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1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was taken place on 9 August in the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, Great Britain[1] It was the third British SGP but the first and only in Bradford. The race was won by Danish rider Brian Andersen. It was the first and only win in his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Joe Screen from Great Britain as Wild Card.

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
1 7 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 25 E 3 3 3 3 12 2 3
2 6 United States (1) Billy Hamill 20 3 1 2 2 2 10 4 2
3 11 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 18 3 2 3 1 3 12 3 1
4 8 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 16 2 3 3 2 3 13 1 0
5 13 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 14 3 2 X F 3 8 6 3
6 4 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 13 3 E 1 3 1 8 7 2
7 9 United States (3) Greg Hancock 12 2 3 2 0 1 8 8 1
8 14 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson 11 2 3 0 2 2 9 5 0
9 3 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 9 2 X 1 3 1 7 10 3
10 10 United Kingdom (16) Joe Screen 8 0 2 2 2 2 8 9 2
11 12 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 7 1 2 3 1 0 7 11 1
12 15 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 12 0
13 2 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 4 E E 1 3 2 6 13 3
14 5 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 14 2
15 1 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15 1
16 16 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 1 0 1 M 1 0 2 16 0
17 17 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 0 0 0 17
18 18 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
POL
Poland
DEN
Denmark
1 United States (3) Greg Hancock 75 25 20 18 12    
2 United States (1) Billy Hamill 68 20 12 16 20    
3 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 68 9 14 20 25    
4 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 58 18 25 1 14    
5 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 56 8 16 25 7    
6 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 56 11 18 14 13    
7 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 51 13 7 13 18    
8 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 44 7 13 8 16    
9 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 32 12 4 12 4    
10 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 30 6 6 9 9    
11 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 26 16 2 6 2    
12 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 24 4 11 3 6    
13 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 18 14 3 1    
14 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 16 ns 9 4 3    
15 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 12 1 ns 11 0    
16 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson 12 ns 1 ns 11    
17 Australia (16) Jason Crump 8 8    
18 United Kingdom (16) Joe Screen 8 8    
19 Germany (16) Robert Barth 7 7    
20 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 5 3 ns 2 ns    
21 Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2    
Rider(s) not classified
United States (19) Sam Ermolenko ns    
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
POL
Poland
DEN
Denmark

See also

References

  1. ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-12.world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-11.