2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

SWE FIM SAPA Swedish Speedway Grand Prix 24 May 2008 Gothenburg 3 of 11 (103) Anthony Steele GBR Joergen L. Jensen DEN Ullevi 43,000 416 speedway track Rune Holta POL Fredrik Lindgren SWE Nicki Pederson DEN The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden is the third race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 24 May in the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced SpeedwayWorld.Tv 2007-10-22 http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a8612 2008-05-06 dead https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a8612 2007-08-01 It is the fourth time that the Ullevi Stadium has staged a GP, the last time being the 2004 Grand Prix of Scandinavia. At 416 metres, the semi-permanent track is the largest track on the 2008 Grand Prix calendar, and the longest ever used for a Grand Prix event. Swedish GP Preview SpeedwayWorld.Tv 2008-05-23 http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9089?SID=0b8b63658d75e34d87ff3b775e9750a4 2008-05-24 2025-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20250423001359/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9089?SID=0b8b63658d75e34d87ff3b775e9750a4 dead Sweden is also the first of four rounds of the 2008 Super Prix. The meeting winner will be given the red helmet in the SuperPrix final at Gelsenkirchen in October with a chance of winning a share of an extra $200,000 prize fund.SuperPrix SpeedwayWorld.Tv 2007 http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a8996 2008-05-24 2024-11-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20241130134629/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a8996 dead Riders The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jonas Davidsson as a wild card, and Sebastian Aldén and Billy Forsberg both as track reserves.FIM SAPA Grand Prix Szwecji PZM.pl 2008-05-06 http://www.pzm.pl/Zuzel/Aktualnosci/,c,862,FIM_SAPA_GRAND_PRIX_SZWECJI_ 2008-05-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20080606065230/http://www.pzm.pl/Zuzel/Aktualnosci/%2Cc%2C862%2CFIM_SAPA_GRAND_PRIX_SZWECJI_ 6 June 2008 live Bjarne Pedersen was again replaced by Luboš Tomíček because of an injury. The draw was made on 13 May at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.SpeedwayWorld.Tv https://web.archive.org/web/20120211173413/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/draw/2008/draw_swe.php 2012-02-11 - 2008-05-13. Draw No 13: DEN (11) Bjarne Pedersen → CZE (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. Result Rune Holta won the Swedish Grand Prix with a fast overtaking manoeuvre on the back straight on the first lap of the final. It was Holta's 50th Grand Prix and the first Grand Prix win of his career. Holta takes maiden win SpeedwayWorld.Tv 2008-05-25 http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9093?SID=e328deac855a45b3005d0f77687a77c9 2008-05-25 2024-11-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20241130134459/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9093?SID=e328deac855a45b3005d0f77687a77c9 dead Fredrik Lindgren had been unbeaten from his previous races but had to settle for second place, although he did score the most points from the meeting. Nicki Pedersen extended his series lead to ten points with third place. The meeting overran by over an hour due to a number of stoppages caused by the unpredictable, rutted track. Andreas Jonsson was taken to hospital after