2004 Speedway Grand Prix
| 2004 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | 1 May – 2 October |
| Events | 9 |
| Cities | 9 |
| Countries | 7 |
| Riders | 22 permanents 2 wild card(s) |
| Heats | 225 (in 9 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Jason Crump |
| Runner-up |  SWE Tony Rickardsson |
| 3rd place | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Greg Hancock |
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The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix was the 59th edition of the official World Championship[1][2] and the tenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.
After finishing second in 2001, 2002 and 2003, Jason Crump broke through to become Australia's first Individual World Champion since Jack Young had won his second straight World title in 1952.
Event format
[edit | edit source]The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions – while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.
The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final – there was no consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th and 6th place getting 13, 7th and 8th 11, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.
Qualification
[edit | edit source]The 2004 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.
Event schedule and winners
[edit | edit source]Calendar
| Date | Grand Prix | Venue | Winner | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May | Sweden | Olympiastadion, Stockholm | Leigh Adams | 2004 Swedish GP[3] |
| 15 May | Czech Republic | Markéta Stadium, Prague | Jason Crump | 2004 Czech GP[4] |
| 29 May | Europe | Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław | Bjarne Pedersen | 2004 European GP[5] |
| 12 June | Great Britain | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | Greg Hancock | 2004 British GP[6] |
| 26 June | Denmark | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen | Jason Crump | 2004 Danish GP[7] |
| 21 August | Scandinavia | Ullevi, Gothenburg | Hans Andersen | 2004 Scandinavian GP[8] |
| 4 September | Slovenia | Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško | Tony Rickardsson | 2004 Slovenian GP[9] |
| 18 September | Poland | Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz | Tomasz Gollob | 2004 Polish GP[10] |
| 2 October | Norway | Vikingskipet, Hamar | Tony Rickardsson | 2004 Norwegian GP[11] |
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 | SWE |
CZE Czech Republic |
EUR Poland |
GBR United Kingdom |
DEN Denmark |
SCA |
SVN Slovenia |
POL Poland |
NOR Norway |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Australia (2) Jason Crump | 158 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 11 |
| Silver | (3) Tony Rickardsson
|
155 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 25 |
| Bronze | United States (5) Greg Hancock | 137 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Australia (4) Leigh Adams | 131 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 |
| 5 | Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen | 113 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
| 6 | Poland (6) Tomasz Gollob | 113 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 18 |
| 7 | (10) Andreas Jonsson
|
97 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Poland (22) Jarosław Hampel | 81 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 6 | – | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 |
| 9 | Denmark (17) Hans Andersen | 80 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | Denmark (15) Bjarne Pedersen | 78 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| 11 | United Kingdom (16) Lee Richardson | 76 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | United Kingdom (7) Scott Nicholls | 66 | 5 | – | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| 13 | Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan | 65 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 14 | Norway (8) Rune Holta | 60 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 11 |
| 15 | Poland (12) Piotr Protasiewicz | 55 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| 16 | (14) Mikael Max
|
49 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | United Kingdom (11) Mark Loram | 38 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | Denmark (21) Jesper B. Jensen | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | Czech Republic (18) Bohumil Brhel | 32 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Finland (19) Kai Laukkanen | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml | 22 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – |
| 22 | Czech Republic (20) Aleš Dryml Jr. | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 23 | Poland Grzegorz Walasek | 13 | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Denmark Niels-Kristian Iversen | 13 | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | Denmark Kenneth Bjerre | 13 | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Slovenia Matej Žagar | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – |
| 27 | United Kingdom David Norris | 8 | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | Peter Karlsson
|
7 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| 29 | Poland Rafał Dobrucki | 5 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Norway Arnt Förland | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 31 | Fredrik Lindgren
|
4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | United Kingdom Chris Louis | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | Poland Wiesław Jaguś | 4 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 35 | Poland Tomasz Chrzanowski | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 36 | Peter Ljung
|
2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | Germany Robert Barth | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | Norway Rune Sola | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 39 | Antonio Lindbäck
|
2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 40 | Czech Republic Antonín Šváb Jr. | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 41 | Slovenia Izak Šantej | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 42 | Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 43 | United Kingdom Simon Stead | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SWE |
CZE Czech Republic |
EUR Poland |
GBR United Kingdom |
DEN Denmark |
SCA |
SVN Slovenia |
POL Poland |
NOR Norway |
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