2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

EUR FIM BZ WBK BANK European Speedway Grand Prix 10 May 2008 Leszno 2 of 11 (102) Frank Ziegler GER Joergen L. Jensen DEN Alfred Smoczyk Stadium 25,000 330 speedway track 24,000 POL 59.44 Tomasz Gollob 4 Leigh Adams AUS Greg Hancock USA Nicki Pedersen DEN The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe was the second race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 10 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced SpeedwayWorld.Tv 2007-10-22 http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a8612 2008-04-29 dead https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a8612 2007-08-01 The main sponsor was the commercial bank Bank Zachodni WBK. The Grand Prind was won by Leigh Adams from Australia. It was the 7th Grand Prix win of his career. In the final, Adams beat American Greg Hancock and defending World Champion Danish Nicki Pedersen. Adams wins at Leszno SpeedwayWorld.Tv 2008-05-10 http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9046?SID=2b0e63bdfe41df68647ff3ab2af5be83 2008-05-11 2025-04-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20250425220347/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9046 dead Riders The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jarosław Hampel as wild card, and Damian Baliński and Krzysztof Buczkowski as track reserves.Grand Prix Leszno PZM.pl 2007-10-23 http://www.pzm.pl/Zuzel/Aktualnosci/,c,862,GRAND_PRIX_LESZNO_ 2008-04-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20080514151612/http://www.pzm.pl/Zuzel/Aktualnosci/%2Cc%2C862%2CGRAND_PRIX_LESZNO_ 14 May 2008 live The draw was made on April 29 at the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.SpeedwayWorld.Tv https://web.archive.org/web/20120211173343/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/draw/2008/draw_pol.php 2012-02-11 - 2008-04-29. Because of an injury, Bjarne Pedersen was replaced by Luboš Tomíček, Jr.Grand Prix Leszno PZM.pl 2008-05-06 http://www.pzm.pl/Zuzel/Aktualnosci/,c,862,GRAND_PRIX_LESZNO_ 2008-05-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20080514151612/http://www.pzm.pl/Zuzel/Aktualnosci/%2Cc%2C862%2CGRAND_PRIX_LESZNO_ 14 May 2008 live Adams, Kasprzak, Hampel and Baliński are all riding for Unia Leszno, whose home track is at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, in the 2008 season in Poland. Draw No 1: DEN (11) Bjarne Pedersen → CZE (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. Heat details 9 1 AUS 2 Leigh Adams 2 3 0 3 3 4 b 3 b 3 7 2 USA 6 Greg Hancock 3 3 3 3 2 1 r 2 w 2 3 3 DEN 1 Nicki Pedersen 3 2 1 3 3 3 b 2 y 1 8 4 POL 16 Jarosław Hampel 2 2 3 3 3 2 r 3 r 0 16 5 POL 4 Tomasz Gollob 3 3 3 1 1 5 y 1 y 14 6 DEN 12 Niels Kristian Iversen 2 0 2 2 3 7 w 1 6 7 AUS 3 Jason Crump 0 2 2 2 2 8 w X 10 8 SWE 10 Andreas Jonsson 3 3 1 0 2 6 y 0 5 9 SWE 15 Fredrik Lindgren 1 1 1 2 2 12 10 DEN 5 Hans N. Andersen 0 1 3 1 1 2 11 GBR 9 Chris Harris 2 1 2 1 0 13 12 POL 7 Rune Holta 0 0 2 2 0 1 13 CZE 19 Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 0 2 0 0 1 11 14 POL 14 Krzysztof Kasprzak 1 0 1 0 1 4 15 CZE 13 Lukáš Dryml 1 0 0 1 0 15 16 GBR 8 Scott Nicholls 1 1 0 0 E4 POL 17 Damian Baliński POL 18 Krzysztof Buczkowski Heat after heat (60.91) Pedersen, Harris, Dryml, Tomicek (60.82) Hancock, Hampel, Lindgren, Crump (60.63) Jonsson, Adams, Kasprzak, Andersen (59.44) Gollob, Iversen, Nicholls, Holta (60.62) Adams, Tomicek, Lindgren, Holta (59.94) Jonsson, Crump, Harris, Iversen (60.10) Hancock, Pedersen, Nicholls, Kasprzak (60.09) Gollob, Hampel, Andersen, Dryml (60.47) Gollob, Crump, Kasprzak, Tomicek (60.85) Andersen, Harris, Lindgren, Nicholls (60.04) Hampel, Iversen, Pedersen, Adams (60.25) Hancock, Holta, Jonsson, Dryml (60.96) Hancock, Iversen, Andersen, Tomicek (60.38) Hampel, Holta, Harris, Kasprzak (60.45) Pedersen, Lindgren, Gollob, Jonsson (60.19) Adams, Crump, Dryml, Nicholls (60.28) Hampel, Jonsson, Tomicek, Nicholls (E4) (60.38) Adams, Hancock, Gollob, Harris (60.67) Pedersen, Crump, Andersen, Holta (61.14) Iversen, Lindgren, Kasprzak, Dryml Semi-Finals: (60.73) Adams, Hancock, Iversen, Jonsson (60.19) Hampel, Pedersen, Gollob, Crump (X) Pedersen crashes on final lap due to collision to Crump. Crump excluded. Heat was no-restarted. Final: (60.23) Adams (6), Hancock (4), Pedersen (2), Hampel (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 i i i i i i i i i q 2 POL 4 Tomasz Gollob a 19 e 12 i i i i i i i i i q 3 USA 6 Greg Hancock e 8 b 20 i i i i i i i i i q 4 AUS 2 Leigh Adams f 5 a 20 i i i i i i i i i q 5 SWE 10 Andreas Jonsson d 12 e 9 i i i i i i i i i q 6 DEN 5 Hans N. Andersen c 14 f 6 i i i i i i i i i q 7 AUS 3 Jason Crump e 10 e 8 i i i i i i i i i q 8 DEN 12 Niels Kristian Iversen e 8 e 10 i i i i i i i i i w 9 POL 16 Jarosław Hampel x d 16 i i i i i i i i i p 10 SWE 15 Fredrik Lindgren f 7 f 7 i i i i i i i i i p 11 GBR 9 Chris Harris f 6 f 6 i i i i i i i i i p 12 CZE 13 Lukáš Dryml e 9 f 2 i i i i i i i i i p 13 POL 7 Rune Holta f 5 f 4 i i i i i i i i i p 14 GBR 8 Scott Nicholls f 7 f 2 i i i i i i i i i p 15 POL 14 Krzysztof Kasprzak f 6 f 3 i i i i i i i i i w 16 SVN 16 Matej Žagar f 7 x i i i i i i i i i p 17 DEN 11 Bjarne Pedersen f 4 x i i i i i i i i i w 18 CZE 19 Luboš Tomíček, Jr. x f 3 i i i i i i i i i r SVN 17 Izak Šantej n x i i i i i i i i i r POL 17 Damian Baliński x n i i i i i i i i i r SVN 18 Denis Štojs n x i i i i i i i i i r POL 18 Krzysztof Buczkowski x n i 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 E 2008 Category:Sport in Greater Poland Voivodeship Category:Leszno Category:Speedway competitions in Poland