2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia
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| Slovenia 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia | |
|---|---|
| FIM Slovenian Speedway Grand Prix | |
| Information | |
| Date | 26 April 2008 |
| City | Slovenia Krško |
| Event | 1 of 11 (101) |
| Referee | United Kingdom Anthony Steele |
| Jury President | Germany Wolfgang Glas |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | Matija Gubec Stadium |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Length | 387.7 m (424.0 yd) |
| Track | speedway track |
| SGP Results | |
| Best Time | Poland Rune Holta[1] 65.18 secs (in Heat 1) |
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner | Poland Tomasz Gollob |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up | Denmark Nicki Pedersen |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place | Denmark Nicki Pedersen |
The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia was the first race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on April 26 at the Matija Gubec Stadium in Krško, Slovenia.[2] Slovenian SGP was won by Tomasz Gollob from Poland. It was the 12th SGP win of his career. In the final, Gollob beat Danes Nicki Pedersen and Hans N. Andersen.[3]
Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matej Žagar as Wild Card, and Izak Šantej and Jernej Kolenko both as Track Reserves.[4] The Draw was made on April 15 in FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[5] Denis Štojs later replaced the injured Jernej Kolenko.[6]
- Slovenia (18) Jernej Kolenko → Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs
Heat details
| 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 | 9 | Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 15 | Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | T | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 16 | Australia (3) Jason Crump | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml | 9 | 3 | E4 | 2 | 3 | Fx | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 14 | Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 10 | United States (6) Greg Hancock | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 13 | Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | F4 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 12 | Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 3 | United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 2 | Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 6 | United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 4 | Australia (2) Leigh Adams | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | Poland (7) Rune Holta | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 5 | Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej | - | - | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs | - | - | 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 |
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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
- (65,18) Holta, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Adams
- (65,86) Dryml, Harris, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
- (66,14) N.Pedersen, Hancock, Lindgren, Gollob
- (66,41) Iversen, Žagar, Crump, Andersen
- (66,53) Žagar, Gollob, Holta, B.Pedersen
- (66,95) Hancock, Iversen, Harris, Kasprzak
- (67,26) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Nicholls, L.Dryml (E4)
- (66,96) Jonsson, Adams, Crump, Lindgren
- (67,64) N.Pedersen, Crump, Harris, Holta
- (68,30) Andersen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren, Kasprzak
- (67,27) Jonsson, Gollob, Nicholls, Iversen
- (67,75) Adams, Dryml, Hancock, Žagar
Heavy rain began during the interval, difficult conditions gave the inside gates an advantage. - (71,61) Dryml, Lindgren, Holta, Iversen
- (72,59) Kasprzak, Žagar, N.Pedersen, Jonsson
- (72,03) Crump, Nicholls, Hancock, B.Pedersen
- (72,38) Gollob, Andersen, Harris, Adams
- (71,17) Jonsson, Andersen, Hancock, Holta
- (71,01) Gollob, Crump, Kasprzak, Dryml (F/X)
Race stopped, Dryml excluded after bailing and slamming into the wall late in the race; bad conditions, very wet - (71,78) Lindgren, Nicholls, Harris, Žagar (F4)
- (71,26) Iversen, B.Pedersen, N.Pedersen, Adams
- Semi-Finals:
- (71,56) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Dryml, Iversen
- (70,68) Gollob, Andersen, Crump, Hancock
- Final:
- (71,00) Gollob (6), N.Pedersen (4), Andersen (2), Jonsson (T) (0)
False start, Jonsson touches tapes and is excluded; race re-started
The intermediate classification
| 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 | Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Australia (3) Jason Crump | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 7 | United States (6) Greg Hancock | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 9 | United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 12 | United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Australia (2) Leigh Adams | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Poland (7) Rune Holta | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Rider(s) not classified | |||||||||||||
| Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej | — | ns | |||||||||||
| Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs | — | 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
References
- ↑ "Results.xls". PZM.pl. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ "SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2007-10-22. Archived from the original on 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ↑ "Gollob's Krsko Glory". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2008-04-26.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Zagar Gets Krsko Wild Card". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-04-24.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Press Release I Krsko.pdf" (PDF). PZM.pl. 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ↑ "Stojs za Kolenkę". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-04-18. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
