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2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

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Sweden 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia
FIM RingUp Scandinavian Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date16 August 2008
CitySweden Målilla
Event7 of 11 (107)
RefereeHungary István Daragó
Jury PresidentDenmark Jørgen L. Jensen
Stadium details
StadiumG&B Stadium
Capacity15,000
Length310 m (340 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best TimeDenmark Niels Kristian Iversen
56.9 secs (in Heat 2)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Leigh Adams
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Hans N. Andersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeDenmark Hans N. Andersen

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia was the seventh race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 16, in the G&B Stadium in Målilla, Sweden. The Grand Prix was won by Leigh Adams from Australia. It was his second GP Won in this season.[1][2]

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Peter Ljung as a wild card, and Jonas Davidsson and Thomas H. Jonasson both as track reserves. The draw was made on August 5 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[3]

Heat details

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Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23
1 15 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 21 3 3 1 3 2 12 2 3 3
2 2 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 20 3 3 3 3 1 13 1 3 2
3 14 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 14 2 2 E/st 3 3 10 4 2 1
4 5 Australia (3) Jason Crump 12 2 1 2 3 2 10 5 2 0
5 9 United States (6) Greg Hancock 12 3 2 3 2 2 12 3 0
6 6 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 9 3 1 3 0 1 8 7 1
7 13 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 9 0 3 2 2 2 9 6 0
8 16 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 8 1 E/st 2 1 3 7 8 1
9 3 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 7 1 2 2 2 F4 7 9
10 12 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 6 0 2 0 1 3 6 10
11 7 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 6 X 1 3 2 0 6 11
12 1 Poland (7) Rune Holta 5 2 0 0 E4 3 5 12
13 4 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 5 0 3 1 1 0 5 13
14 8 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 4 1 1 1 1 X 4 14
15 10 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 15
16 11 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 3 1 0 1 Fx 1 3 16
17 17 Sweden (17) Jonas Davidsson - - 17
18 18 Sweden (18) Thomas H. Jonasson - - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat

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  1. (57.2) Andersen, Holta, Lindgren, Dryml
  2. (56.9) Iversen, Crump, Nicholls, Jonsson (X)
    Nicholls crashes on 1st lap - Jonsson excluded
  3. (58.7) Hancock, Ljung, Harris, B.Pedersen
  4. (59.2) Adams, N.Pedersen, Gollob, Kasprzak
  5. (59.4) Kasprzak, Hancock, Crump, Holta
  6. (59.3) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Ljung
  7. (59.3) Adams, Lindgren, Jonsson, Harris
  8. (60.1) Dryml, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Gollob (E/start)
  9. (59.7) Iversen, Gollob, Harris, Holta (E4)
  10. (59.5) Andersen, Crump, Adams, B.Pedersen
  11. (59.8) Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls, N.Pedersen (E/start)
  12. (59.8) Jonsson, Kasprzak, Dryml, Ljung
  13. (59.2) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Holta (E4)
  14. (60.1) Andersen, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Harris (Fx)
    Harris crashes and is excluded
  15. (59.9) Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Ljung
  16. (60.0) Adams, Hancock, Dryml, Iversen
  17. (60.2) Holta, Adams, Ljung, Nicholls (Fx)
    Holta falls on first lap, Nicholls excluded
  18. (60.3) Gollob, Hancock, Andersen, Jonsson
  19. (61.2) B.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Iversen, Lindgren (F4)
  20. (60.4) N.Pedersen, Crump, Harris, Dryml
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (59.6) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Kasprzak
  22. (59.8) Adams, Crump, Gollob, Hancock
    The Final:
  23. (59.7) Adams (6 points), Andersen (4), N.Pedersen (2), Crump (0)

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 SVN
Slovenia		 EUR
Poland		 SWE
Sweden		 DEN
Denmark		 GBR
United Kingdom		 CZE
Czech Republic		 SCA
Sweden		 LAT
Latvia		 POL
Poland		 ITA
Italy		 FIN
Poland
1 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 116 17 16 16 20 11 22 14        
2 Australia (3) Jason Crump 99 10 8 12 18 22 17 12        
3 United States (6) Greg Hancock 89 8 20 6 10 20 13 12        
4 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 84 14 6 8 11 9 16 20        
5 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 82 19 12 8 19 4 12 8        
6 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 80 5 20 9 8 7 10 21        
7 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 61 12 9 8 9 8 9 6        
8 Poland (7) Rune Holta 53 5 4 17 7 6 9 5        
9 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 52 7 7 22 3 2 4 7        
10 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 48 8 10 2 6 6 7 9        
11 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 45 7 2 7 7 12 6 4        
12 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 40 6 6 5 3 10 7 3        
13 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 38 4 ns ns 7 14 7 6        
14 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 31 6 3 5 3 4 1 9        
15 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 25 9 2 3 1 1 4 5        
16 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 – 16 – – – – –        
17 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 – – – 11 – – –        
18 Czech Republic (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 – 3 5 – – 0 –        
19 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 7 – – – – – –        
20 Sweden (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson 7 – – 7 – – – ns        
21 United Kingdom (16) Edward Kennett 4 – – – – 4 – –        
22 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 3 – – – – – – 3        
23 Sweden (18) Billy Forsberg 2 – – 2 – – – –        
24 Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 – – – 1 – – –        
25 Sweden (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 – – 0 – – – –        
Rider(s) not classified
Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej — ns – – – – – –        
Poland (17) Damian Baliński — – ns – – – – –        
United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden — – – – – ns – –        
Czech Republic (17) Adrian Rymel — – – – – – ns –        
Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs — ns – – – – – –        
Poland (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski — – ns – – – – –        
Denmark (18) Patrick Hougaard — – – – ns – – –        
United Kingdom (18) Simon Stead — – – – – ns – –        
Czech Republic (18) Filip Šitera — – – – – – ns –        
Sweden (18) Thomas H. Jonasson — – – – – – – ns        
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia		 EUR
Poland		 SWE
Sweden		 DEN
Denmark		 GBR
United Kingdom		 CZE
Czech Republic		 SCA
Sweden		 LAT
Latvia		 POL
Poland		 ITA
Italy		 FIN
Poland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ResultsGP Malilla" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  2. ^ "Adams rządzi w Malilli". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-16. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  3. ^ "Press Release Malilla SGP" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
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