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1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 16 riders that qualified for the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]

There was a late change to the qualifying when the Grand Prix increased to 24 permanent riders. Therefore 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 9 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge (originally just 4).[3] The final 3 GP places would go to wildcards.

Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.

Format

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  • First Round - 5 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 3 riders each from Finland & 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/New Zealand 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 - 7 riders from positions 9-15 from the 1997 Grand Prix to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 9 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1998 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

(7 Jun 1997 Finland Hyvinkää)
Pos Rider Points
1 Sweden Peter Nahlin 12
2 Denmark Jesper B Jensen 12
3 Sweden Stefan Dannö 11
4 Finland Kai Laukkanen 10
5 Denmark Ronni Pedersen 10
6 Denmark John Jørgensen 10
7 Denmark Frede Schött 10
8 Sweden Stefan Andersson 9
9 Norway Rune Holta 8
10 Sweden Niklas Klingberg 8
11 Denmark Hans Clausen 6
12 Norway Lars Gunnestad 5
13 Sweden Niklas Karlsson 3
14 Finland Marko Hyyryläinen 2
15 Norway Kenneth Borgenhaug 2
16 Finland Jonas Kylmäkorpi 1

Continental semi finals

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Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Robert Sawina 14
2 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 12
3 Poland Piotr Świst 12
4 Austria Andreas Bössner 10
5 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 10
6 Germany Robbie Kessler 10
7 Italy Armando Castagna 10
8 Italy Andrea Maida 8
9 Czech Republic Zdenek Schneiderwind 8
10 Slovenia Izak Šantej 7
11 Slovenia Matej Ferjan 5
12 Italy Alessandro Dalla Valle 4
13 Hungary Norbert Magosi 4
14 Bulgaria Nikolaj Manev 2
15 France Christophe Dubernard 2
16 Slovenia Gerhard Lekse 2

SF2

Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Jacek Gollob 14
2 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 12
3 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 11
4 Russia Roman Povazhny 10
5 Poland Jacek Krzyżaniak 10
6 Russia Rinat Mardanshin 10
7 Germany Robert Barth 9
8 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 9
9 Russia Sergej Darki 9
10 Poland Dariusz Śledź 7
11 Germany Gerd Riss 7
12 Czech Republic Václav Milík Sr. 5
13 Czech Republic Michal Makovský 4
14 Russia Vladimir Trofimov 2
15 Germany Björn Danielczik 1
16 Ukraine Igor Marko 0
17 Slovakia Jaroslav Gavenda (R) 0

Third round

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Intercontinental Final

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2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

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  • 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 4 riders to GP Challenge
  • 26 July 1997 Italy Lonigo
Pos. Rider Points
1 Italy Armando Castagna 13
2 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 12
3 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 12
4 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 10
5 Poland Piotr Świst 9
6 Poland Jacek Krzyżaniak 8
7 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 8
8 Russia Roman Povazhny 8
9 Poland Jacek Gollob 8
10 Russia Rinat Mardanshin 6
11 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 6
12 Italy Andrea Maida 5
13 Germany Robbie Kessler 5
14 Poland Robert Sawina 5
15 Austria Andreas Bössner 4
16 Czech Republic Zdenek Schneiderwind 1
17 Russia Sergej Darkin 0

Final Round

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GP Challenge

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4 riders (changed to 9) to 1998 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 14
2 Sweden Stefan Dannö 13
3 Australia Leigh Adams 12
4 Australia Craig Boyce 11
5 England Andy Smith 9
6 England Chris Louis 8
7 Sweden Henrik Gustafsson 7
8 Sweden Peter Karlsson 7
9 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 7
10 United States Sam Ermolenko 7
11 Poland Jacek Krzyżaniak 6
12 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 5
13 Poland Piotr Świst 5
14 England Joe Screen 4
15 England Kelvin Tatum 2
16 Poland Sławomir Drabik 1
17 Denmark Ronni Pedersen 1

References

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  1. ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Loram Alone". Cambridge Daily News. 6 October 1997. Retrieved 6 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.