Poland 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
FIM Bydgoszcz Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date13 September 2008
CityPoland Bydgoszcz
Event9 of 11 (109)
RefereeHungary István Daragó
Stadium details
StadiumPolonia Stadium
Capacity18,000
Length348 m (381 yd)
Trackspeedway track (granite)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited States Greg Hancock
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Nicki Pedersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Nicki Pedersen

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the ninth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 13 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock from United States, it was his first GP win of the 2008 season.[1]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Wiesław Jaguś as a wild card, and Krzysztof Buczkowski and Adrian Gomólski both as track reserves.[2] The draw was made on September 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[3] Maciej Janowski replaced Adrian Gomólski, having been injured in the Polish First League match on 2008-09-07 (KM Ostrów vs Polonia Bydgoszcz 42:47).[4]

Andreas Jonsson and Krzysztof Buczkowski were Polonia Bydgoszcz's riders in 2008 season.

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 United States (6) Greg Hancock 18 2 2 1 3 2 10 3 2 3
2 10 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 21 3 3 2 3 3 14 2 3 2
3 13 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 20 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3 1
4 4 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 10 3 3 1 1 0 8 7 2 0
5 1 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 10 1 2 3 2 1 9 4 1
6 5 Australia (3) Jason Crump 9 3 1 2 0 3 9 5 0
7 2 Poland (16) Wiesław Jaguś 9 2 0 3 2 1 8 8 1
8 11 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 9 1 3 2 1 2 9 6 0
9 14 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 8 2 1 3 1 1 8 9
10 16 Poland (7) Rune Holta 6 0 1 0 2 3 6 10
11 9 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 0 E4 1 3 2 6 11
12 6 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 5 2 2 1 0 0 5 12
13 3 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 13
14 15 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 14
15 8 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 15
16 17 Poland (17) Krzysztof Buczkowski 1 1 1 16
17 7 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 0 T/- 0 0 E3 0 0 17
18 18 Poland (18) Maciej Janowski - - 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

Fans
Heat 9 - Andersen (white), Adams (yellow), Harris (red) and Holta (blue).
  1. Nicholls, Jaguś, Andersen, Iversen
  2. Crump, Harris, Buczkowski, Dryml, Lindgren (T/-)
  3. N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams, Kasprzak
  4. Gollob, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Holta
  5. Gollob, Andersen, Crump, Kasprzak (E4)
  6. N.Pedersen, Harris, Jonsson, Jaguś
  7. Adams, Iversen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
  8. Nicholls, Hancock, Holta, Dryml
  9. Andersen, Adams, Harris, Holta
  10. Jaguś, Crump, Hancock, B.Pedersen
  11. Jonsson, Dryml, Kasprzak, Iversen
  12. Gollob, N.Pedersen, Nicholls, Lindgren
  13. Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson, Lindgren (E3)
  14. Gollob, Jaguś, Adams, Dryml
  15. N.Pedersen, Holta, Iversen, Crump
  16. Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Harris
  17. N.Pedersen, Andersen, Dryml, B.Pedersen
  18. Holta, Kasprzak, Jaguś, Lindgren
  19. Gollob, Hancock, Iversen, Harris
  20. Crump, Adams, Jonsson, Nicholls
    Semi-Finals:
  21. Gollob, Nicholls, Andersen, Adams
  22. N.Pedersen, Hancock, Jaguś, Crump
    Final:
  23. Hancock (6 points), N.Pedersen (4), Gollob (2), Nicholls (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
Slovenia
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
SCA
Sweden
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
FIN
Poland
1 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 155 171616201122141821  
2 Australia (3) Jason Crump 127 1081218221712199  
3 United States (6) Greg Hancock 120 8206102013121318  
4 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 118 191281941281620  
5 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 101 14681191620710  
6 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 98 520987102199  
7 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 79 12989896108  
8 Poland (7) Rune Holta 63 5417769546  
9 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 62 72771264710  
10 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 59 7722324770  
11 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 54 6653107395  
12 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 53 8102667914  
13 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 49 47147674  
14 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 44 635341976  
15 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 35 923114573  
16 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 16  
17 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 11  
18 Poland (16) Wiesław Jaguś 9 9  
19 Czech Republic (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 350  
20 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 7  
21 Sweden (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson 7 7ns  
22 United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 4 4  
23 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 3 3  
24 Latvia (16) Grigory Laguta 2 2  
25 Sweden (18) Billy Forsberg 2 2  
26 Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1  
27 Poland (17) (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski 1 ns1  
28 Sweden (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 0  
29 Latvia (17) Maksims Bogdanovs 0 0  
Rider(s) not classified
Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej ns  
Poland (17) Damian Baliński ns  
United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden ns  
Czech Republic (17) Adrian Rymel ns  
Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs ns  
Denmark (18) Patrick Hougaard ns  
United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead ns  
Czech Republic (18) Filip Šitera ns  
Sweden (18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns  
Latvia (18) Kasts Poudzuks ns  
Poland (18) Maciej Janowski ns  
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
SCA
Sweden
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
FIN
Poland

See also

References

  1. "Hancock najlepszy w Bydgoszczy" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-13. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
  2. "Oficjalnie: Jaguś z dziką kartą". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-26. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
  3. "Press Release Bydgoszcz SGP" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  4. "Janowski zastąpi Gomólskiego!". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-09. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.



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