2004 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix was the 59th edition of the official World Championship[1][2] and the tenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.

2004 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates1 May – 2 October
Events9
Cities9
Countries7
Riders22 permanents
2 wild card(s)
Heats225 (in 9 events)
Winners
Champion AUS Jason Crump
Runner-up SWE Tony Rickardsson
3rd place USA Greg Hancock

After finishing second in 2001, 2002 and 2003, Jason Crump broke through to become Australia's first Individual World Champion since Jack Young had won his second straight World title in 1952.

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 – there was no consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th and 6th place getting 13, 7th and 8th 11, 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

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The 2004 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.

Event schedule and winners

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Calendar

Date Grand Prix Venue Winner Result
1 May Sweden Olympiastadion, Stockholm Leigh Adams 2004 Swedish GP[3]
15 May Czech Republic Markéta Stadium, Prague Jason Crump 2004 Czech GP[4]
29 May Europe Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław Bjarne Pedersen 2004 European GP[5]
12 June Great Britain Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Greg Hancock 2004 British GP[6]
26 June Denmark Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Jason Crump 2004 Danish GP[7]
21 August Scandinavia Ullevi, Gothenburg Hans Andersen 2004 Scandinavian GP[8]
4 September Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Tony Rickardsson 2004 Slovenian GP[9]
18 September Poland Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz Tomasz Gollob 2004 Polish GP[10]
2 October Norway Vikingskipet, Hamar Tony Rickardsson 2004 Norwegian GP[11]

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 SWE
 
CZE
 
EUR
 
GBR
 
DEN
 
SCA
 
SVN
 
POL
 
NOR
 
    (2) Jason Crump 158 20 25 8 16 25 20 13 20 11
    (3) Tony Rickardsson 155 18 18 18 8 7 18 25 18 25
    (5) Greg Hancock 137 13 11 8 25 18 16 20 6 20
4   (4) Leigh Adams 131 25 13 11 20 11 11 11 13 16
5   (1) Nicki Pedersen 113 13 8 13 13 16 13 13 11 13
6   (6) Tomasz Gollob 113 16 13 7 11 6 11 6 25 18
7   (10) Andreas Jonsson 97 5 7 7 13 20 8 16 8 13
8   (22) Jarosław Hampel 81 3 20 20 6 6 6 13 7
9   (17) Hans Andersen 80 4 6 3 3 7 25 18 8 6
10   (15) Bjarne Pedersen 78 8 4 25 6 8 8 11 5 3
11   (16) Lee Richardson 76 11 11 5 18 5 7 7 7 5
12   (7) Scott Nicholls 66 5 4 11 11 13 5 11 6
13   (9) Ryan Sullivan 65 7 16 11 5 4 4 4 6 8
14   (8) Rune Holta 60 6 8 1 5 4 1 8 16 11
15   (12) Piotr Protasiewicz 55 2 1 16 7 5 5 5 7 7
16   (14) Mikael Max 49 6 3 6 2 8 5 7 4 8
17   (11) Mark Loram 38 8 4 6 7 2 2 3 4 2
18   (21) Jesper B. Jensen 37 11 5 2 1 6 4 1 2 5
19   (18) Bohumil Brhel 32 7 7 5 4 2 3 2 1 1
20   (19) Kai Laukkanen 25 1 1 3 1 3 6 3 3 4
21   (13) Lukáš Dryml 22 3 6 2 2 1 3 4 1
22   (20) Aleš Dryml Jr. 22 1 3 1 3 3 1 2 5 3
23   Grzegorz Walasek 13 13
24   Niels-Kristian Iversen 13 13
25   Kenneth Bjerre 13 13
26   Matej Žagar 8 8
27   David Norris 8 8
28   Peter Karlsson 7 7
29   Rafał Dobrucki 5 5
30   Arnt Förland 4 4
31   Fredrik Lindgren 4 4
32   Chris Louis 4 4
33   Wiesław Jaguś 4 4
34   Krzysztof Kasprzak 3 3
35   Tomasz Chrzanowski 2 2
36   Peter Ljung 2 2
37   Robert Barth 2 2
38   Rune Sola 2 2
39   Antonio Lindbäck 2 2
40   Antonín Šváb Jr. 2 2
41   Izak Šantej 1 1
42   Joonas Kylmäkorpi 1 1
43   Simon Stead 1 1
Pos. Rider Points SWE
 
CZE
 
EUR
 
GBR
 
DEN
 
SCA
 
SVN
 
POL
 
NOR
 

References

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  2. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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