1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

Information
Date| 18 September 1998
City|  Linköping
Event| 6 of 6 (24)
Referee|  Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium| Polonia Stadium
Track| speedway track
SGP Results
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Winner|  Tomasz Gollob
Runner-up|  Ryan Sullivan
3rd place|  Jimmy Nilsen

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the sixth race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 18 September in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland[1] It was the fourth Polish SGP, but first in Bydgoszcz. Grand Prix was won by Pole Tomasz Gollob, who was riding for Polonia Bydgoszcz in Polish League. It was his third winning in GP history.

## Starting positions draw

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic) and two Poles: Robert Dados (1998 Under-21 World Champion who qualify to the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix) and Jacek Gollob as Wild Card.

## Heat details

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Placing  | Draw | Rider  | Total  | Pre-Main Event  | Main Event  | Final Event

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Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 1  | Round 2  | 1/2  | CF  | F
1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 19  | 20  | 21  | 22  | 23  | 24
1  | 5 |  (3) Tomasz Gollob | 25  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1
2  | 7 |  (9) Ryan Sullivan | 20  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2
3  | 4 |  (8) Jimmy Nilsen | 18  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 3 |  | 1 |  | 2 |  | 3
4  | 9 |  (7) Hans Nielsen | 16  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  | 4
5  | 6 |  (15) Leigh Adams | 15  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 4 | 1 |  | 3 |  | 1 |
6  | 8 |  (5) Mark Loram | 14  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 2 | 4 |  | 2 |
7  | 13 |  (17) Andy Smith | 12  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  | 3 |  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 3 |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 4 | 3 |
8  | 1 |  (4) Tony Rickardsson | 10  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 3 | 4 |
9  | 3 |  (1) Greg Hancock | 8  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 3 |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |
10  | 11 |  (10) Jason Crump | 8  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |
11  | 15 |  (14) Stefan Dannö | 7  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |
12  | 22 |  (22) Antonín Kasper, Jr. | 7  |  |  | 3 |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |
13  | 2 |  (18) Chris Louis | 6  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
14  | 19 |  (19) Henrik Gustafsson | 6  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 3 |  | 2 |  |  | 3 |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
15  | 12 |  (11) Armando Castagna | 5  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
16  | 16 |  (16) Craig Boyce | 5  | 3 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 4 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Placing  | Draw | Rider  | Total  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 19  | 20  | 21  | 22  | 23  | 24
17  | 10 |  (6) Brian Andersen | 4  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
18  | 24 |  (24) Jacek Gollob | 4  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
19  | 21 |  (12) Zoltan Adorjan | 3  |  |  |  | 3 |  | 2 |  |  | 4R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
20  | 18 |  (13) Piotr Protasiewicz | 3  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
21  | 20 |  (21) Jesper B. Jensen | 2  |  |  |  | 4 | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
22  | 17 |  (20) Sebastian Ułamek | 2  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
23  | 14 |  (2) Billy Hamill | 1  |  |  | 4F |  |  | 4N |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
24  | 23 |  (23) Robert Dados | 1  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event

1-4: First round
5-6: Last chance for second round
7-8: Second round
9-10: Last chance Main Event

|  Heats 11-20: Main Event

11-14: First round
15-16: Last chance for second round
17-18: Second round
19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals

|  Heats 21-24: Final Event

21-22: Semi-Finals
23: Consolation Final
24: The Big Final

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

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## The intermediate classification

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.  | Rider  | Points  | CZE
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| POL

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|  (4) Tony Rickardsson | 111  | 25 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 10
|  (8) Jimmy Nilsen | 99  | 18 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 18
|  (3) Tomasz Gollob | 97  | 16 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 25
4  |  (7) Hans Nielsen | 76  | 8 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 16
5  |  (18) Chris Louis | 75  | 15 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 6
6  |  (1) Greg Hancock | 69  | 6 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 8
7  |  (9) Ryan Sullivan | 68  | 12 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 20
8  |  (10) Jason Crump | 62 (+3)  | 3 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 8
9  |  (2) Billy Hamill | 62 (+N)  | 20 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1
10  |  (5) Mark Loram | 52  | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 14
11  |  (15) Leigh Adams | 51  | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15
12  |  (22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr. | 50  | 7 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 7
13  |  (14) Stefan Dannö | 49  | 14 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7
14  |  (17) Andy Smith | 43  | 2 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12
15  |  (19) Henrik Gustafsson | 43  | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6
16  |  (6) Brian Andersen | 31  | 5 | – | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4
17  |  (25) Peter Karlsson | 27  | 1 | 8 | – | – | 18 | –
18  |  (11) Armando Castagna | 23  | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5
19  |  (12) Zoltan Adorjan | 21  | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3
20  |  (16) Craig Boyce | 18  | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5
21  |  (13) Piotr Protasiewicz | 16  | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3
22  |  (21) Jesper B. Jensen | 14  | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2
23  |  (22) Brian Karger | 12  | – | – | 12 | – | – | –
24  |  (20) Sebastian Ułamek | 10  | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2
25  |  (22) (24) Gerd Riss | 6  | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | –
26  |  (23) Bohumil Brhel | 5  | 5 | – | – | – | – | –
26  |  (23) Joe Screen | 5  | – | – | – | 5 | – | –
28  |  (24) Lars Gunnestad | 5  | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | –
29  |  (24) Jacek Gollob | 4  | – | – | – | – | – | 4
30  |  (27) Jacek Krzyżaniak | 3  | – | 3 | – | – | – | –
31  |  (23) Robert Barth | 2  | – | 2 | – | – | – | –
32  |  (24) Martin Dugard | 2  | – | – | – | 2 | – | –
33  |  (23) Robert Dados | 1  | – | – | – | – | – | 1
Pos. | Rider  | Points  | CZE
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## See also

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* Speedway Grand Prix
* List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

## References

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1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2000-12-09 at archive.today. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.

## External links

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* FIM-live.com
* SpeedwayWorld.tv

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