1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
Information
Date	6 June 1998
City	Pocking
Event	2 of 6 (20)
Referee	Frank Ebdon
Stadium details
Stadium	Rottalstadion
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Winner	Tony Rickardsson
Runner-up	Jimmy Nilsen
3rd place	Billy Hamill

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the second race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 6 in the Rottalstadion in Pocking, Germany^[1][2] The second Czech Republic SGP, it was won by Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson, his second career win.

Starting positions draw

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

Draw 14. (6) Brian Andersen → (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak

Draw 21. (21) Jesper B. Jensen → (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	1	(4) Tony Rickardsson	25											1						1				1			1
2	3	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	20													1				4T			2	2			2
3	2	(2) Billy Hamill	18												2					2					1		3
4	4	(3) Tomasz Gollob	16														2			3		2			2		4
5	10	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	15		1						1				1						1				3	1
6	19	(17) Andy Smith	14			3		2					2			2					2			3		2
7	9	(7) Hans Nielsen	12	3				1				1				3		1				1		4X		3
8	12	(1) Greg Hancock	10				2			2					4			2					1		4	4
9	5	(18) Chris Louis	8														1				4	3
10	15	(25) Peter Karlsson	8		2					1				2							3		3
11	13	(5) Mark Loram	7				3		2			2					3		2			4
12	7	(9) Ryan Sullivan	7												3				1				4F
13	6	(14) Stefan Dannö	6													4			3
14	8	(15) Leigh Adams	6											3				3
15	20	(11) Armando Castagna	5				1				2			4					4X
16	11	(12) Zoltan Adorjan	5			1				4			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	17	(16) Craig Boyce	4	1						3		3
18	24	(24) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	4	2							3		3
19	16	(10) Jason Crump	3	4X					1				4
20	14	(27) Jacek Krzyżaniak	3			2					4	4
21	22	(22) Gerd Riss	2			4			3
22	23	(23) Robert Barth	2		4			3
23	18	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	1		3				4E
24	21	(20) Sebastian Ułamek	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	GER	DEN	GBR	SWE	POL
1	(4) Tony Rickardsson	50	25	25
2	(2) Billy Hamill	38	20	18
3	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	38	18	20
4	(3) Tomasz Gollob	32	16	16
5	(18) Chris Louis	23	15	8
6	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	23	8	15
7	(7) Hans Nielsen	20	8	12
8	(14) Stefan Dannö	20	14	6
9	(9) Ryan Sullivan	19	12	7
10	(1) Greg Hancock	16	6	10
11	(15) Leigh Adams	16	10	6
12	(17) Andy Smith	16	2	14
13	(5) Mark Loram	13	6	7
14	(12) Zoltan Adorjan	12	7	5
15	(22) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	11	7	4
16	(25) Peter Karlsson	9	1	8
17	(16) Craig Boyce	7	3	4
18	(10) Jason Crump	6	3	3
19	(11) Armando Castagna	6	1	5
20	(22) (24) Gerd Riss	6	4	2
21	(6) Brian Andersen	5	5	–
22	(23) Bohumil Brhel	5	5	–
23	(21) Jesper B. Jensen	4	4	–
24	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	3	2	1
25	(27) Jacek Krzyżaniak	3	–	3
26	(23) Robert Barth	2	–	2
27	(20) Sebastian Ułamek	1	–	1
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	GER	DEN	GBR	SWE	POL

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References

1. speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. Archived 2009-05-12.
2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. Archived 2009-05-11.

External links

• FIM-live.com
• SpeedwayWorld.tv