2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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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]

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

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

Continental quarter finals

QF (18 Apr Diedenbergen)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Pavel Ondrašík	13
2	Róbert Nagy	12
3	Attila Stefáni	11
4	Philippe Bergé	11
5	Bohumil Brhel	10
6	Aleš Dryml Jr.	10
7	Tomasz Sustersic	10
8	Eduard Chajkoulin	9
9	Sergej Darkin	8
10	Jörg Pingel	5
11	Steffen Mell	5
12	Simone Tadiello	5
13	Zsolt Bence	3
14	Graziano Franchetti	2
15	Heinrich Schatzer	1
16	Patrik Goret	1
17	Lukáš Dryml	1

QF (2 May Daugavpils)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Robert Flis	14
2	Robert Sawina	13
3	Zoltán Adorján	13
4	Oleg Kurguskin	12
5	Tomáš Topinka	11
6	Michal Makovský	10
7	Vladimirs Voronkovs	10
8	Richard Wolff	7
9	Nikolajs Kokins	6
10	Sergej Eroschin	6
11	Gerhard Lekse	5
12	Jozef Koren	5
13	Vitalijs Biznia	3
14	Alexanders Biznia	2
15	Sandor Fekete	2
16	Maksims Andrejevs	0

QF (2 May Bydgoszcz)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Sławomir Drabik	15
2	Jacek Gollob	13
3	Piotr Protasiewicz	12
4	Rafał Dobrucki	10
5	Roman Povazhny	10
6	Izak Šantej	9
7	Joachim Kugelmann	8
8	Antonín Šváb Jr.	8
9	Adrian Rymel	7
10	Martin Peterca	6
11	Bart Pijper	5
12	Krzysztof Jabłoński	5
13	Heiko Müller	3
14	Erik Eijbergen	2
15	Otto de Jong	2
16	Jacek Rempala	2
17	Talgat Galeev	1
18	Eddy Turksema	0

QF (2 May Terenzano)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Piotr Świst	15
2	Armando Castagna	14
3	Sebastian Ułamek	13
4	Andrea Maida	11
5	Sándor Tihanyi	10
6	Sebastien Trésarrieu	10
7	Simone Terenzani	8
8	Zdenek Schneiderwind	8
9	Zlatko Krznaric	7
10	George Štancl	6
11	Stéphane Trésarrieu	5
12	Zeliko Feher	3
13	Thomas Stadler	3
14	Toni Pilotto	3
15	Sigfried Eder	2
16	Renato Kuster	2
17	Nicola Andrioli	0

Second round

Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

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

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

13 June 1999 Brokstedt

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

13 June 1999 Ljubljana

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

11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge

Intercontinental Final

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

Continental Final

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

GP Challenge

10 riders to 2000 Grand Prix

17 October 1999 Lonigo

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

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