The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 12 riders that would qualify for the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix [ 1] to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix .[ 2]
The format changed from the previous year, in that only 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.
Billy Hamill won the GP Challenge.[ 3]
First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Finland, 2 from Norway to Scandinavian Final
First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
First Round - 4 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
First Round - 4 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final
Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final
Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final
Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
Third Round - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 1999 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge
Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge
Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2000 Grand Prix
First round
Continental quarter finals
Second round
Overseas Final
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
Scandinavian Final
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
Continental semi finals
Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final
Third round
Intercontinental Final
1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge
Continental Final
1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge
25 July 1999 Wrocław
Final Round
GP Challenge
10 riders to 2000 Grand Prix
Pos.
Rider
pre-qual
qual
sf
Final
1
Billy Hamill
x
3, 2
3
3
2
Mikael Karlsson
x
3, 3
2
2
3
Carl Stonehewer
2, 2
1, 2, 3
3
1
4
Brian Karger
x
3, 2
2
0
5
Henrik Gustafsson
x
2, 3
1
x
6
Mark Loram
3, 1
2, 1, 3
1
x
7
Andy Smith
x
2, 0, 2
0
x
8
Antonín Kasper Jr.
x
2, 2
0
x
9
Peter Karlsson
x
3, 1, 1
x
x
10
Brian Andersen
3, 3
0, 2, 1
x
x
11
John Jørgensen
x
2, 0, 0
x
x
12
Niklas Klingberg
1, 3
2, 1, 0
x
x
13
Jacek Gollob
3, 0
3, 0, 1
x
x
14
Jason Lyons
3, 3
1, 1
x
x
15
Robert Dados
2, 2
0, 0
x
x
16
Gary Havelock
2, 0
3, 0
x
x
17
Marián Jirout
2, 1
1
x
x
18
Lee Richardson
0, 2
1
x
x
19
Robert Sawina
1, 3
0
x
x
20
Bohumil Brhel
1, 2
0
x
x
21
Sławomir Drabik
0, 1
x
x
x
22
Rune Holta
1, 0
x
x
x
23
Piotr Protasiewicz
0, 0
x
x
x
24
Kai Laukkanen
0, 1
x
x
x
References
Speedway Grand Prix Qualification