castagna108 ITA Andrea Maida89 CZE Zdenek Schneiderwind 810 SVN Izak Šantej 711 SVN Matej Ferjan 512 ITA Alessandro Dalla Valle 413 HUN Norbert Magosi 414 BUL Nikolaj Manev 215 FRA Christophe Dubernard 216 SVN Gerhard Lekse 2SF2 7 June 1997 GER Pocking Pos.RiderPoints1 POL Jacek Gollob 142 CZE Bohumil Brhel 123 CZE Tomáš Topinka114 RUS Roman Povazhny 105 POL Jacek Krzyżaniak 106 RUS Rinat Mardanshin 107 GER Robert Barth98 POL Sebastian Ułamek99 RUS Sergej Darki 910 POL Dariusz Śledź 711 GER Gerd Riss 712 CZE Václav Milík Sr. 513 CZE Michal Makovský 414 RUS Vladimir Trofimov 215 GER Björn Danielczik 116 UKR Igor Marko 017 SVK Jaroslav Gavenda (R) 0 Third round 7 riders from positions 9-15 from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix to GP Challenge Intercontinental Final 1997 Intercontinental Final 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge Continental Final 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 4 riders to GP Challenge 26 July 1997 ITA Lonigo Pos.RiderPoints1 ITA Armando Castagna 132 HUN Zoltán Adorján 123 CZE Tomáš Topinka124 POL Sebastian Ułamek 105 POL Piotr Świst 96 POL Jacek Krzyżaniak 87 CZE Antonín Kasper Jr.88 RUS Roman Povazhny89 POL Jacek Gollob 810 RUS Rinat Mardanshin 611 CZE Bohumil Brhel 612 ITA Andrea Maida 513 GER Robbie Kessler 514 POL Robert Sawina 515 AUT Andreas Bössner 416 CZE Zdenek Schneiderwind 117 RUS Sergej Darkin 0 Final Round GP Challenge 4 riders (changed to 9) to 1998 Grand Prix 5 October 1997 AUT Wiener Neustadt Pos.RiderPoints1 POL Piotr Protasiewicz 142 SWE Stefan Dannö 133 AUS Leigh Adams 124 AUS Craig Boyce 115 ENG Andy Smith 96 ENG Chris Louis 87 SWE Henrik Gustafsson 78 SWE Peter Karlsson 79 POL Sebastian Ułamek 710 USA Sam Ermolenko 711 POL Jacek Krzyżaniak 612 CZE Tomáš Topinka 513 POL Piotr Świst 514 ENG Joe Screen 415 ENG Kelvin Tatum 216 POL Sławomir Drabik 117 DEN Ronni Pedersen 1 References Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Category:Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Qualification