1997 Speedway Grand Prix
| 1997 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | May 17 - September 20 |
| Events | 6 |
| Cities | 6 |
| Countries | 6 |
| Riders | 17 permanents 1 wild card(s) |
| Heats | 144 (in 6 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Greg Hancock |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Billy Hamill |
| 3rd place | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL Tomasz Gollob |
The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix was the 52nd edition of the official World Championship.[1][2] It was the third season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.[3]
Greg Hancock from the United States became the World Champion with 118 points beating fellow American Billy Hamill into second place. The bronze medal went to Pole Tomasz Gollob.[4]
Event format
[edit | edit source]During 1997 the initial SGP scoring system was used for the final time. Each rider raced every other in the meeting with the top 4 qualifying for a final - the points for all other riders determined their finishing position in the meeting and therefore their championship Grand Prix points. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with the remainder scoring 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Qualification for Grand Prix
[edit | edit source]The 1997 season had 17 permanent riders and one wild card at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.
Calendar
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Final standings
[edit | edit source]| 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 |
GER Germany |
GBR United Kingdom |
POL Poland |
DEN Denmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | United States (3) Greg Hancock | 118 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 25 | 18 |
| Silver | United States (1) Billy Hamill | 101 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 13 |
| Bronze | Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob | 92 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 16 |
| 4 | Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson | 90 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 20 |
| 5 | United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram | 81 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | Denmark (12) Brian Andersen | 80 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen | 75 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen | 71 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 11 |
| 9 | United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis | 59 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 14 |
| 10 | Australia (10) Leigh Adams | 42 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik | 38 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 12 | Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson | 37 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 13 | Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz | 31 | 1 | ns | 11 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith | 22 | ns | 9 | 4 | 3 | ns | 6 |
| 15 | Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson | 20 | 14 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | ns |
| 16 | Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson | 14 | ns | 1 | ns | 11 | ns | 2 |
| 17 | United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg | 13 | 3 | ns | 2 | ns | 8 | ns |
| 18 | Australia (16) Jason Crump | 8 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | United Kingdom (16) Joe Screen | 8 | – | – | – | 8 | – | – |
| 20 | Germany (16) Robert Barth | 7 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| 21 | Denmark (16) Jesper B. Jensen | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 22 | Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Poland (16) Rafał Dobrucki | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Rider(s) not classified | ||||||||
| United States (19) Sam Ermolenko | — | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | CZE Czech Republic |
SWE Sweden |
GER Germany |
GBR United Kingdom |
POL Poland |
DEN Denmark |
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See also
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