1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
Information
Date	15 May 1998
City	Prague
Event	1 of 6 (19)
Referee	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	Marketa Stadium
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Tony Rickardsson
Runner-up	Billy Hamill
3rd place	Billy Hamill

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 15 May in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic It was the second Czech Republic SGP and was won by Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson. It was the first win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr., Bohumil Brhel (both from Czech Republic) and Gerd Riss (from Germany) as Wild Card.

Draw 20. (20) Sebastian Ułamek → (25) Peter Karlsson

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	4	(4) Tony Rickardsson	25														2			1				1			1
2	2	(2) Billy Hamill	20												2					3		1		2			2
3	8	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	18											1						2					1		3
4	3	(3) Tomasz Gollob	16													3		1				2			2		4
5	18	(18) Chris Louis	15		3				1				1				1				3		1		3	1
6	14	(14) Stefan Dannö	14			1				4			2			2					1				4	2
7	9	(9) Ryan Sullivan	12	1						1				2							2			4		3
8	15	(15) Leigh Adams	10		1						2			4					1				2	3		4
9	7	(7) Hans Nielsen	8												1						4	3
10	19	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	8			4			2			1				1				4			3
11	12	(12) Zoltan Adorjan	7				2			2					4			2					4
12	22	(22) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	7			2					1				3				2			4
13	1	(1) Greg Hancock	6											3				3
14	5	(5) Mark Loram	6														3		3
15	6	(6) Brian Andersen	5													4			4
16	23	(23) Bohumil Brhel	5		2					3		2					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	21	(21) Jesper B. Jensen	4				1				4	3
18	24	(24) Gerd Riss	4	3				2					3
19	10	(10) Jason Crump	3		4E			1				4
20	16	(16) Craig Boyce	3	2							3		4
21	13	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	2				4	3
22	17	(17) Andy Smith	2	4E					3
23	11	(11) Armando Castagna	1			3		4F
24	20	(25) Peter Karlsson	1				3		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	GER	DEN	GBR	SWE	POL
1	(4) Tony Rickardsson	25	25
2	(2) Billy Hamill	20	20
3	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	18	18
4	(3) Tomasz Gollob	16	16
5	(18) Chris Louis	15	15
6	(14) Stefan Dannö	14	14
7	(9) Ryan Sullivan	12	12
8	(15) Leigh Adams	10	10
9	(7) Hans Nielsen	8	8
10	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	8	8
11	(12) Zoltan Adorjan	7	7
12	(22) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	7	7
13	(1) Greg Hancock	6	6
14	(5) Mark Loram	6	6
15	(6) Brian Andersen	5	5
16	(23) Bohumil Brhel	5	5
17	(21) Jesper B. Jensen	4	4
18	(24) Gerd Riss	4	4
19	(10) Jason Crump	3	3
20	(16) Craig Boyce	3	3
21	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	2	2
22	(17) Andy Smith	2	2
23	(11) Armando Castagna	1	1
24	(25) Peter Karlsson	1	1
Rider(s) not classified
	(20) Sebastian Ułamek	—	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	GER	DEN	GBR	SWE	POL

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

External links

• FIM-live.com
• SpeedwayWorld.tv