1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

CZE 17 May 1997 Prague 1 of 6 (13) Christer Bergstrom Marketa Stadium speedway track Greg Hancock USA Billy Hamill USA Tomasz Gollob POL The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 17 May in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republicspeedwaygp.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. Archived 2009-05-11. It was the first Czech Republic SGP and was won by American rider Greg Hancock. It was the second win of his career. Starting positions draw The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Tomas Topinka from Czech Republic as Wild Card. Heat details 5 1 USA 3 Greg Hancock 3 3 3 2 2 1 r 3 11 2 USA 1 Billy Hamill 2 1 3 3 3 2 b 2 16 3 POL 13 Tomasz Gollob 2 3 2 3 1 3 w 1 10 4 POL 14 Sławomir Drabik 3 3 2 1 2 4 y 0 15 5 SWE 5 Henrik Gustafsson 3 3 E 2 1 8 3 6 6 SWE 11 Jimmy Nilsen 2 2 X 3 2 7 2 8 7 GBR 8 Chris Louis 0 2 3 2 3 5 1 12 8 SWE 4 Tony Rickardsson 1 1 1 3 3 6 0 2 9 DEN 12 Brian Andersen 0 0 2 1 3 11 3 7 10 DEN 2 Hans Nielsen 1 2 3 2 0 9 2 4 11 GBR 7 Mark Loram 3 0 1 1 1 10 1 9 12 AUS 10 Leigh Adams 0 2 2 0 2 12 0 14 13 SWE 6 Peter Karlsson 1 1 1 1 0 13 3 3 14 GBR 9 Simon Wigg 2 0 0 0 E 15 2 13 15 CZE 16 Tomáš Topinka 0 1 T 0 1 14 1 1 16 POL 15 Piotr Protasiewicz 1 0 1 0 0 16 0 17x SWE 17 Mikael Karlsson 18x GBR 18 Andy Smith The intermediate classification 1997 CZE SWE GER GBR POL DEN q 1 USA 3 Greg Hancock a 25 i i i i i q 2 USA 1 Billy Hamill b 20 i i i i i q 3 POL 13 Tomasz Gollob c 18 i i i i i q 4 POL 14 Sławomir Drabik d 16 i i i i i q 5 SWE 5 Henrik Gustafsson e 14 i i i i i q 6 SWE 11 Jimmy Nilsen e 13 i i i i i q 7 GBR 8 Chris Louis e 12 i i i i i q 8 SWE 4 Tony Rickardsson e 11 i i i i i p 9 DEN 12 Brian Andersen f 9 i i i i i p 10 DEN 2 Hans Nielsen f 8 i i i i i p 11 GBR 7 Mark Loram f 7 i i i i i p 12 AUS 10 Leigh Adams f 6 i i i i i p 13 SWE 6 Peter Karlsson f 4 i i i i i p 14 GBR 9 Simon Wigg f 3 i i i i i w 15 CZE 16 Tomáš Topinka f 2 i i i i i p 16 POL 15 Piotr Protasiewicz f 1 i i i i i p SWE 17 Mikael Karlsson n i i i i i p GBR 18 Andy Smith n i i i 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 Czech Republic C 1997