1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 31 July at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England[1]

United Kingdom 1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date31 July 1999
CityUnited Kingdom Coventry
Event4 of 6 (28)
RefereeHungary Istvan Darago
Stadium details
StadiumBrandon Stadium
Capacity5,000
Length320 m (350 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Tony Rickardsson
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Chris Louis
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Greg Hancock

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated British rider Mark Loram and a Scott Nicholls as Wild Card.

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total Pre-Main Event Main Event Final Event
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 1/2 CF F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 4 Sweden (1) Tony Rickardsson 25 1 1 1 1
2 14 United Kingdom (5) Chris Louis 20 2 4 2 4 2 1 2 2
3 16 United States (6) Greg Hancock 18 1 3 1 1 1 1 3
4 8 Denmark (4) Hans Nielsen 16 2 2 2 4
5 7 Australia (8) Jason Crump 15 2 2 3 1
6 15 Australia (13) Leigh Adams 14 1 1 4 1 2 4 2
7 5 United Kingdom (19) Joe Screen 12 2 4 2 3 3
8 1 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 10 4 2 1 4R 4R
9 2 Sweden (2) Jimmy Nilsen 8 1 3 3
10 23 United Kingdom (23) Mark Loram 8 2 1 1 3 3
11 6 Australia (7) Ryan Sullivan 7 2 4 4
12 9 Sweden (18) Mikael Karlsson 7 3 2 1 3 1 4R
13 12 Denmark (9) Brian Karger 6 1 2 3 3
14 19 United States (22) Billy Hamill 6 4M 1 2 4 3
15 22 United Kingdom (16) Andy Smith 5 1 2 3 4
16 3 Sweden (17) Stefan Dannö 5 3 4
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
17 13 Sweden (10) Peter Karlsson 4 2 4 3R
18 11 Sweden (15) Henrik Gustafsson 4 3 1 3
19 10 Czech Republic (11) Antonín Kasper Jr. 3 3 2 4
20 24 United Kingdom (24) Scott Nicholls 3 2 3 4T
21 20 Denmark (14) Brian Andersen 2 3 3
22 18 Denmark (20) John Jørgensen 2 4 3
23 21 Czech Republic (12) Marian Jirout 1 4N 4N
24 17 Poland (21) Robert Dados 1 4 4M
Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event
1-4: First round
5-6: Last chance for second round
7-8: Second round
9-10: Last chance Main Event
Heats 11-20: Main Event
11-14: First round
15-16: Last chance for second round
17-18: Second round
19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals
Heats 21-24: Final Event
21-22: Semi-Finals
23: Consolation Final
24: The Big Final
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland
GBR
United Kingdom
PL2
Poland
DEN
Denmark
1 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 75 25152510  
2 Sweden (1) Tony Rickardsson 66 7181625  
3 Sweden (2) Jimmy Nilsen 64 1620208  
4 Australia (8) Jason Crump 52 1871215  
5 United States (6) Greg Hancock 49 207418  
6 Sweden (17) Stefan Dannö 45 1012185  
7 United Kingdom (19) Joe Screen 44 1251512  
8 United Kingdom (5) Chris Louis 39 86520  
9 Australia (13) Leigh Adams 39 416514  
10 Czech Republic (11) Antonín Kasper Jr. 35 151073  
11 United Kingdom (23) Mark Loram 35 2528  
12 Denmark (4) Hans Nielsen 33 611016  
13 Sweden (10) Peter Karlsson 32 81464  
14 Australia (7) Ryan Sullivan 30 63147  
15 Sweden (18) Mikael Karlsson 27 7587  
16 Denmark (20) John Jørgensen 27 14832  
17 Denmark (9) Brian Karger 23 3866  
18 Sweden (15) Henrik Gustafsson 18 5274  
19 United Kingdom (16) Andy Smith 17 5615  
20 United States (22) Billy Hamill 14 2336  
21 Poland (21) Robert Dados 13 4441  
22 Denmark (14) Brian Andersen 8 3122  
23 Poland (24) Rafał Dobrucki 8 8  
24 Czech Republic (12) Marian Jirout 5 1211  
25 Poland (24) Sebastian Ułamek 4 4  
26 United Kingdom (24) Scott Nicholls 3 3  
27 Czech Republic (23) Antonín Šváb Jr. 2 2  
28 Poland (24) Piotr Protasiewicz 1 1  
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland
GBR
United Kingdom
PL2
Poland
DEN
Denmark

See also

References

  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2001-05-14 at archive.today. Retrieved on 2009-11-22.
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