1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 16 riders that qualified for the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]
There was a late change to the qualifying when the Grand Prix increased to 24 permanent riders. Therefore 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 9 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge (originally just 4).[3] The final 3 GP places would go to wildcards.
Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.
Format
- First Round - 5 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 3 riders each from Finland & 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/New Zealand 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 - 7 riders from positions 9-15 from the 1997 Grand Prix to GP Challenge
- Third Round - 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge
- Third Round - 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
- Final Round - 9 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1998 Grand Prix
First round
Continental quarter finals
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Second round
Overseas Final
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
Scandinavian Final
8 riders to Intercontinental final
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Pos | Rider | Points | |||
1 | ![]() | 12 | |||
2 | ![]() | 12 | |||
3 | ![]() | 11 | |||
4 | ![]() | 10 | |||
5 | ![]() | 10 | |||
6 | ![]() | 10 | |||
7 | ![]() | 10 | |||
8 | ![]() | 9 | |||
9 | ![]() | 8 | |||
10 | ![]() | 8 | |||
11 | ![]() | 6 | |||
12 | ![]() | 5 | |||
13 | ![]() | 3 | |||
14 | ![]() | 2 | |||
15 | ![]() | 2 | |||
16 | ![]() | 1 |
Continental semi finals
Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final
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Third round
- 7 riders from positions 9-15 from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix to GP Challenge
Intercontinental Final
2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge
Continental Final
- 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 4 riders to GP Challenge
- 26 July 1997
Lonigo
Pos. | Rider | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 13 |
2 | ![]() | 12 |
3 | ![]() | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 10 |
5 | ![]() | 9 |
6 | ![]() | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 8 |
8 | ![]() | 8 |
9 | ![]() | 8 |
10 | ![]() | 6 |
11 | ![]() | 6 |
12 | ![]() | 5 |
13 | ![]() | 5 |
14 | ![]() | 5 |
15 | ![]() | 4 |
16 | ![]() | 1 |
17 | ![]() | 0 |
Final Round
GP Challenge
4 riders (changed to 9) to 1998 Grand Prix
- 5 October 1997
Wiener Neustadt
Pos. | Rider | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 14 |
2 | ![]() | 13 |
3 | ![]() | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 11 |
5 | ![]() | 9 |
6 | ![]() | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 7 |
8 | ![]() | 7 |
9 | ![]() | 7 |
10 | ![]() | 7 |
11 | ![]() | 6 |
12 | ![]() | 5 |
13 | ![]() | 5 |
14 | ![]() | 4 |
15 | ![]() | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 1 |
17 | ![]() | 1 |
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References
- ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Loram Alone". Cambridge Daily News. 6 October 1997. Retrieved 6 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.