1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

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.

1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
Information
Date6 June 1998
City Pocking
Event2 of 6 (20)
RefereeFrank Ebdon
Stadium details
StadiumRottalstadion
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Tony Rickardsson
Runner-up Jimmy Nilsen
3rd place Billy Hamill

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 2525    
2 (2) Billy Hamill 38 2018    
3 (8) Jimmy Nilsen 38 1820    
4 (3) Tomasz Gollob 32 1616    
5 (18) Chris Louis 23 158    
6 (19) Henrik Gustafsson 23 815    
7 (7) Hans Nielsen 20 812    
8 (14) Stefan Dannö 20 146    
9 (9) Ryan Sullivan 19 127    
10 (1) Greg Hancock 16 610    
11 (15) Leigh Adams 16 106    
12 (17) Andy Smith 16 214    
13 (5) Mark Loram 13 67    
14 (12) Zoltan Adorjan 12 75    
15 (22) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 11 74    
16 (25) Peter Karlsson 9 18    
17 (16) Craig Boyce 7 34    
18 (10) Jason Crump 6 33    
19 (11) Armando Castagna 6 15    
20 (22) (24) Gerd Riss 6 42    
21 (6) Brian Andersen 5 5–    
22 (23) Bohumil Brhel 5 5–    
23 (21) Jesper B. Jensen 4 4–    
24 (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 3 21    
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

References
  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. 2009-05-12.
  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. Archived 2009-05-11.
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