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1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 14 riders that qualified for the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]

The format was similar to the previous year, in that 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 8 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. The remaining two places would go to Billy Hamill and Robert Dados (world U21 champion) who were seeded through.

Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.[3]

Format

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  • First Round - 6 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 2 riders each from Finland & Norway to Scandinavian Final
  • First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
  • First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 3 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 1 rider from South African Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 3 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
  • Third Round - 12 riders from positions 9-20 from the 1998 Grand Prix to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 8 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1999 Grand Prix

First round

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Continental quarter finals

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Second round

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Overseas Final

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8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

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8 riders to Intercontinental final

(4 July 1998 Sweden Norrköping)
Pos Rider Points
1 Denmark John Jørgensen 13
2 Sweden Peter Karlsson 13
3 Sweden Mikael Karlsson 12
4 Denmark Brian Karger 11
5 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 10
6 Denmark Ronni Pedersen 10
7 Norway Lars Gunnestad 9
8 Sweden Peter Nahlin 9
9 Sweden Andreas Jonsson 9
10 Sweden Niklas Klingberg 6
11 Finland Kai Laukkanen 5
12 Norway Arnt Førland 4
13 Sweden Niklas Karlsson 4
14 Denmark Hans Clausen 2
15 Denmark Bjarne Pedersen 2
16 Finland Kauko Nieminen 1

Continental semi finals

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Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 14
2 Poland Piotr Świst 11
3 Czech Republic Marián Jirout 11
4 Poland Tomasz Bajerski 10
5 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 10
6 Poland Jacek Rempala 9
7 Italy Andrea Maida 9
8 Russia Roman Povazhny 9
9 Germany Matthias Kröger 9
10 Germany Robert Barth 7
11 Hungary Laszlo Bodi 5
12 Germany Joachim Kugelmann 4
13 Austria Andreas Bössner 3
14 Ukraine Alexander Liatosinski 3
15 France Philippe Bergé 2
16 Italy Alessandro Dalla Valle 2
17 Italy Stefano Alfonso 2
18 Austria Thomas Stadler 0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 15
2 Australia Todd Wiltshire 13
3 Poland Adam Fajfer 12
4 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 11
5 Poland Sławomir Drabik 10
6 Slovenia Matej Ferjan 9
7 Hungary Róbert Nagy 7
8 Poland Roman Jankowski 7
9 Russia Rinat Mardanshin 7
10 Slovenia Izak Šantej 6
11 Hungary Norbert Magosi 6
12 Slovenia Gerhard Lekse 5
13 Russia Michail Starostin 5
14 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 4
15 Czech Republic George Štancl 3
16 Czech Republic Karel Průša Jr. 0

Third round

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Intercontinental Final

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2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

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  • 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge
  • 25 July 1998 Hungary Debrecen
Pos. Rider Points
1 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 13
2 Czech Republic Marián Jirout 11
3 Russia Roman Povazhny 10
4 Hungary Róbert Nagy 10
5 Poland Sławomir Drabik 9
6 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 9
7 Poland Piotr Świst 9
8 Poland Adam Fajfer 9
9 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 8
10 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 8
11 Poland Jacek Rempala 7
12 Slovenia Matej Ferjan 6
13 Australia Todd Wiltshire 5
14 Italy Andrea Maida 4
15 Poland Tomasz Bajerski 1
16 Poland Roman Jankowski 1

Final Round

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GP Challenge

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8 riders to 1998 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider pre-qual qual sf Final
1 Australia Leigh Adams x 3, 3 3 3
2 Denmark Brian Andersen x 2, 2 2 2
3 Sweden Henrik Gustafsson x 2, 1, 3 3 1
4 England Andy Smith x 1, 2, 2 2 0
5 Sweden Stefan Dannö x 3, 3 1 x
6 Sweden Mikael Karlsson 2, 2 2, 2 1 x
7 England Joe Screen 2, 3 1, 3 0 x
8 Denmark John Jørgensen 1, 3 3, 3 0 x
9 England Mark Loram x 3, 0, 1 x x
10 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 3, 3 1, 3, 1 x x
11 Hungary Zoltán Adorján x 2, 0, 0 x x
12 United States Sam Ermolenko 2, 0 2, 1, 2 x x
13 Italy Armando Castagna x 0, 1 x x
14 Poland Sebastian Ulamek 3, 2 0, 1 x x
15 Denmark Jesper B Jensen 3, 1 3, 0, 0 x x
16 Poland Piotr Świst 0, 2 2, 0, 0 x x
17 Australia Craig Boyce 2, 0 1 x x
18 England Gary Havelock 1, 2 1 x x
19 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 3, 1 0 x x
20 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 0, 3 0 x x
21 Denmark Ronni Pedersen 1, 1 x x x
22 Poland Sławomir Drabik 0, 1 x x x
23 Russia Roman Povazhny 1, 0 x x x
24 Hungary Róbert Nagy 0, 0 x x x

References

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  1. ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Speedway". Lynn Advertiser. 6 October 1998. Retrieved 7 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.