2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark will be the fourth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 14 in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.[2]

2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date14 June 2008
City Copenhagen
Event4 of 11 (104)
Referee Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumParken Stadium
Capacity32,500
Length275 m (301 yd)
TrackTemporary
SGP Results
Attendance29,000[1]
Best Time
Winner Tomasz Gollob
Runner-up Nicki Pedersen
3rd place Nicki Pedersen

Copenhagen is also the second of four rounds of the 2008 Super Prix. The meeting winner will be given the blue helmet in the Super Prix Final at Gelsenkirchen in October with a chance of winning a share of an extra $200,000 prize fund.[3]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Kenneth Bjerre as a wild card, and Nicolai Klindt and Patrick Hougaard both as track reserves.[4] The draw was made on June 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[5]

Result

Tomasz Gollob was the winner at Parken and became the first rider to win two Grand Prix rounds in 2008.[1] He won the final from Nicki Pedersen, Jason Crump and Hans N. Andersen. The result kept Nicki Pedersen at the top of the World Championship standings, eleven points ahead of nearest rival Gollob. Danish wild card entry Kenneth Bjerre reached the semi finals and finished in fifth position.[1]

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 (4) Tomasz Gollob 19 2 2 3 1 2 10 4 3 3
2 13 (1) Nicki Pedersen 20 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 2 2
3 8 (3) Jason Crump 18 1 3 3 3 3 13 2 3 1
4 6 (5) Hans N. Andersen 11 3 1 2 3 0 9 5 2 0
5 7 (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 2 3 0 3 3 11 3 0
6 2 (6) Greg Hancock 10 2 3 1 1 2 9 6 1
7 4 (10) Andreas Jonsson 9 3 1 2 2 0 8 8 1
8 11 (2) Leigh Adams 8 3 2 0 0 3 8 7 0
9 1 (11) Bjarne Pedersen 7 1 2 3 0 1 7 9
10 10 (7) Rune Holta 7 1 2 1 3 0 7 10
11 5 (8) Scott Nicholls 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 11
12 14 (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 6 1 0 2 2 1 6 12
13 16 (9) Chris Harris 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 13
14 15 (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 14
15 3 (15) Fredrik Lindgren 3 0 1 X 1 1 3 15
16 9 (13) Lukáš Dryml 1 0 0 M/- 0 1 1 16
17 17 (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1 1 17
18 18 (18) Patrick Hougaard - - 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
  1. Jonsson, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
  2. Andersen, Bjerre, Crump, Nicholls
  3. Adams, Gollob, Holta, Dryml
  4. N.Pedersen, Harris, Iversen, Kasprzak
  5. N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Dryml
  6. Hancock, Holta, Andersen, Iversen
  7. Bjerre, Adams, Lindgren, Kasprzak
  8. Crump, Gollob, Jonsson, Harris
  9. B.Pedersen, Andersen, Harris, Adams
  10. Gollob, Nicholls, Hancock, Kasprzak
  11. Crump, Iversen, Klindt, Dryml (M/-), Lindgren (X/F2)
    Drryml collides with Lindgren in spectacular crash. Lindgren excluded for restart. Dryml's bike fails to start before end of time limit, he is excluded. replaced by Nicolai Klindt.
  12. N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Holta, Bjerre
  13. Bjerre, Iversen, Gollob, B.Pedersen
  14. Crump, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
  15. Holta, Nicholls, Lindgren, Harris
  16. Andersen, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Dryml
  17. Crump, Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Holta
  18. Bjerre, Hancock, Dryml, Harris
  19. N.Pedersen, Gollob, Lindgren, Andersen
  20. Adams, Nicholls, Iversen, Jonsson
    Semi-Finals:
  21. Gollob, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
  22. Crump, Andersen, Jonsson, Bjerre
    Final:
  23. Gollob (6), N.Pedersen (4), Crump (2), Andersen (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
EUR
SWE
DEN
GBR
CZE
SCA
LAT
POL
ITA
FIN
1 (1) Nicki Pedersen 69 17161620       
2 (4) Tomasz Gollob 58 1912819       
3 (3) Jason Crump 48 1081218       
4 (6) Greg Hancock 44 820610       
5 (2) Leigh Adams 42 52098       
6 (5) Hans N. Andersen 39 146811       
7 (15) Fredrik Lindgren 39 77223       
8 (10) Andreas Jonsson 38 12989       
9 (7) Rune Holta 33 54177       
10 (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 26 81026       
11 (8) Scott Nicholls 23 7277       
12 (9) Chris Harris 20 6653       
13 (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 17 6353       
14 (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 –16––       
15 (13) Lukáš Dryml 15 9231       
16 (11) Bjarne Pedersen 11 4––7       
17 (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 –––11       
18 (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 –35–       
19 (16) Matej Žagar 7 7–––       
20 (16) Jonas Davidsson 7 ––7–       
21 (18) Billy Forsberg 2 ––2–       
22 (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 –––1       
23 (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 ––0–       
Rider(s) not classified
(17) Izak Šantej — ns–––       
(17) Damian Baliński — –ns––       
(18) Denis Štojs — ns–––       
(18) Krzysztof Buczkowski — –ns––       
(18) Patrick Hougaard — –––ns       
Pos. Rider Points SVN
EUR
SWE
DEN
GBR
CZE
SCA
LAT
POL
ITA
FIN

See also

References
  1. "Parken Glory for Gollob". SpeedwayWorld.tv. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  2. "SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2007-10-22. Archived from the original on 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  3. "SuperPrix". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  4. "Dzika karta dla Bjerre". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-05-26. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  5. "Press Release Copenhagen SGP Draw" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
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