2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III

2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

2017 Nice Toruń FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date| 7 October 2017
City|  Toruń
Event| 11 of 12
Referee|  Krister Gardell
Stadium details
Stadium| Marian Rose MotoArena
Capacity| 15,500
Length| 325 m (355 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time|

Winner|  Patryk Dudek
Runner-up|  Tai Woffinden
3rd place|  Bartosz Zmarzlik

The 2017 Nice Toruń FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the 11th race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on October 7 at the Marian Rose MotoArena in Toruń, Poland.[1]

## Riders

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First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Greg Hancock, second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Nicki Pedersen, third reserve Max Fricke replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen and fourth reserve Václav Milík Jr. replaced Fredrik Lindgren. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Paweł Przedpełski as the wild card, and Bartosz Smektała and Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński both as Track Reserves.

## Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Poland's Patryk Dudek, who beat Tai Woffinden, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Matej Žagar in the final.[2] It was the first Grand Prix win of Dudek's career, which kept alive the title race as championship leader Jason Doyle was eliminated in the semi-finals.

### Heat details

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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

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| 13 |  (692) Patryk Dudek | 18  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 12  | 1 | 3  |  | 3
| 8 |  (108) Tai Woffinden | 15  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 10  | 5 |  | 3  | 2
| 1 |  (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 14  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 11  | 3 |  | 2  | 1
4  | 6 |  (55) Matej Žagar | 11  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  | 9  | 7 | 2  |  | 0
5  | 11 |  (225) Václav Milík Jr. | 11  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 11  | 2 |  | 0  |
6  | 16 |  (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. | 10  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 10  | 4 | 0  |  |
7  | 7 |  (69) Jason Doyle | 10  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 9  | 6 | 1  |  |
8  | 15 |  (16) Paweł Przedpełski | 10  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  | 9  | 8 |  | 1  |
9  | 14 |  (25) Peter Kildemand | 8  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 8  | 9 |  |  |
10  | 2 |  (89) Emil Sayfutdinov | 7  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 7  | 10 |  |  |
11  | 4 |  (23) Chris Holder | 7  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  | 7  | 11 |  |  |
12  | 3 |  (54) Martin Vaculík | 5  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 5  | 12 |  |  |
13  | 9 |  (71) Maciej Janowski | 5  |  |  | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 1  |  |  | 5  | 13 |  |  |
14  | 10 |  (46) Max Fricke | 4  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 14 |  |  |
15  | 5 |  (84) Martin Smolinski | 2  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 2  | 15 |  |  |
16  | 12 |  (85) Antonio Lindbäck | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  | 16 |  |  |
17  | 17 |  (17) Bartosz Smektała | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 17 |  |  |
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

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## 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  | SVN
| POL
| LAT
| CZE
| DEN
| GBR
| SWE
| PL2
| GER
| SCA
| PL3
| AUS

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|  (69) Jason Doyle | 142  | 12 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 10 | –
|  (692) Patryk Dudek | 128  | 13 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 18 | –
|  (108) Tai Woffinden | 115  | 8 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 15 | –
4  |  (71) Maciej Janowski | 113  | 6 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | –
5  |  (89) Emil Sayfutdinov | 109  | 12 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 7 | –
6  |  (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 108  | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 14 | –
7  |  (66) Fredrik Lindgren | 107  | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 9 | – | –
8  |  (55) Matej Žagar | 97  | 10 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 11 | –
9  |  (54) Martin Vaculík | 90  | 16 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 5 | –
10  |  (23) Chris Holder | 82  | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | –
11  |  (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. | 79  | 7 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | –
12  |  (85) Antonio Lindbäck | 73  | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | –
13  |  (25) Peter Kildemand | 55  | – | – | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | – | 10 | 11 | 8 | –
14  |  (45) Greg Hancock | 45  | 11 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | –
15  |  (88) Niels Kristian Iversen | 44  | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – | –
16  |  (225) Václav Milík Jr. | 31  | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | 11 | –
17  |  (84) Martin Smolinski | 19  | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | –
18  |  (46) Max Fricke | 11  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 4 | –
19  |  (16) Paweł Przedpełski | 10  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | –
20  |  (16) Maksims Bogdanovs | 8  | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
20  |  (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 8  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | –
20  |  (12) Nicki Pedersen | 8  | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
23  |  (16) Kenneth Bjerre | 7  | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
24  |  (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 6  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | –
25  |  (16) Kai Huckenbeck | 4  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | –
25  |  (17) Jacob Thorssell | 4  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | –
27  |  (16) Przemysław Pawlicki | 3  | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
28  |  (16) Craig Cook | 2  | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | –
28  |  (18) Josh Bates | 2  | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | –
28  |  (16) Linus Sundström | 2  | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | –
28  |  (16) Kim Nilsson | 2  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | –
32  |  (16) Nick Škorja | 1  | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
33  |  (17) Josef Franc | 0  | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
33  |  (18) Matěj Kůs | 0  | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
33  |  (17) Adam Ellis | 0  | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | –
33  |  (17) Tobias Kroner | 0  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | –
33  |  (18) Filip Hjelmland | 0  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | –
33  |  (17) Bartosz Smektała | 0  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | –
Pos. | Rider  | Points  | SVN
| POL
| LAT
| CZE
| DEN
| GBR
| SWE
| PL2
| GER
| SCA
| PL3
| AUS

## References

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1. ^ "Torun Grand Prix Event Info". SGP. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016.
2. ^ "Torun Grand Prix Result". SGP. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017.
3. ^ "2017 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012.

## See also

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* Motorcycle speedway