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2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 12 riders that would qualify for the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]

The format changed from the previous year, in that only 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Billy Hamill won the GP Challenge.[3]

Format

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  • First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Finland, 2 from Norway to Scandinavian Final
  • First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
  • First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 4 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 4 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
  • Third Round - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 1999 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2000 Grand Prix

First round

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Continental quarter finals

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Second round

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Overseas Final

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8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

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8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(13 June 1999 Denmark Holsted)
Pos Rider Points
1 Norway Rune Holta 14
2 Denmark Jesper B Jensen 11
3 Denmark Gert Handberg 11
4 Sweden Andreas Jonsson 10
5 Denmark Charlie Gjedde 9
6 Sweden Peter Nahlin 9
7 Denmark Ronni Pedersen 9
8 Finland Kai Laukkanen 9
9 Sweden Niklas Klingberg 8
10 Finland Vesa Ylinen 7
11 Denmark Bo Skov Eriksen 7
12 Sweden Per Wester 6
13 Sweden Niklas Karlsson 6
14 Sweden Stefan Andersson 2
15 Norway Kjell Öyvind Sola 1
16 Finland Tomi Reima 1

Continental semi finals

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Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Germany Robert Barth 13
2 Poland Robert Sawina 12
3 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 11
4 Hungary Róbert Nagy 10
5 France Philippe Bergé 10
6 Hungary Attila Stefáni 9
7 Czech Republic Michal Makovský 9
8 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 8
9 Czech Republic Richard Wolff 8
10 Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr. 7
11 Russia Oleg Kurguskin 7
12 Czech Republic Pavel Ondrašík 6
13 Poland Robert Flis 6
14 Germany Matthias Kröger 3
15 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 1
16 Slovenia Tomasz Sustersic 0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 13
2 Italy Armando Castagna 13
3 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 12
4 Russia Roman Povazhny 10
5 Poland Jacek Gollob 10
6 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 10
7 Czech Republic Antonín Šváb Jr. 9
8 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 9
9 Germany Sławomir Drabik 9
10 Slovenia Matej Ferjan 5
11 Italy Andrea Maida 4
12 Slovenia Izak Šantej 4
13 Italy Stefano Alfonso 4
14 France Sebastien Trésarrieu 3
15 Italy Simone Terenzani 3
16 Poland Piotr Świst 2

Third round

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Intercontinental Final

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1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

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  • 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge
  • 25 July 1999 Poland Wrocław
Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 15
2 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 14
3 Poland Sławomir Drabik 11
4 Poland Robert Sawina 11
5 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 10
6 Poland Jacek Gollob 8
7 Russia Roman Povazhny 8
8 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 7
9 Germany Robert Barth 7
10 Czech Republic Antonín Šváb Jr. 7
11 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 6
12 Italy Armando Castagna 5
13 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 5
14 Hungary Attila Stefáni 3
15 Czech Republic Richard Wolff 2
16 Czech Republic Michal Makovský 1

Final Round

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GP Challenge

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10 riders to 2000 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider pre-qual qual sf Final
1 United States Billy Hamill x 3, 2 3 3
2 Sweden Mikael Karlsson x 3, 3 2 2
3 England Carl Stonehewer 2, 2 1, 2, 3 3 1
4 Denmark Brian Karger x 3, 2 2 0
5 Sweden Henrik Gustafsson x 2, 3 1 x
6 England Mark Loram 3, 1 2, 1, 3 1 x
7 England Andy Smith x 2, 0, 2 0 x
8 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. x 2, 2 0 x
9 Sweden Peter Karlsson x 3, 1, 1 x x
10 Denmark Brian Andersen 3, 3 0, 2, 1 x x
11 Denmark John Jørgensen x 2, 0, 0 x x
12 Sweden Niklas Klingberg 1, 3 2, 1, 0 x x
13 Poland Jacek Gollob 3, 0 3, 0, 1 x x
14 Australia Jason Lyons 3, 3 1, 1 x x
15 Poland Robert Dados 2, 2 0, 0 x x
16 England Gary Havelock 2, 0 3, 0 x x
17 Czech Republic Marián Jirout 2, 1 1 x x
18 England Lee Richardson 0, 2 1 x x
19 Poland Robert Sawina 1, 3 0 x x
20 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 1, 2 0 x x
21 Poland Sławomir Drabik 0, 1 x x x
22 Norway Rune Holta 1, 0 x x x
23 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 0, 0 x x x
24 Finland Kai Laukkanen 0, 1 x x x

References

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  1. ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Speedway". Daily Record. 18 October 1999. Retrieved 7 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.