1997 Speedway Grand Prix

3rd season of the Speedway Grand Prix 1997 May 17 - September 20 6 6 6 17 1 144 USA Greg Hancock USA Billy Hamill POL Tomasz Gollob The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix was the 52nd edition of the official World Championship.https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 10 July 2021 It was the third season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 Greg Hancock from the United States became the World Champion with 118 points beating fellow American Billy Hamill into second place. The bronze medal went to Pole Tomasz Gollob. Hoare, T. (1997) 'Relaxed Hancock lifts world crown' The Times 22 September 1997 https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502232917/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=bookmark-GDCS&xid=97da3091 Gale Primary Sources 11 July 2021 Event format During 1997 the initial SGP scoring system was used for the final time. Each rider raced every other in the meeting with the top 4 qualifying for a final - the points for all other riders determined their finishing position in the meeting and therefore their championship Grand Prix points. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with the remainder scoring 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1. Qualification for Grand Prix 1997 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification The 1997 season had 17 permanent riders and one wild card at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below. Calendar 1997 CZE 1 May 17 Markéta Stadium Prague USA Greg Hancock USA Billy Hamill POL Tomasz Gollob POL Slawomir Drabik 1997 SWE 2 June 14 Motorstadium Linköping POL Tomasz Gollob USA Greg Hancock SWE Tony Rickardsson DEN Hans Nielsen 1997 GER 3 July 5 Stadion Ellermühle Landshut DEN Hans Nielsen DEN Brian Andersen USA Greg Hancock USA Billy Hamill 1997 GBR 4 August 9 Odsal Stadium Bradford DEN Brian Andersen USA Billy Hamill SWE Jimmy Nilsen GBR Mark Loram 1997 POL 5 August 30 Olympic Stadium Wrocław USA Greg Hancock USA Billy Hamill POL Tomasz Gollob POL Piotr Protasiewicz 1997 DEN 6 September 20 Speedway Center Vojens GBR Mark Loram SWE Tony Rickardsson USA Greg Hancock POL Tomasz Gollob Final standings 1997 CZE SWE GER GBR POL DEN Q P1 USA 3 Greg Hancock a 25 b 20 c 18 e 12 a 25 c 18 Q P2 USA 1 Billy Hamill b 20 e 12 d 16 b 20 b 20 e 13 Q P3 POL 13 Tomasz Gollob c 18 a 25 f 1 e 14 c 18 d 16 Q 4 SWE 4 Tony Rickardsson e 11 c 18 e 14 e 13 e 14 b 20 Q 5 GBR 7 Mark Loram f 7 e 13 f 8 d 16 e 12 a 25 Q 6 DEN 12 Brian Andersen f 9 e 14 b 20 a 25 f 4 f 8 Q 7 DEN 2 Hans Nielsen f 8 d 16 a 25 f 7 f 7 e 12 Q 8 SWE 11 Jimmy Nilsen e 13 f 7 e 13 c 18 f 9 e 11 P 9 GBR 8 Chris Louis e 12 f 4 e 12 f 4 e 13 e 14 P 10 AUS 10 Leigh Adams f 6 f 6 f 9 f 9 f 3 f 9 P 11 POL 14 Sławomir Drabik d 16 f 2 f 6 f 2 e 11 f 1 P 12 SWE 6 Peter Karlsson f 4 e 11 f 3 f 6 f 6 f 7 P 13 POL 15 Piotr Protasiewicz f 1 n e 11 f 0 d 16 f 3 P 14 GBR 18 Andy Smith n f 9 f 4 f 3 n f 6 P 15 SWE 5 Henrik Gustafsson e 14 f 3 x f 1 f 2 n P 16 SWE 17 Mikael Karlsson n f 1 n e 11 n f 2 P 17 GBR 9 Simon Wigg f 3 n f 2 n f 8 n w 18 AUS 16 Jason Crump x f 8 x x x x w 19 GBR 16 Joe Screen x x x f 8 x x w 20 GER 16 Robert Barth x x f 7 x x x w 21 DEN 16 Jesper B. Jensen x x x x x f 4 w 22 CZE 16 Tomáš Topinka f 2 x x x x x w 23 POL 16 Rafał Dobrucki x x x x f 1 x r USA 19 Sam Ermolenko x x n x x x See also motorcycle speedway References External links Official Speedway GP site 1997 World I