2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe was the second race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 10 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland.[1] The main sponsor was the commercial bank Bank Zachodni WBK.

Poland 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
FIM BZ WBK BANK European Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date10 May 2008
CityPoland Leszno
Event2 of 11 (102)
RefereeGermany Frank Ziegler
Jury PresidentDenmark Joergen L. Jensen
Stadium details
StadiumAlfred Smoczyk Stadium
Capacity25,000
Length330 m (360 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Attendance24,000
Best TimePoland Tomasz Gollob
59.44 secs (in Heat 4)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Leigh Adams
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Greg Hancock
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeDenmark Greg Hancock

The Grand Prind was won by Leigh Adams from Australia. It was the 7th Grand Prix win of his career. In the final, Adams beat American Greg Hancock and defending World Champion Danish Nicki Pedersen.[2]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jarosław Hampel as wild card, and Damian Baliński and Krzysztof Buczkowski as track reserves.[3] The draw was made on April 29 at the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[4] Because of an injury, Bjarne Pedersen was replaced by Luboš Tomíček, Jr.[5] Adams, Kasprzak, Hampel and Baliński are all riding for Unia Leszno, whose home track is at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, in the 2008 season in Poland.

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
1 9 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 20 2 3 0 3 3 11 4 3 3
2 7 United States (6) Greg Hancock 20 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 2 2
3 3 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 16 3 2 1 3 3 12 3 2 1
4 8 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 2 2 3 3 3 13 2 3 0
5 16 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 12 3 3 3 1 1 11 5 1
6 14 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 10 2 0 2 2 3 9 7 1
7 6 Australia (3) Jason Crump 8 0 2 2 2 2 8 8 X
8 10 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 9 3 3 1 0 2 9 6 0
9 5 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 9
10 12 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 6 0 1 3 1 1 6 10
11 2 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 6 2 1 2 1 0 6 11
12 13 Poland (7) Rune Holta 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 12
13 1 Czech Republic (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 13
14 11 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 14
15 4 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 15
16 15 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 2 1 1 0 0 E4 2 16
17 17 Poland (17) Damian Baliński - - 17
18 18 Poland (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski - - 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

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

Heat after heat
  1. (60.91) Pedersen, Harris, Dryml, Tomicek
  2. (60.82) Hancock, Hampel, Lindgren, Crump
  3. (60.63) Jonsson, Adams, Kasprzak, Andersen
  4. (59.44) Gollob, Iversen, Nicholls, Holta
  5. (60.62) Adams, Tomicek, Lindgren, Holta
  6. (59.94) Jonsson, Crump, Harris, Iversen
  7. (60.10) Hancock, Pedersen, Nicholls, Kasprzak
  8. (60.09) Gollob, Hampel, Andersen, Dryml
  9. (60.47) Gollob, Crump, Kasprzak, Tomicek
  10. (60.85) Andersen, Harris, Lindgren, Nicholls
  11. (60.04) Hampel, Iversen, Pedersen, Adams
  12. (60.25) Hancock, Holta, Jonsson, Dryml
  13. (60.96) Hancock, Iversen, Andersen, Tomicek
  14. (60.38) Hampel, Holta, Harris, Kasprzak
  15. (60.45) Pedersen, Lindgren, Gollob, Jonsson
  16. (60.19) Adams, Crump, Dryml, Nicholls
  17. (60.28) Hampel, Jonsson, Tomicek, Nicholls (E4)
  18. (60.38) Adams, Hancock, Gollob, Harris
  19. (60.67) Pedersen, Crump, Andersen, Holta
  20. (61.14) Iversen, Lindgren, Kasprzak, Dryml
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (60.73) Adams, Hancock, Iversen, Jonsson
  22. (60.19) Hampel, Pedersen, Gollob, Crump (X)
    Pedersen crashes on final lap due to collision to Crump. Crump excluded. Heat was no-restarted.
    Final:
  23. (60.23) Adams (6), Hancock (4), Pedersen (2), Hampel (0)

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 SVN
Slovenia		EUR
Poland		SWE
Sweden		DEN
Denmark		GBR
United Kingdom		CZE
Czech Republic		SCA
Sweden		LAT
Latvia		POL
Poland		ITA
Italy		FIN
Poland
1 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 33 1716         
2 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 31 1912         
3 United States (6) Greg Hancock 28 820         
4 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 25 520         
5 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 21 129         
6 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 20 146         
7 Australia (3) Jason Crump 18 108         
8 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 18 810         
9 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 –16         
10 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 14 77         
11 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 12 66         
12 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 11 92         
13 Poland (7) Rune Holta 9 54         
14 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 9 72         
15 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 9 63         
16 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 7–         
17 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 4 4–         
18 Czech Republic (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 3 –3         
Rider(s) not classified
Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej — ns–         
Poland (17) Damian Baliński — –ns         
Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs — ns–         
Poland (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski — –ns         
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia		EUR
Poland		SWE
Sweden		DEN
Denmark		GBR
United Kingdom		CZE
Czech Republic		SCA
Sweden		LAT
Latvia		POL
Poland		ITA
Italy		FIN
Poland

See also

References
  1. "SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2007-10-22. Archived from the original on 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
  2. "Adams wins at Leszno". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  3. "Grand Prix Leszno". PZM.pl. 2007-10-23. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
  4. SpeedwayWorld.Tv Archived 2012-09-09 at archive.today - 2008-04-29.
  5. "Grand Prix Leszno". PZM.pl. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-06.


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