1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

Czech Republic 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
Information
Date17 May 1997
CityCzech Republic Prague
Event1 of 6 (13)
RefereeChrister Bergstrom
Stadium details
StadiumMarketa Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited States Greg Hancock
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Billy Hamill
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Billy Hamill

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 17 May in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic[1][2] It was the first Czech Republic SGP and was won by American rider Greg Hancock. It was the second win of his career.

Starting positions draw

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Tomas Topinka from Czech Republic as Wild Card.

Heat details

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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 5 United States (3) Greg Hancock 25 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 3
2 11 United States (1) Billy Hamill 20 2 1 3 3 3 12 2 2
3 16 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 18 2 3 2 3 1 11 3 1
4 10 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 16 3 3 2 1 2 11 4 0
5 15 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 14 3 3 E 2 1 9 8 3
6 6 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 13 2 2 X 3 2 9 7 2
7 8 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 12 0 2 3 2 3 10 5 1
8 12 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 11 1 1 1 3 3 9 6 0
9 2 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 9 0 0 2 1 3 6 11 3
10 7 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 8 1 2 3 2 0 8 9 2
11 4 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 7 3 0 1 1 1 6 10 1
12 9 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 6 0 2 2 0 2 6 12 0
13 14 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 13 3
14 3 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 3 2 0 0 0 E 2 15 2
15 13 Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 0 1 T 0 1 2 14 1
16 1 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 16 0
17 17 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson – - 17
18 18 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith – - 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

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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 25 25          
2 United States (1) Billy Hamill 20 20          
3 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 18 18          
4 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 16 16          
5 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 14 14          
6 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 13 13          
7 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 12 12          
8 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 11 11          
9 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 9 9          
10 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 8 8          
11 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 7 7          
12 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 6 6          
13 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 4 4          
14 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 3 3          
15 Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2          
16 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 1 1          
Rider(s) not classified
Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson — ns          
United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith — ns          
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic		 SWE
Sweden		 GER
Germany		 GBR
United Kingdom		 POL
Poland		 DEN
Denmark

See also

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References

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  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.
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