1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 7 August in the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England[1] It was the fourth British SGP and first in Coventry. SGP was won by Australian rider Jason Crump. It was the second win of his career, after winning in 1996 London GP.

1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date7 August 1998
City Coventry
Event4 of 6 (22)
Referee Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumBrandon Stadium
Capacity5,000
Length320 m (350 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Jason Crump
Runner-up Jimmy Nilsen
3rd place Jimmy Nilsen

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic) and Joe Screen and Martin Dugard (both from Great Britain) as Wild Card.

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 4 (10) Jason Crump 25 4X 2 2 1 1
2 8 (8) Jimmy Nilsen 20 3 1 2 2 2
3 7 (3) Tomasz Gollob 18 2 1 2 3
4 16 (9) Ryan Sullivan 16 2 1 1 3 1 1 4
5 5 (1) Greg Hancock 15 1 1 3 1
6 22 (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 14 2 2 2 2 4 2
7 11 (2) Billy Hamill 12 1 1 1 2 4 3
8 10 (14) Stefan Dannö 10 1 4 2 2 3 1 3 4
9 3 (4) Tony Rickardsson 8 1 4 3
10 9 (6) Brian Andersen 8 1 3 1 2 4 3
11 6 (5) Mark Loram 7 4 2 4
12 1 (7) Hans Nielsen 7 4 1 4X
13 2 (18) Chris Louis 6 4 3
14 12 (19) Henrik Gustafsson 6 1 3 1 3 3
15 21 (21) Jesper B. Jensen 5 2 4 2 3 4
16 23 (23) Joe Screen 5 2 2 3 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 15 (15) Leigh Adams 4 4T 1 3
18 14 (17) Andy Smith 4 4 1 3
19 17 (11) Armando Castagna 3 3 2 4
20 18 (12) Zoltan Adorjan 3 3 2 4
21 13 (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 2 4 3
22 24 (24) Martin Dugard 2 4 3R
23 20 (16) Craig Boyce 1 3 4X
24 19 (20) Sebastian Ułamek 1 3 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 76 2525188  
2 (8) Jimmy Nilsen 66 1820820  
3 (3) Tomasz Gollob 58 1616818  
4 (2) Billy Hamill 56 2018612  
5 (7) Hans Nielsen 52 812257  
6 (18) Chris Louis 49 158206  
7 (10) Jason Crump 47 331625  
8 (1) Greg Hancock 45 6101415  
9 (22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 40 741514  
10 (9) Ryan Sullivan 38 127316  
11 (14) Stefan Dannö 37 146710  
12 (19) Henrik Gustafsson 35 81566  
13 (5) Mark Loram 30 67107  
14 (17) Andy Smith 25 21454  
15 (15) Leigh Adams 24 10644  
16 (6) Brian Andersen 20 5ns78  
17 (12) Zoltan Adorjan 17 7523  
18 (11) Armando Castagna 12 1533  
19 (22) Brian Karger 12 12  
20 (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 10 2152  
21 (21) Jesper B. Jensen 10 415  
22 (16) Craig Boyce 9 3411  
23 (25) Peter Karlsson 9 18  
24 (22) (24) Gerd Riss 6 42  
25 (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5  
26 (23) Joe Screen 5 5  
27 (20) Sebastian Ułamek 4 121  
28 (24) Lars Gunnestad 4 4  
29 (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak 3 3  
30 (23) Robert Barth 2 2  
31 (24) Martin Dugard 2 2  
Pos. Rider Points CZE
GER
DEN
GBR
SWE
POL

See also

References

  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2000-04-14 at Archive.today. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.
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