1999 Speedway Grand Prix

The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix was the 54th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3] It was the fifth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion.

1999 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
DatesMay 8 – September 25
Events6
Cities6
Countries5
Riders22 permanents
2 wild card(s)
Heats144 (in 6 events)
Winners
Champion SWE Tony Rickardsson
Runner-up POL Tomasz Gollob
3rd place DEN Hans Nielsen

Event format

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The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions – while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.

The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final and the last two going towards the consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th to 8th scoring 15, 14, 12 and 10 point, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.

Qualification for Grand Prix

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The 1999 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.

Calendar

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Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 May 8   Prague , Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
  Tomasz Gollob   Greg Hancock   Jason Crump   Jimmy Nilsen results
2 June 4   Linköping , Sweden
Motorstadium
  Mark Loram   Jimmy Nilsen   Tony Rickardsson   Leigh Adams results
3 July 3   Wrocław , Poland
Olympic Stadium
  Tomasz Gollob   Jimmy Nilsen   Stefan Dannö   Tony Rickardsson results
4 July 31   Coventry , Great Britain
Brandon Stadium
  Tony Rickardsson   Chris Louis   Greg Hancock   Hans Nielsen results
5 August 28   Bydgoszcz , Poland
Polonia Stadium
  Hans Nielsen   Tony Rickardsson   Ryan Sullivan   Mark Loram results
6 September 25   Vojens , Denmark
Speedway Center
  Tony Rickardsson   Mark Loram   Hans Nielsen   Joe Screen results

Final standings

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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
 
POL
 
GBR
 
PL2
 
DEN
 
    (1) Tony Rickardsson 111 7 18 16 25 20 25
    (3) Tomasz Gollob 98 25 15 25 10 15 8
    (4) Hans Nielsen 76 6 1 10 16 25 18
4   (2) Jimmy Nilsen 73 16 20 20 8 4 5
5   (23)(25) Mark Loram 71 25 2 8 16 20
6   (19) Joe Screen 68 12 5 15 12 8 16
7   (13) Leigh Adams 67 4 16 5 14 14 14
8   (8) Jason Crump 66 18 7 12 15 8 6
9   (6) Greg Hancock 62 20 7 4 18 7 6
10   (7) Ryan Sullivan 55 6 3 14 7 18 7
11   (17) Stefan Dannö 52 10 12 18 5 5 2
12   (5) Chris Louis 50 8 6 5 20 7 4
13   (10) Peter Karlsson 45 8 14 6 4 5 8
14   (18) Mikael Karlsson 45 7 5 8 7 6 12
15   (11) Antonín Kasper Jr. 39 15 10 7 3 2 2
16   (9) Brian Karger 36 3 8 6 6 3 10
17   (15) Henrik Gustafsson 35 5 2 7 4 10 7
18   (22) Billy Hamill 35 2 3 3 6 6 15
19   (20) John Jørgensen 32 14 8 3 2 1 4
20   (16) Andy Smith 22 5 6 1 5 4 1
21   (21) Robert Dados 20 4 4 4 1 2 5
22   (14) Brian Andersen 12 3 1 2 2 3 1
23   (23) Jacek Gollob 12 12
24   (12) Marián Jirout 8 1 2 1 1 3
25   (24) Rafał Dobrucki 8 8
26   (24) Sebastian Ułamek 4 4
27   (24) Scott Nicholls 3 3
28   (24) Jesper B. Jensen 3 3
29   (23) Antonín Šváb Jr. 2 2
30   (24) Piotr Protasiewicz 2 1 1
Pos. Rider Points CZE
 
SWE
 
POL
 
GBR
 
PL2
 
DEN
 

References

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  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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