1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

Sweden 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
Information
Date14 June 1997
CitySweden Linköping
Event2 of 6 (14)
RefereeGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumMotorstadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Tomasz Gollob
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Greg Hancock
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Greg Hancock

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.

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 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 25 3 3 3 3 1 13 1 3
2 5 United States (3) Greg Hancock 20 3 2 3 1 3 12 2 2
3 4 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 18 2 3 2 2 2 11 4 1
4 8 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 16 1 2 3 3 3 12 3 0
5 11 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 14 1 2 3 1 0 7 8 3
6 14 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 13 1 2 2 3 1 9 7 2
7 13 United States (1) Billy Hamill 12 3 3 0 2 3 11 5 1
8 1 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 11 3 1 2 2 2 10 6 0
9 12 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 9 E 1 2 1 2 6 9 3
10 2 Australia (16) Jason Crump 8 1 1 1 X 3 6 10 2
11 15 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 7 2 1 0 3 X 6 11 1
12 3 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 6 0 3 1 0 1 5 12 0
13 16 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 13 3
14 6 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 3 E T 1 1 0 2 16 2
15 9 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 15 1
16 7 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson 1 2 0 1 0 X 3 16
17 17 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg – - 17
18 18 Poland (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
Czech Republic		 SWE
Sweden		 GER
Germany		 GBR
United Kingdom		 POL
Poland		 DEN
Denmark
1 United States (3) Greg Hancock 45 25 20        
2 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 43 18 25        
3 United States (1) Billy Hamill 32 20 12        
4 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 29 11 18        
5 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 24 8 16        
6 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 23 9 14        
7 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 20 7 13        
8 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 20 13 7        
9 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 18 16 2        
10 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 17 14 3        
11 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 16 12 4        
12 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 15 4 11        
13 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 12 6 6        
14 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 9 ns 9        
15 Australia (16) Jason Crump 8 – 8        
16 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 3 3 ns        
17 Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2 –        
18 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 1 1 ns        
19 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson 1 ns 1        
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic		 SWE
Sweden		 GER
Germany		 GBR
United Kingdom		 POL
Poland		 DEN
Denmark

See also

References

  1. ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. 2009-05-12.
  2. ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-11.