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1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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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

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]

Starting positions draw

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

Heat details

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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

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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 CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland
GBR
United Kingdom
PL2
Poland
DEN
Denmark
1 Poland (3) Tomasz Gollob 75 25 15 25 10    
2 Sweden (1) Tony Rickardsson 66 7 18 16 25    
3 Sweden (2) Jimmy Nilsen 64 16 20 20 8    
4 Australia (8) Jason Crump 52 18 7 12 15    
5 United States (6) Greg Hancock 49 20 7 4 18    
6 Sweden (17) Stefan Dannö 45 10 12 18 5    
7 United Kingdom (19) Joe Screen 44 12 5 15 12    
8 United Kingdom (5) Chris Louis 39 8 6 5 20    
9 Australia (13) Leigh Adams 39 4 16 5 14    
10 Czech Republic (11) Antonín Kasper Jr. 35 15 10 7 3    
11 United Kingdom (23) Mark Loram 35 25 2 8    
12 Denmark (4) Hans Nielsen 33 6 1 10 16    
13 Sweden (10) Peter Karlsson 32 8 14 6 4    
14 Australia (7) Ryan Sullivan 30 6 3 14 7    
15 Sweden (18) Mikael Karlsson 27 7 5 8 7    
16 Denmark (20) John Jørgensen 27 14 8 3 2    
17 Denmark (9) Brian Karger 23 3 8 6 6    
18 Sweden (15) Henrik Gustafsson 18 5 2 7 4    
19 United Kingdom (16) Andy Smith 17 5 6 1 5    
20 United States (22) Billy Hamill 14 2 3 3 6    
21 Poland (21) Robert Dados 13 4 4 4 1    
22 Denmark (14) Brian Andersen 8 3 1 2 2    
23 Poland (24) Rafał Dobrucki 8 8    
24 Czech Republic (12) Marian Jirout 5 1 2 1 1    
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

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References

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