1997 Speedway Grand Prix

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season was the third season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion.

1997 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
DatesMay 17 - September 20
Events6
Cities6
Countries6
Riders17 permanents
1 wild card(s)
Heats144 (in 6 events)
Winners
Champion USA Greg Hancock
Runner-up USA Billy Hamill
3rd place POL Tomasz Gollob

Event format

During 1997 the initial SGP scoring system was used for the final time. Each rider raced every other in the meeting with the top 4 qualifying for a final - the points for all other riders determined their finishing position in the meeting and therefore their championship Grand Prix points. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with the reminder scoring 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Qualification for Grand Prix

The 1997 season had 17 permanent riders and one wild card at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.

Calendar

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1 May 17 Prague , Czech Republic
Stadion Markéta
Greg Hancock Billy Hamill Tomasz Gollob Slawomir Drabik results
2 June 14 Linköping , Sweden
Motorstadium
Tomasz Gollob Greg Hancock Tony Rickardsson Hans Nielsen results
3 July 5 Landshut , Germany
Stadion Ellermühle
Hans Nielsen Brian Andersen Greg Hancock Billy Hamill results
4 August 9 Bradford , Great Britain
Odsal Stadium
Brian Andersen Billy Hamill Jimmy Nilsen Mark Loram results
5 August 30 Wrocław , Poland
Olympic Stadium
Greg Hancock Billy Hamill Tomasz Gollob Piotr Protaisewicz results
6 September 20 Vojens , Denmark
Speedway Center
Mark Loram Tony Rickardsson Greg Hancock Tomasz Gollob results

Final standings

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
SWE
GER
GBR
POL
DEN
(3) Greg Hancock 118 252018122518
(1) Billy Hamill 101 201216202013
(13) Tomasz Gollob 92 18251141816
4 (4) Tony Rickardsson 90 111814131420
5 (7) Mark Loram 81 7138161225
6 (12) Brian Andersen 80 914202548
7 (2) Hans Nielsen 75 816257712
8 (11) Jimmy Nilsen 71 1371318911
9 (8) Chris Louis 59 1241241314
10 (10) Leigh Adams 42 669939
11 (14) Sławomir Drabik 38 16262111
12 (6) Peter Karlsson 37 4113667
13 (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 31 1ns110163
14 (18) Andy Smith 22 ns943ns6
15 (5) Henrik Gustafsson 20 14312ns
16 (17) Mikael Karlsson 14 ns1ns11ns2
17 (9) Simon Wigg 13 3ns2ns8ns
18 (16) Jason Crump 8 8
19 (16) Joe Screen 8 8
20 (16) Robert Barth 7 7
21 (16) Jesper B. Jensen 4 4
22 (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2
23 (16) Rafał Dobrucki 1 1
Rider(s) not classified
(19) Sam Ermolenko ns
Pos. Rider Points CZE
SWE
GER
GBR
POL
DEN
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