2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

Poland 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
FIM Bydgoszcz Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date 13 September 2008
City Poland Bydgoszcz
Event 9 of 11 (109)
Referee Hungary István Daragó
Stadium details
Stadium Polonia Stadium
Capacity 18,000
Length 348 m
Track speedway track (granite)
SGP Results
Winner United States Greg Hancock
Runner-up Denmark Nicki Pedersen
3rd place Poland Tomasz Gollob

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the ninth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 13 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock from United States, it was his first GP win of the 2008 season.[1]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Wiesław Jaguś as a wild card, and Krzysztof Buczkowski and Adrian Gomólski both as track reserves.[2] The draw was made on September 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[3] Maciej Janowski replaced Adrian Gomólski, having been injured in the Polish First League match on 2008-09-07 (KM Ostrów vs Polonia Bydgoszcz 42:47).[4]

Andreas Jonsson and Krzysztof Buczkowski were Polonia Bydgoszcz's riders in 2008 season.

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
1 12 United States (6) Greg Hancock 18 2 2 1 3 2 10 3 2 3
2 10 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 21 3 3 2 3 3 14 2 3 2
3 13 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 20 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3 1
4 4 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 10 3 3 1 1 0 8 7 2 0
5 1 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 10 1 2 3 2 1 9 4 1
6 5 Australia (3) Jason Crump 9 3 1 2 0 3 9 5 0
7 2 Poland (16) Wiesław Jaguś 9 2 0 3 2 1 8 8 1
8 11 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 9 1 3 2 1 2 9 6 0
9 14 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 8 2 1 3 1 1 8 9
10 16 Poland (7) Rune Holta 6 0 1 0 2 3 6 10
11 9 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 0 E4 1 3 2 6 11
12 6 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 5 2 2 1 0 0 5 12
13 3 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 13
14 15 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 14
15 8 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 15
16 17 Poland (17) Krzysztof Buczkowski 1 1 1 16
17 7 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 0 T/- 0 0 E3 0 0 17
18 18 Poland (18) Maciej Janowski - - 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

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat

Fans
Heat 9 - Andersen (white), Adams (yellow), Harris (red) and Holta (blue).
  1. Nicholls, Jaguś, Andersen, Iversen
  2. Crump, Harris, Buczkowski, Dryml, Lindgren (T/-)
  3. N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams, Kasprzak
  4. Gollob, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Holta
  5. Gollob, Andersen, Crump, Kasprzak (E4)
  6. N.Pedersen, Harris, Jonsson, Jaguś
  7. Adams, Iversen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
  8. Nicholls, Hancock, Holta, Dryml
  9. Andersen, Adams, Harris, Holta
  10. Jaguś, Crump, Hancock, B.Pedersen
  11. Jonsson, Dryml, Kasprzak, Iversen
  12. Gollob, N.Pedersen, Nicholls, Lindgren
  13. Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson, Lindgren (E3)
  14. Gollob, Jaguś, Adams, Dryml
  15. N.Pedersen, Holta, Iversen, Crump
  16. Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Harris
  17. N.Pedersen, Andersen, Dryml, B.Pedersen
  18. Holta, Kasprzak, Jaguś, Lindgren
  19. Gollob, Hancock, Iversen, Harris
  20. Crump, Adams, Jonsson, Nicholls
    Semi-Finals:
  21. Gollob, Nicholls, Andersen, Adams
  22. N.Pedersen, Hancock, Jaguś, Crump
    Final:
  23. Hancock (6 points), N.Pedersen (4), Gollob (2), Nicholls (0)

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 SVN
Slovenia
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
SCA
Sweden
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
FIN
Poland
1 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 155 17 16 16 20 11 22 14 18 21    
2 Australia (3) Jason Crump 127 10 8 12 18 22 17 12 19 9    
3 United States (6) Greg Hancock 120 8 20 6 10 20 13 12 13 18    
4 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 118 19 12 8 19 4 12 8 16 20    
5 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 101 14 6 8 11 9 16 20 7 10    
6 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 98 5 20 9 8 7 10 21 9 9    
7 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 79 12 9 8 9 8 9 6 10 8    
8 Poland (7) Rune Holta 63 5 4 17 7 6 9 5 4 6    
9 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 62 7 2 7 7 12 6 4 7 10    
10 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 59 7 7 22 3 2 4 7 7 0    
11 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 54 6 6 5 3 10 7 3 9 5    
12 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 53 8 10 2 6 6 7 9 1 4    
13 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 49 4 7 14 7 6 7 4    
14 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 44 6 3 5 3 4 1 9 7 6    
15 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 35 9 2 3 1 1 4 5 7 3    
16 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 16    
17 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 11    
18 Poland (16) Wiesław Jaguś 9 9    
19 Czech Republic (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 3 5 0    
20 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 7    
21 Sweden (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson 7 7 ns    
22 United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 4 4    
23 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 3 3    
24 Latvia (16) Grigory Laguta 2 2    
25 Sweden (18) Billy Forsberg 2 2    
26 Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1    
27 Poland (17) (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski 1 ns 1    
28 Sweden (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 0    
29 Latvia (17) Maksims Bogdanovs 0 0    
Rider(s) not classified
Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej ns    
Poland (17) Damian Baliński ns    
United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden ns    
Czech Republic (17) Adrian Rymel ns    
Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs ns    
Denmark (18) Patrick Hougaard ns    
United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead ns    
Czech Republic (18) Filip Šitera ns    
Sweden (18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns    
Latvia (18) Kasts Poudzuks ns    
Poland (18) Maciej Janowski ns    
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
SCA
Sweden
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
FIN
Poland

See also

References

  1. "Hancock najlepszy w Bydgoszczy" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-13. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
  2. "Oficjalnie: Jaguś z dziką kartą". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-26. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
  3. "Press Release Bydgoszcz SGP" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  4. "Janowski zastąpi Gomólskiego!". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-09. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

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