1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

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.

Poland 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date30 August 1997
CityPoland Wrocław
Event5 of 6 (17)
RefereeGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumOlympic Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited States Greg Hancock
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Billy Hamill
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Tomasz Gollob

Starting positions draw

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

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 24
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
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

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
 
SWE
 
GER
 
GBR
 
POL
 
DEN
 
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

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References

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  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.
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