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Poland 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date18 September 1998
CityPoland Linköping
Event6 of 6 (24)
RefereeGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumPolonia Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Tomasz Gollob
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Ryan Sullivan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Ryan Sullivan

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the sixth race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 18 September in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland[1] It was the fourth Polish SGP, but first in Bydgoszcz. Grand Prix was won by Pole Tomasz Gollob, who was riding for Polonia Bydgoszcz in Polish League. It was his third winning in GP history.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic) and two Poles: Robert Dados (1998 Under-21 World Champion who qualify to the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix) and Jacek Gollob as Wild Card.

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total Pre-Main Event Main Event Final Event
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 1/2 CF F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 5 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 25 2 1 1 1
2 7 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 20 1 2 2 2
3 4 Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 18 1 3 1 2 3
4 9 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 16 1 1 2 1 1 4
5 6 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 15 2 4 1 3 1
6 8 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 14 3 2 2 4 2
7 13 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 12 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 3
8 1 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 10 1 2 3 4
9 3 United States (1) Greg Hancock 8 1 3 3
10 11 Australia (10) Jason Crump 8 1 2 2 4 3
11 15 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 7 1 1 4 1 4
12 22 Czech Republic (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 7 3 1 1 4 1 4
13 2 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 6 3 3
14 19 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 6 2 3 2 3 3
15 12 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 5 1 2 4 4
16 16 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 5 3 2 1 4 4
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
17 10 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 4 3 1 3
18 24 Poland (24) Jacek Gollob 4 2 4 3
19 21 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 3 3 2 4R
20 18 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 3 2 4 4
21 20 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 2 4 3
22 17 Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek 2 4 3
23 14 United States (2) Billy Hamill 1 4F 4N
24 23 Poland (23) Robert Dados 1 4 4
Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event
1-4: First round
5-6: Last chance for second round
7-8: Second round
9-10: Last chance Main Event
 Heats 11-20: Main Event
11-14: First round
15-16: Last chance for second round
17-18: Second round
19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals
 Heats 21-24: Final Event
21-22: Semi-Finals
23: Consolation Final
24: The Big Final
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		 GER
Germany		 DEN
Denmark		 GBR
United Kingdom		 SWE
Sweden		 POL
Poland
Gold Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 111 25 25 18 8 25 10
Silver Sweden (8) Jimmy Nilsen 99 18 20 8 20 15 18
Bronze Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 97 16 16 8 18 14 25
4 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 76 8 12 25 7 8 16
5 United Kingdom (18) Chris Louis 75 15 8 20 6 20 6
6 United States (1) Greg Hancock 69 6 10 14 15 16 8
7 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 68 12 7 3 16 10 20
8 Australia (10) Jason Crump 62 (+3) 3 3 16 25 7 8
9 United States (2) Billy Hamill 62 (+N) 20 18 6 12 5 1
10 United Kingdom (5) Mark Loram 52 6 7 10 7 8 14
11 Australia (15) Leigh Adams 51 10 6 4 4 12 15
12 Czech Republic (22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 50 7 4 15 14 3 7
13 Sweden (14) Stefan Dannö 49 14 6 7 10 5 7
14 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 43 2 14 5 4 6 12
15 Sweden (19) Henrik Gustafsson 43 8 15 6 6 2 6
16 Denmark (6) Brian Andersen 31 5 – 7 8 7 4
17 Sweden (25) Peter Karlsson 27 1 8 – – 18 –
18 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 23 1 5 3 3 6 5
19 Hungary (12) Zoltan Adorjan 21 7 5 2 3 1 3
20 Australia (16) Craig Boyce 18 3 4 1 1 4 5
21 Poland (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 16 2 1 5 2 3 3
22 Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen 14 4 – 1 5 2 2
23 Denmark (22) Brian Karger 12 – – 12 – – –
24 Poland (20) Sebastian Ułamek 10 – 1 2 1 4 2
25 Germany (22) (24) Gerd Riss 6 4 2 – – – –
26 Czech Republic (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5 – – – – –
26 United Kingdom (23) Joe Screen 5 – – – 5 – –
28 Norway (24) Lars Gunnestad 5 – – 4 – 1 –
29 Poland (24) Jacek Gollob 4 – – – – – 4
30 Poland (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak 3 – 3 – – – –
31 Germany (23) Robert Barth 2 – 2 – – – –
32 United Kingdom (24) Martin Dugard 2 – – – 2 – –
33 Poland (23) Robert Dados 1 – – – – – 1
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic		 GER
Germany		 DEN
Denmark		 GBR
United Kingdom		 SWE
Sweden		 POL
Poland

See also

References

  1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2000-12-09 at archive.today. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.


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