1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the second race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 14 June in the Motorstadium in Linköping, Sweden[1][2] It was the third Swedish SGP and was won by Polish rider Tomasz Gollob. It was the second win of his career.

1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
Information
Date14 June 1997
City Linköping
Event2 of 6 (14)
Referee Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumMotorstadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Tomasz Gollob
Runner-up Greg Hancock
3rd place Greg Hancock

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jason Crump from Australia as Wild Card.

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 24
1 10 (13) Tomasz Gollob 25 3 3 3 3 1 13 1 3
2 5 (3) Greg Hancock 20 3 2 3 1 3 12 2 2
3 4 (4) Tony Rickardsson 18 2 3 2 2 2 11 4 1
4 8 (2) Hans Nielsen 16 1 2 3 3 3 12 3 0
5 11 (12) Brian Andersen 14 1 2 3 1 0 7 8 3
6 14 (7) Mark Loram 13 1 2 2 3 1 9 7 2
7 13 (1) Billy Hamill 12 3 3 0 2 3 11 5 1
8 1 (6) Peter Karlsson 11 3 1 2 2 2 10 6 0
9 12 (18) Andy Smith 9 E 1 2 1 2 6 9 3
10 2 (16) Jason Crump 8 1 1 1 X 3 6 10 2
11 15 (11) Jimmy Nilsen 7 2 1 0 3 X 6 11 1
12 3 (10) Leigh Adams 6 0 3 1 0 1 5 12 0
13 16 (8) Chris Louis 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 13 3
14 6 (5) Henrik Gustafsson 3 E T 1 1 0 2 16 2
15 9 (14) Sławomir Drabik 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 15 1
16 7 (17) Mikael Karlsson 1 2 0 1 0 X 3 16
17 17 (9) Simon Wigg - 17
18 18 (15) Piotr Protasiewicz - 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 24
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
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
SWE
GER
GBR
POL
DEN
1 (3) Greg Hancock 45 2520    
2 (13) Tomasz Gollob 43 1825    
3 (1) Billy Hamill 32 2012    
4 (4) Tony Rickardsson 29 1118    
5 (2) Hans Nielsen 24 816    
6 (12) Brian Andersen 23 914    
7 (7) Mark Loram 20 713    
8 (11) Jimmy Nilsen 20 137    
9 (14) Sławomir Drabik 18 162    
10 (5) Henrik Gustafsson 17 143    
11 (8) Chris Louis 16 124    
12 (6) Peter Karlsson 15 411    
13 (10) Leigh Adams 12 66    
14 (18) Andy Smith 9 ns9    
15 (16) Jason Crump 8 8    
16 (9) Simon Wigg 3 3ns    
17 (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2    
18 (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 1 1ns    
19 (17) Mikael Karlsson 1 ns1    
Pos. Rider Points CZE
SWE
GER
GBR
POL
DEN
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See also

References

  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-12.
  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-11.
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