2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia was the first race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on April 26 at the Matija Gubec Stadium in Krško, Slovenia.[2]

Slovenia 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia
FIM Slovenian Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date26 April 2008
CitySlovenia Krško
Event1 of 11 (101)
RefereeUnited Kingdom Anthony Steele
Jury PresidentGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumMatija Gubec Stadium
Capacity12,000
Length387.7 m (424.0 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best TimePoland Rune Holta[1]
65.18 secs (in Heat 1)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Tomasz Gollob
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Nicki Pedersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeDenmark Nicki Pedersen

Slovenian SGP was won by Tomasz Gollob from Poland. It was the 12th SGP win of his career. In the final, Gollob beat Danes Nicki Pedersen and Hans N. Andersen.[3]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matej Žagar as Wild Card, and Izak Šantej and Jernej Kolenko both as Track Reserves.[4] The Draw was made on April 15 in FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[5] Denis Štojs later replaced the injured Jernej Kolenko.[6]

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 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 19 0 2 2 3 3 10 2 3 3
2 11 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 17 3 2 3 1 1 10 4 3 2
3 15 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 14 0 3 3 2 2 10 3 2 1
4 8 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 12 1 3 3 0 3 10 1 2 T
5 16 Australia (3) Jason Crump 10 1 1 2 3 2 9 5 1
6 7 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 9 3 E4 2 3 Fx 8 7 1
7 14 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 8 3 2 0 0 3 8 6 0
8 10 United States (6) Greg Hancock 8 2 3 1 1 1 8 8 0
9 13 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 2 3 0 2 F4 7 9
10 12 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 7 1 0 1 2 3 7 10
11 3 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 11
12 2 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 2 0 0 3 1 6 12
13 6 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 13
14 4 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 5 0 2 3 0 0 5 14
15 1 Poland (7) Rune Holta 5 3 1 0 1 0 5 15
16 5 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 4 0 0 2 0 2 4 16
17 17 Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej - - 17
18 18 Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs - - 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. (65,18) Holta, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Adams
  2. (65,86) Dryml, Harris, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
  3. (66,14) N.Pedersen, Hancock, Lindgren, Gollob
  4. (66,41) Iversen, Žagar, Crump, Andersen
  5. (66,53) Žagar, Gollob, Holta, B.Pedersen
  6. (66,95) Hancock, Iversen, Harris, Kasprzak
  7. (67,26) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Nicholls, L.Dryml (E4)
  8. (66,96) Jonsson, Adams, Crump, Lindgren
  9. (67,64) N.Pedersen, Crump, Harris, Holta
  10. (68,30) Andersen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren, Kasprzak
  11. (67,27) Jonsson, Gollob, Nicholls, Iversen
  12. (67,75) Adams, Dryml, Hancock, Žagar
    Heavy rain began during the interval, difficult conditions gave the inside gates an advantage.
  13. (71,61) Dryml, Lindgren, Holta, Iversen
  14. (72,59) Kasprzak, Žagar, N.Pedersen, Jonsson
  15. (72,03) Crump, Nicholls, Hancock, B.Pedersen
  16. (72,38) Gollob, Andersen, Harris, Adams
  17. (71,17) Jonsson, Andersen, Hancock, Holta
  18. (71,01) Gollob, Crump, Kasprzak, Dryml (F/X)
    Race stopped, Dryml excluded after bailing and slamming into the wall late in the race; bad conditions, very wet
  19. (71,78) Lindgren, Nicholls, Harris, Žagar (F4)
  20. (71,26) Iversen, B.Pedersen, N.Pedersen, Adams
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (71,56) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Dryml, Iversen
  22. (70,68) Gollob, Andersen, Crump, Hancock
    Final:
  23. (71,00) Gollob (6), N.Pedersen (4), Andersen (2), Jonsson (T) (0)
    False start, Jonsson touches tapes and is excluded; race re-started

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 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 19 19          
2 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 17 17          
3 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 14 14          
4 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 12 12          
5 Australia (3) Jason Crump 10 10          
6 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 9 9          
7 United States (6) Greg Hancock 8 8          
8 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 8 8          
9 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 7 7          
10 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 7 7          
11 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 7          
12 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 6 6          
16 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 6          
14 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 5 5          
15 Poland (7) Rune Holta 5 5          
16 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 4 4          
Rider(s) not classified
Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej — ns          
Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs — 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.xls". PZM.pl. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  2. "SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2007-10-22. Archived from the original on 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  3. "Gollob's Krsko Glory". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  4. "Zagar Gets Krsko Wild Card". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  5. "Press Release I Krsko.pdf" (PDF). PZM.pl. 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  6. "Stojs za Kolenkę". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-04-18. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
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