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2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 12 riders that would qualify for the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]

2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The format changed from the previous year, in that only 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Billy Hamill won the GP Challenge.[3]

Format edit

  • First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Finland, 2 from Norway to Scandinavian Final
  • First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
  • First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 4 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 4 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
  • Third Round - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 1999 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2000 Grand Prix

First round edit

Continental quarter finals edit

Second round edit

Overseas Final edit

Main article: 1999 Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final edit

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(13 June 1999   Holsted)
Pos Rider Points
1   Rune Holta 14
2   Jesper B Jensen 11
3   Gert Handberg 11
4   Andreas Jonsson 10
5   Charlie Gjedde 9
6   Peter Nahlin 9
7   Ronni Pedersen 9
8   Kai Laukkanen 9
9   Niklas Klingberg 8
10   Vesa Ylinen 7
11   Bo Skov Eriksen 7
12   Per Wester 6
13   Niklas Karlsson 6
14   Stefan Andersson 2
15   Kjell Öyvind Sola 1
16   Tomi Reima 1

Continental semi finals edit

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1   Robert Barth 13
2   Robert Sawina 12
3   Tomáš Topinka 11
4   Róbert Nagy 10
5   Philippe Bergé 10
6   Attila Stefáni 9
7   Michal Makovský 9
8   Bohumil Brhel 8
9   Richard Wolff 8
10   Aleš Dryml Jr. 7
11   Oleg Kurguskin 7
12   Pavel Ondrašík 6
13   Robert Flis 6
14   Matthias Kröger 3
15   Zoltán Adorján 1
16   Tomasz Sustersic 0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1   Sebastian Ułamek 13
2   Armando Castagna 13
3   Rafał Dobrucki 12
4   Roman Povazhny 10
5   Jacek Gollob 10
6   Sándor Tihanyi 10
7   Antonín Šváb Jr. 9
8   Piotr Protasiewicz 9
9   Sławomir Drabik 9
10   Matej Ferjan 5
11   Andrea Maida 4
12   Izak Šantej 4
13   Stefano Alfonso 4
14   Sebastien Trésarrieu 3
15   Simone Terenzani 3
16   Piotr Świst 2

Third round edit

Intercontinental Final edit

Main article: 1999 Intercontinental Final

1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final edit

  • 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge
  • 25 July 1999   Wrocław
Pos. Rider Points
1   Rafał Dobrucki 15
2   Piotr Protasiewicz 14
3   Sławomir Drabik 11
4   Robert Sawina 11
5   Bohumil Brhel 10
6   Jacek Gollob 8
7   Roman Povazhny 8
8   Sebastian Ułamek 7
9   Robert Barth 7
10   Antonín Šváb Jr. 7
11   Tomáš Topinka 6
12   Armando Castagna 5
13   Sándor Tihanyi 5
14   Attila Stefáni 3
15   Richard Wolff 2
16   Michal Makovský 1

Final Round edit

GP Challenge edit

10 riders to 2000 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider pre-qual qual sf Final
1   Billy Hamill x 3, 2 3 3
2   Mikael Karlsson x 3, 3 2 2
3   Carl Stonehewer 2, 2 1, 2, 3 3 1
4   Brian Karger x 3, 2 2 0
5   Henrik Gustafsson x 2, 3 1 x
6   Mark Loram 3, 1 2, 1, 3 1 x
7   Andy Smith x 2, 0, 2 0 x
8   Antonín Kasper Jr. x 2, 2 0 x
9   Peter Karlsson x 3, 1, 1 x x
10   Brian Andersen 3, 3 0, 2, 1 x x
11   John Jørgensen x 2, 0, 0 x x
12   Niklas Klingberg 1, 3 2, 1, 0 x x
13   Jacek Gollob 3, 0 3, 0, 1 x x
14   Jason Lyons 3, 3 1, 1 x x
15   Robert Dados 2, 2 0, 0 x x
16   Gary Havelock 2, 0 3, 0 x x
17   Marián Jirout 2, 1 1 x x
18   Lee Richardson 0, 2 1 x x
19   Robert Sawina 1, 3 0 x x
20   Bohumil Brhel 1, 2 0 x x
21   Sławomir Drabik 0, 1 x x x
22   Rune Holta 1, 0 x x x
23   Piotr Protasiewicz 0, 0 x x x
24   Kai Laukkanen 0, 1 x x x

References edit

  1. ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Speedway". Daily Record. 18 October 1999. Retrieved 7 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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