2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia was the eighth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was held on August 30, 2008, in the Latvijas Spidveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia. The Grand Prix was won by Jason Crump from Australia, it was his second GP win of the season.[1][2]

Latvia 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
FIM Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date30 August 2008
CityLatvia Daugavpils
Event8 of 11 (108)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Jury PresidentFinland Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
StadiumLatvijas Spidveja Centrs
Capacity10,500
Length373 m (408 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best TimeUnited States Greg Hancock
68.65 secs (in Heat 1)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Crump
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Nicki Pedersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Nicki Pedersen

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Grigory Laguta as a wild card, and Mr. John and Maksims Bogdanovs both as track reserves.[3] The draw was made on August 19 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[4]

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 12 Australia (3) Jason Crump 19 3 2 3 F3x 3 11 3 2 3
2 4 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 18 2 3 3 3 0 11 2 3 2
3 5 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 16 2 2 1 3 3 11 4 3 1
4 2 United States (6) Greg Hancock 13 3 3 0 3 2 11 1 2 0
5 16 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 10 3 1 3 2 M/- 9 5 1
6 7 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 9 3 1 2 2 1 9 6 0
7 1 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 9 1 1 2 1 3 8 7 1
8 9 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 7 0 0 2 2 3 7 8 0
9 13 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 7 2 3 0 Fx 2 7 9
10 14 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 7 1 2 0 3 1 7 10
11 3 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 0 2 3 1 1 7 11
12 15 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 7 0 3 2 1 1 7 12
13 11 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 7 2 F3 1 2 2 7 13
14 10 Poland (7) Rune Holta 4 1 0 1 0 2 4 14
15 6 Russia (16) Grigory Laguta 2 1 1 0 F4 0 2 15
16 8 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 1 0 0 1 F2x 0 1 16
17 17 Latvia (17) Maksims Bogdanovs 0 0 0 17
18 18 Latvia (18) Kasts Poudzuks - - 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. (68.65) Hancock, N.Pedersen, Harris, Kasprzak
  2. (69.09) Adams, Gollob, Laguta, Iversen
  3. (69.29) Crump, Dryml, Holta, B.Pedersen
  4. (69.47) Jonsson, Nicholls, Andersen, Lindgren
  5. (69.54) Nicholls, Gollob, Harris, B.Pedersen
  6. (69.39) Hancock, Andersen, Laguta, Holta
  7. (70.44) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Adams, Dryml (F3)
  8. (69.77) N.Pedersen, Crump, Jonsson, Iversen
  9. (70.35) Jonsson, Harris, Dryml, Laguta
  10. (69.40) Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Hancock
  11. (70.03) Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Iversen, Andersen
  12. (70.30) N.Pedersen, Adams, Holta, Nicholls
  13. (69.31) Andersen, Adams, Harris, Crump (F3x)
  14. (70.07) Hancock, Dryml, Iversen (F2x), Nicholls (Fx)
  15. (70.50) Gollob, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Holta
  16. (71.00) N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren, Laguta (F4)
  17. (71.32) Harris, Holta, Lindgren, Iversen
  18. (71.05) B.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams, Bogdanow, Jonsson (M/-)
  19. (70.35) Crump, Nicholls, Kasprzak, Laguta
  20. (70.71) Gollob, Dryml, Andersen, N.Pedersen
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (71.55) Gollob, Hancock, Harris, Adams
  22. (70.74) N.Pedersen, Crump, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
    Final:
  23. (70.36) Crump (6 points), N.Pedersen (4), Gollob (2), Hancock (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 134 1716162011221418   
2 Australia (3) Jason Crump 118 108121822171219   
3 United States (6) Greg Hancock 102 82061020131213   
4 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 98 1912819412816   
5 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 91 146811916207   
6 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 89 52098710219   
7 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 71 1298989610   
8 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 59 772232477   
9 Poland (7) Rune Holta 57 541776954   
10 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 52 727712647   
11 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 49 665310739   
12 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 49 810266791   
13 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 45 4714767   
14 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 38 63534197   
15 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 32 92311457   
14 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 16   
17 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 11   
18 Czech Republic (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 350   
19 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 7   
20 Sweden (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson 7 7ns   
21 United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 4 4   
22 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 3 3   
23 Russia (16) Grigory Laguta 2 2   
24 Sweden (18) Billy Forsberg 2 2   
25 Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1   
26 Sweden (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 0   
27 Latvia (17) Maksims Bogdanovs 0 0   
Rider(s) not classified
Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej ns   
Poland (17) Damian Baliński ns   
United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden ns   
Czech Republic (17) Adrian Rymel ns   
Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs ns   
Poland (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski ns   
Denmark (18) Patrick Hougaard ns   
United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead ns   
Czech Republic (18) Filip Šitera ns   
Sweden (18) Thomas H. Jonasson ns   
Latvia (18) Kasts Poudzuks 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. "Results GP Latvia" (xls). pzm.pl. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  2. "Crump wygrywa w Daugavpils, Gollob na podium". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-30. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  3. "Laguta z dziką kartą na Daugavpils". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-12. Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  4. "Press Release Draw Daugavpils SGP" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
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