1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

Information
Date| 30 August 1997
City|  Wrocław
Event| 5 of 6 (17)
Referee|  Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium| Olympic Stadium
Track| speedway track
SGP Results
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Winner|  Greg Hancock
Runner-up|  Billy Hamill
3rd place|  Tomasz Gollob

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the fifth race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 August in the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland[1][2] It was the third Polish SGP and was won by American rider Greg Hancock. It was the third win of his career.

## Starting positions draw[edit]

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Rafał Dobrucki from Poland as Wild Card.

## Heat details[edit]

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

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1  | 3 |  (3) Greg Hancock | 25  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 12  | 3 |  |  |  | 3
2  | 14 |  (1) Billy Hamill | 20  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 13  | 2 |  |  |  | 2
3  | 8 |  (13) Tomasz Gollob | 18  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 14  | 1 |  |  |  | 1
4  | 5 |  (15) Piotr Protasiewicz | 16  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 11  | 4 |  |  |  | 0
5  | 16 |  (4) Tony Rickardsson | 14  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 10  | 7 |  |  | 3  |
6  | 1 |  (8) Chris Louis | 13  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 11  | 5 |  |  | 2  |
7  | 7 |  (7) Mark Loram | 12  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  | E  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 8  | 8 |  |  | 1  |
8  | 9 |  (14) Sławomir Drabik | 11  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  | 10  | 6 |  |  | 0  |
9  | 13 |  (11) Jimmy Nilsen | 9  |  |  |  | 1  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 5  | 11 |  | 3  |  |
10  | 15 |  (9) Simon Wigg | 8  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 1  |  |  |  | 5  | 10 |  | 2  |  |
11  | 12 |  (2) Hans Nielsen | 7  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 7  | 9 |  | 1  |  |
12  | 10 |  (6) Peter Karlsson | 6  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 4  | 12 |  | 0  |  |
13  | 2 |  (12) Brian Andersen | 4  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  | 16 | 3  |  |  |
14  | 11 |  (10) Leigh Adams | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  | 13 | 2  |  |  |
15  | 4 |  (5) Henrik Gustafsson | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  | 2  | 15 | 1  |  |  |
16  | 6 |  (16) Rafał Dobrucki | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  | 14 | 0  |  |  |
17  | 17 |  (17) Mikael Karlsson | –  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  | 17 |  |  |  |
18  | 18 |  (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

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gate A – inside  | gate B  | gate C  | gate D – outside

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## The intermediate classification[edit]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.  | Rider  | Points  | CZE
| SWE
| GER
| GBR
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| DEN

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1  |  (3) Greg Hancock | 100  | 25 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 25 |
2  |  (1) Billy Hamill | 88  | 20 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 |
3  |  (13) Tomasz Gollob | 76  | 18 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 18 |
4  |  (12) Brian Andersen | 72  | 9 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 4 |
5  |  (4) Tony Rickardsson | 70  | 11 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
6  |  (2) Hans Nielsen | 63  | 8 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 7 |
7  |  (11) Jimmy Nilsen | 60  | 13 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 9 |
8  |  (7) Mark Loram | 56  | 7 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 12 |
9  |  (8) Chris Louis | 45  | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 13 |
10  |  (14) Sławomir Drabik | 37  | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
11  |  (10) Leigh Adams | 33  | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
12  |  (6) Peter Karlsson | 30  | 4 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
13  |  (15) Piotr Protasiewicz | 28  | 1 | ns | 11 | 0 | 16 |
14  |  (5) Henrik Gustafsson | 20  | 14 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 |
15  |  (18) Andy Smith | 16  | ns | 9 | 4 | 3 | ns |
16  |  (9) Simon Wigg | 13  | 3 | ns | 2 | ns | 8 |
17  |  (17) Mikael Karlsson | 12  | ns | 1 | ns | 11 | ns |
18  |  (16) Jason Crump | 8  | – | 8 | – | – | – |
19  |  (16) Joe Screen | 8  | – | – | – | 8 | – |
20  |  (16) Robert Barth | 7  | – | – | 7 | – | – |
21  |  (16) Tomáš Topinka | 2  | 2 | – | – | – | – |
21  |  (16) Rafał Dobrucki | 1  | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Rider(s) not classified
|  (19) Sam Ermolenko | —  | – | – | ns | – | – |
Pos. | Rider  | Points  | CZE
| SWE
| GER
| GBR
| POL
| DEN

## See also[edit]

* Speedway Grand Prix
* List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

## References[edit]

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. 2009-05-12.

## External links[edit]

* FIM-live.com
* SpeedwayWorld.tv

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