a high-speed crash but escaped serious injury, Niels Kristian Iversen also crashed in one of his heats and suffered a dislocated shoulder. Heat details 5 1 POL 7 Rune Holta 3 1 2 0 3 4 b 2 y 3 15 2 SWE 15 Fredrik Lindgren 3 3 3 3 3 1 r 3 r 2 7 3 DEN 1 Nicki Pedersen 2 1 3 3 2 2 r 3 b 1 y 1 4 AUS 3 Jason Crump 3 3 1 2 1 3 b 2 w 0 6 5 POL 4 Tomasz Gollob 0 2 3 3 5 y 0 Fx 3 6 SWE 10 Andreas Jonsson 2 2 1 3 7 y Fx N 16 7 AUS 2 Leigh Adams 2 1 2 2 1 6 w 1 8 8 DEN 5 Hans N. Andersen 1 3 3 0 8 w 1 F2 4 9 GBR 8 Scott Nicholls 1 2 2 2 Fx 10 10 SWE 16 Jonas Davidsson 3 1 1 2 E 11 11 USA 6 Greg Hancock 3 0 0 3 11 Fx 2 12 POL 14 Krzysztof Kasprzak 0 0 0 2 3 13 13 CZE 19 Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 0 2 0 1 2 14 14 GBR 9 Chris Harris 1 1 2 0 1 12 15 CZE 13 Lukáš Dryml 1 0 1 1 Fx 9 16 DEN 12 Niels Kristian Iversen 2 Fx - - - 17 SWE 18 Billy Forsberg r 2 18 SWE 17 Sebastian Aldén b 0 r 0 Heat after heat Crump, Jonsson, Nicholls, Kasprzak Holta, Pedersen, Andersen, Gollob Hancock, Iversen, Dryml, Davidsson (E/start) Lindgren, Adams, Harris, Tomicek Crump, Tomicek, Holta, Iversen (X/F2) Davidsson, Gollob, Harris, Kasprzak Lindgren, Jonsson, Pedersen, Hancock Andersen, Nicholls, Adams, Dryml Gollob, Adams, Crump, Hancock Lindgren, Holta, Dryml, Kasprzak Andersen, Harris, Jonsson, Alden Pedersen, Nicholls, Davidsson, Tomicek Pedersen, Crump, Dryml, Harris Hancock, Kasprzak, Tomicek, Andersen (F2) Jonsson, Adams, Davidsson, Holta Lindgren, Forsberg, Nicholls (X/F3), Gollob (X/F2) Lindgren, Davidsson, Crump, Andersen Kasprzak, Pedersen, Adams, Alden Gollob, Tomicek, Jonsson (X/F5), Dryml (X/F3) Holta, Nicholls, Harris, Hancock (X/F2) Semi-Finals: Lindgren, Holta, Adams, Jonsson (N) Pedersen, Crump, Andersen, Gollob Final: Holta (6), Lindgren (4), Pedersen (2), Crump (0) The intermediate classification 2008 SVN EUR SWE DEN GBR CZE SCA LAT POL ITA fin q 1 DEN 1 Nicki Pedersen b 17 c 16 c 16 i i i i i i i i q 2 POL 4 Tomasz Gollob a 19 e 12 e 8 i i i i i i i i q 3 SWE 15 Fredrik Lindgren f 7 f 7 b 22 i i i i i i i i q 4 AUS 2 Leigh Adams f 5 a 20 e 9 i i i i i i i i q 5 USA 6 Greg Hancock e 8 b 20 f 6 i i i i i i i i q 6 AUS 3 Jason Crump e 10 e 8 d 12 i i i i i i i i q 7 SWE 10 Andreas Jonsson d 12 e 9 e 8 i i i i i i i i q 8 DEN 5 Hans N. Andersen c 14 f 6 e 8 i i i i i i i i p 9 POL 7 Rune Holta f 5 f 4 a 17 i i i i i i i i p 10 DEN 12 Niels Kristian Iversen e 8 e 10 f 2 i i i i i i i i p 11 GBR 9 Chris Harris f 6 f 6 f 5 i i i i i i i i p 12 GBR 8 Scott Nicholls f 7 f 2 f 7 i i i i i i i i w 13 POL 16 Jarosław Hampel x d 16 x i i i i i i i i p 14 CZE 13 Lukáš Dryml e 9 f 2 f 3 i i i i i i i i p 15 POL 14 Krzysztof Kasprzak f 6 f 3 f 5 i i i i i i i i w 16 CZE 19 Luboš Tomíček, Jr. x f 3 f 5 i i i i i i i i w 17 SVN 16 Matej Žagar f 7 x x i i i i i i i i w 18 SWE 16 Jonas Davidsson x x f 7 i i i i i i i i p 19 DEN 11 Bjarne Pedersen f 4 x x i i i i i i i i w 20 SWE 18 Billy Forsberg x x f 2 i i i i i i i i w 21 SWE 17 Sebastian Aldén x x f 0 i i i i i i i i r SVN 17 Izak Šantej n x x i i i i i i i i r POL 17 Damian Baliński x n x i i i i i i i i r SVN 18 Denis Štojs n x x i i i i i i i i r POL 18 Krzysztof Buczkowski x n x i i i i i i i i See also Speedway Grand Prix List of Speedway Grand Prix riders References External links www.SpeedwayWorld.tv Sweden Category:Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden Category:2008 in Swedish motorsport Category:Sports competitions in Gothenburg Category:2000s in Gothenburg