2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Flag of the United Kingdom 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
FIM British Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date 28 June 2008
City Flag of the United Kingdom Cardiff
Event 5 / 11 (105)
Refeere
Stadium details
Stadium Millennium Stadium
Capacity 62,500
Length 387.7 m
SGP Results
Winner
Runner-up
3rd place

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain will be the fifth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It will take place on June 28 in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom[1].

Contents

[edit] Starting positions draw

Edward Kennett was nominated as a wild card after he finished 2nd at the 2008 British Speedway Championship. Tai Woffinden and Simon Stead were the next highest finishing non-Grand Prix riders and both will be track reserves at Cardiff.[2]

[edit] Heat details

Placing 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
Flag of Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 0 0
Flag of Australia (2) Leigh Adams 0 0
Flag of Australia (3) Jason Crump 0 0
Flag of Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 0 0
Flag of Denmark (5) Hans Andersen 0 0
Flag of the United States (6) Greg Hancock 0 0
Flag of Poland (7) Rune Holta 0 0
Flag of the United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 0 0
Flag of the United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 0 0
Flag of Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 0 0
Flag of Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 0 0
Flag of Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 0 0
Flag of the Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 0 0
Flag of Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 0 0
Flag of Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 0 0
Flag of the United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 0 0
Flag of the United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden 0 0
Flag of the United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead 0 0

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

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[edit] The intermediate classification

Qualify for the Speedway Grand Prix series in next season
Permanent Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Rider not classified (a track reserve who didn't start)
Pos. Rider Points Flag of Slovenia Flag of Europe Flag of Sweden Flag of Denmark Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of the Czech Republic Flag of the Kalmar Union Flag of Latvia Flag of Poland Flag of Italy Flag of Germany
1 Flag of Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 49 17 16 16          
2 Flag of Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 39 19 12 8          
3 Flag of Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 36 7 7 22          
4 Flag of Australia (2) Leigh Adams 34 5 20 9          
5 Flag of the United States (6) Greg Hancock 34 8 20 6          
6 Flag of Australia (3) Jason Crump 30 10 8 12          
7 Flag of Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 29 12 9 8          
8 Flag of Denmark (5) Hans Andersen 28 14 6 8          
9 Flag of Poland (7) Rune Holta 26 5 4 17          
10 Flag of Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 20 8 10 2          
11 Flag of the United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 17 6 6 5          
12 Flag of the United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 16 7 2 7          
13 Flag of Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 - 16 - -          
14 Flag of the Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 14 9 2 3          
15 Flag of Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 14 6 3 5          
16 Flag of the Czech Republic (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 - 3 5 -          
17 Flag of Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 7 - - -          
18 Flag of Sweden (16) (22) Jonas Davidsson 7 - - 7 -          
19 Flag of Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 4 4 - -          
20 Flag of Sweden (18) Billy Forsberg 2 - - 2 -          
21 Flag of Sweden (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 - - 0 -          
Flag of Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej ns - - -          
Flag of Poland (17) Damian Baliński I - ns - -          
Flag of Slovenia (18) Denis Stojs ns - - -          
Flag of Poland (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski - ns - -          
Flag of Denmark (16) (20) Kenneth Bjerre - - -          
Flag of Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt - - -          
Flag of Denmark (18) Patrick Hougaard - - -          
Flag of the United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett - - - -          
Flag of the United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden - - - -          
Flag of the United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead - - - -          
Flag of Poland (21) Rafał Dobrucki - - - -          
Flag of Russia (23) Renat Gafurov - - - -          
Flag of Russia (24) Denis Gizatullin - - - -          
Pos. Rider Points Flag of Slovenia Flag of Europe Flag of Sweden Flag of Denmark Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of the Czech Republic Flag of the Kalmar Union Flag of Latvia Flag of Poland Flag of Italy Flag of Germany

EDIT

[edit] References

  1. ^ SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced. SpeedwayWorld.Tv (2007-10-22). Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
  2. ^ Terrific Tai. SpeedwayWorld.com (2008-05-30). Retrieved on 2008-05-31.

[edit] See also