1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark was the sixth and last race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 23 September in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark[1][2] It was the third Danish SGP and was won by British rider Mark Loram. It was the first win of his career.

Denmark 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
Information
Date23 September 1997
CityDenmark Vojens
Event6 of 6 (18)
RefereeGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumSpeedway Center
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited Kingdom Mark Loram
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upSweden Tony Rickardsson
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Greg Hancock

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jesper B. Jensen from Denmark 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 16 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 25 2 2 3 2 2 11 4 3
2 14 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 20 3 3 0 2 3 11 3 2
3 12 United States (3) Greg Hancock 18 2 3 3 3 2 13 1 1
4 3 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 16 2 1 3 3 3 12 2 0
5 8 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 14 3 1 1 2 2 9 8 3
6 11 United States (1) Billy Hamill 13 1 2 2 3 2 10 7 2
7 7 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 12 2 3 2 0 3 10 5 1
8 9 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 11 3 1 2 3 1 10 6 0
9 15 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 9 0 0 2 2 3 7 10 3
10 1 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 8 3 2 1 1 1 8 9 2
11 13 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 7 1 2 E 0 1 4 12 1
12 4 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 6 0 0 3 1 0 4 11 0
13 5 Denmark (16) Jesper B. Jensen 4 F 0 0 1 1 2 15 3
14 10 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 3 F 2 1 F 0 3 14 2
15 2 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 13 1
16 6 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 0
17 17 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson - 17
18 18 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg - 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 final 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
Gold United States (3) Greg Hancock 118 252018122518
Silver United States (1) Billy Hamill 101 201216202013
Bronze Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 92 18251141816
4 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 90 111814131420
5 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 81 7138161225
6 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 80 914202548
7 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 75 816257712
8 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 71 1371318911
9 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 59 1241241314
10 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 42 669939
11 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 38 16262111
12 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 37 4113667
13 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 31 1ns110163
14 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 22 ns943ns6
15 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 20 14312ns
16 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson 14 ns1ns11ns2
17 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 13 3ns2ns8ns
18 Australia (16) Jason Crump 8 8
19 United Kingdom (16) Joe Screen 8 8
20 Germany (16) Robert Barth 7 7
21 Denmark (16) Jesper B. Jensen 4 4
22 Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2
23 Poland (16) Rafał Dobrucki 1 1
Rider(s) not classified
United States (19) Sam Ermolenko ns
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.
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